It’s the August effect. Designers wanted a wall to wall green carpet look visually so classic courses got changed.

Aug 4, 2020
9:35:29am

Turnpike Lane Monday Morning Quarterback

Even Pinehurst No 2 had to get a retro renovation recently to essentially get rid of grass to go back to its classic look.

Hopefully Pebble does too.

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JOPE's top 21: #1 - The Old Course

JOPE Resident Golf Fanatic

8/4/20 1:19am

I thought for sure your #1 was going to be Pebble.

brazilcoug

8/4/20 7:05am

I thought 1 and 2 would be the old course and Pebble in some order. Jope, have

MaxxPower

8/4/20 8:31am

I’ve walked around pebble but not played it

JOPE

8/4/20 9:10am

Yeah, that version of pebble you linked looks amazing. The current version seems just okay to me.

RdF3

8/4/20 9:15am

Everyone knows it’s needs to be done, but it never will

JOPE

8/4/20 9:27am

It’s the August effect. Designers wanted a wall to wall green carpet look visually so classic courses got changed.

Turnpike Lane

8/4/20 9:35am

Thanks for doing these, I really have enjoyed them

8/4/20 8:18am

Best day of Golf I ever had was here. Such a great golf experience.

Turnpike Lane

8/4/20 8:53am

I have to admit I am not a fan of golf at all, but these posts were pretty cool. St. Andrew's is beautiful

JohnnyComeLately

8/4/20 12:18pm

I've really enjoyed these. Thanks for taking the time to post them!

HeismanTy

8/4/20 1:10pm

Great stuff! As a huge golfer...

UVCoug

8/4/20 1:50pm

I golfed it. Wish I had a caddy.

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