Basics About San Diego Golf Courses

By Elena McDowell


San Diego golf courses are among the best in the world. Characteristic golf courses comprise of several holes, pin, bunker, teeing ground, rough, fairway, water hazard, putting green, out of bounds, and rough. The total number of cups or holes that standard fields normally have is eighteen. Smaller courses have nine cups and therefore the game is played twice to complete one round.

Special courses have 36 holes whereas some have 27 cups. When playing in such special fields, players are required to pick a set of nine holes each. The first part of every hole has a teeing area or tee box. The teeing area is where golf balls are placed at the start of the game. The tee box is made as level as possible and elevated slightly from fairways.

Every teeing area has 2 markers that show the boundaries of the legal tee box. Golfers can play the ball while standing outside the tee box though the ball has to be placed and hit inside the teeing area. The ball can be placed directly on the ground of the tee or supported by any substance like sand or tee. The height of the tee should be limited to 4 inches.

After the initial strike from the teeing box the ball is struck again from the falling point in the direction of the green. Fairways refer to the sections between tee boxes and the green. The region usually has even and short cut grasses. The worst area to hit a ball from is the rough while the best is fairway. The roughs are positioned in between out of bounds markers and fairways.

Grasses utilized for fairways or roughs include Kentucky bluegrass, rye grass, bent grass, zoysia grass, and Bermuda grass amongst others. The mowing height and types of grasses significantly influence how the golf balls move about. The grasses can be interchanged with the intention of making the round difficult. Heights varying between 5 to 3 inches make it quite difficult for players to recover after taking poor shots.

Cups or holes consist of hazards like dense vegetation, sand traps or bunkers, and water hazard. Water hazards include rivers, ponds, and lakes. These are unique zones with more rules of play. The rules generally apply to hitting balls that fall within a hazard. The rules specify that players are not allowed to touch the soil or water using their clubs before striking the ball.

Some courses have additional features that every player has to avoid at every cost. Depressions and pits in the ground, which require lofted shots to escape yet are not filled with sand, should be avoided. Rocky regions, shrubs, trees, dense vegetation, and steep inclines may not be assumed for hazards unless marked as such. Dry ravines may be marked as water hazard even if totally dry.

San Diego golf courses are usually open all the time and well maintained. They are equipped fully with adequate tools. There are experienced pro golf trainers situated in these fields who provide training to everyone at lower costs. When in search for any advice on courses San Diego is the perfect place to be.




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