DeLay points out that his trip was fully reported and had destinations beyond the fairways of golf's birthplace.
On TV, those lush fairways and short sleeved shirts speak of a swings soon to come.
"But I would have a much easier life if I could hit a few more fairways!"
Els was not quite at his best on Saturday, missing fairways and finding bunkers.
He was the most-discussed 52nd-ranked anything on the planet, dragging up fairways under a melancholy cloud.
The superintendent, Ernie Pock, overseeds the fairways, greens and tee boxes but not the rough.
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On Maui, though, lushly groomed fairways undulate next the sea in the shadow of the spectacular volcano Haleakala.
Phoenix Country Club did "reverse" overseeding this fall: allowing its fairways to go dormant, but overseeding the rough.
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Painting fairways is just one of the tricks that course supers can use to cut down on overseeding.
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It does, however, paint the dormant fairways green each winter, so that many resort visitors don't even notice.
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These days, pines and blackjack oaks with trunks "as thick as a man's leg" dot the fairways, Harris said.
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Children treated the fairways as a vast playground, the bunkers as makeshift forts.
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Most of the fairways are canted, meaning that drives landing in their center can easily bound into the rough.
As a result, the fairways and greens tend to be far more undulating.
Usually, according to past U.S. captains, they preferred wide fairways, with shorter grass in the rough surrounding the fairway.
It boasts uniformly tight fairways, stacks of huge sandy waste areas, high Bermuda grass rough and plenty of water hazards.
He ranked fifth in driving accuracy with a 69.3% success rate, finding 39 of 56 fairways over the four days.
And the South African, who won the WGC-CA Championship on his last outing, continued in untidy fashion on Monday's sodden fairways.
Their research found that lots with views of golf-course fairways sold at prices 42% higher than similar lots without a view.
The Westchester course is known for the severe slopes on the greens and deep bunkers and doglegs along the tree-lined fairways.
The course pays a local man to mow the fairways every week or so, and once a year to spray for dandelions.
He only hit two fairways, which is why it was so ridiculous for him to hit the driver on the 18th hole.
The contrast between the rough, which will get even more golden as the season progresses, and the green fairways was visually appealing.
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Space around the tees, fairways and greens to allow for the estimated 45, 000 spectators likely to attend the Ryder Cup each day.
There was no significant damage to the course, where players were able to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairways.
He averaged 288.5 yards in driving distance at Leopard Creek but still struggled for accuracy , hitting 42.9% of fairways from the tee.
Robert Powell and Coronation Street stars Trevor Dwyer-Lynch and Alan Halsall will be among the actors taking to the fairways at the Ballymena club.
Not surprisingly given its designer, Carton is a shot-maker's course with its fairways not overly tight but rewarding of well-shaped shots which demand accuracy.
Mr. Torrance narrowed fairways, chopped the longer grass known as rough around the greens and added bunkers at The Belfry golf course in England.
At the Deutsche Bank in Boston two weeks ago, he was tied for 69th in fairways hit and tied for 35th in greens in regulation.
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