Who Let the Dogs Out? Rough, Rough, Rough, Rough!
You have just three weeks or so to play Santa Ana and Twin Warriors golf clubs before the club pros of America descend on it for the PGA”s Professional National Championship. A word of advice: Sharpen that accuracy thing.
The supers at both courses are growing the rough long — in excess of 8 inches, in order to be able to swoop in and cut it to a uniform 4 inches in time for the event. So, between now and when they close both courses to public play, life’s a bitch if you’re not in the fairway.
Let’s just say a couple of single-digit handicappers were humiliated this week, watching shots from the rough from 150 out go no farther than 70 yards. “Hello, and let’s welcome Mr. 3-wood to the tee box.” The money on this day went to Ross Nettles, a wolf grazing among sheep, thanks to that hitting the fairway thing.
If you’re up to the challenge, both courses are in superb condition. The greens are running fast and true. The rough, however, will separate the players among us. It is a rare opportunity that regular players get to play, check that, endure, a course conditioned for a major championship like Santa Ana and Twin are right now.
You have until June 21 to play Santa Ana, and until June 24 to play Twin. After that they’re closed until the PNC is over. SCG’s advice: Move up a set of tees.
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