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Not sure whether this belongs in rules or tour forum, so put it here. This was posted in reddit, guessing it's very recent. Growing the rough for 2019 Farmer's?

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Yes. They do this every year around December/January. The rough is VERY thick and VERY tall during this time of year. Very punishing. It seems as though they let it grow more than tournament tall rough, then cut it down right before the tournament. I say this because I played there last Jan and noticed how tall it was. I lost like 4 or 5 balls that day on shots that would be very findable otherwise. Fortunately no penalty. When I went to the Farmers and standing near the ropes, I noticed that the rough was still tall, but not as tall when I played it earlier that month.

From Feb to Nov, the rough is not nearly as bad. 

I plan to play there later this month. If I remember, I will take a picture of the rough both when I play and during the Farmers. To see if my memory serves me correctly...

I'm curious to know if other courses prep for PGA events this same way?

 

 

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As many know you cannot make a local rule like that it goes against the USGA Rules of Golf.  If you followed that rule you cannot post your round to GHIN and you certainly could not play any type of real competition using it. I am sure that's just in place to try and move the hoards along in their friendly games. 

I am not sure why they don't just use the new rule for 2019; search three minutes and take a two stroke penalty.

I would find it hard to believe that many courses would even attempt to put a rule like that in place.

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It is unlikely to find your ball when it goes in the rough this time of year. Sometimes you can be standing almost on top of your ball and you can't see it, the only way you find it is by stepping on it . And the fairways are narrow. So you drop around the spot where you thought your ball would be. It is extremely hard to get out of this rough after you drop in the rough, someone like me is generally using a wedge and just trying to get on the fairway, so in essence it's worse than a penalty stroke. I'd rather there was a rule that you could play the rough as a lateral Hazard and drop with a penalty on The Fairway. I'm sure my score would be better under that rule. Many locals won't even play that course this time of year, it's just too hard.

This is a pace of play issue as people are constantly looking for their balls in this situation. 

And yes you can't post your score under these rules, however my score is easily 10 Strokes worse than what I average playing under normal Torrey Pines conditions. 

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10 minutes ago, No Mulligans said:

It is unlikely to find your ball when it goes in the rough this time of year. Sometimes you can be standing almost on top of your ball and you can't see it, the only way you find it is by stepping on it . And the fairways are narrow. So you drop around the spot where you thought your ball would be. It is extremely hard to get out of this rough after you drop in the rough, someone like me is generally using a wedge and just trying to get on the fairway, so in essence it's worse than a penalty stroke. I'd rather there was a rule that you could play the rough as a lateral Hazard and drop with a penalty on The Fairway. I'm sure my score would be better under that rule. Many locals won't even play that course this time of year, it's just too hard.

This is a pace of play issue as people are constantly looking for their balls in this situation. 

And yes you can't post your score under these rules, however my score is easily 10 Strokes worse than what I average playing under normal Torrey Pines conditions. 

Completely agree with everything you said. I've dropped in the rough, just to end up advancing my ball 20 yards into the rough in front of me and having to take another lost ball drop.

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1 minute ago, Double Mocha Man said:

My Torrey Pines local rule is to have a double gin & tonic in the Lodge after finishing my round.

or do a preemptive strike and have that double prior to the round.

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