Sentence examples for green speed from inspiring English sources

"The green speed, the height of the rough, the pressure — a regular 10-handicapper having to play by every rule?

But perhaps the most diabolical weapon in its arsenal is green speed -- how fast the ball rolls on the green.

He said the green speed when he played Monday was about a 13 on the Stimpmeter, which, when combined with severe slopes, can make the surfaces almost unplayable.

"I didn't drive the ball well, didn't hit my irons well and didn't have the green speed again," he acknowledged before leaving Winged Foot that Friday.

In the United States Open, McDowell took the measure of a Pebble Beach layout that had many of the pros grousing about green speed and fairway slope, shooting even par to win.

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Older British Open course designs tend to have more severely sloped greens because green speeds were much slower when they were built.

I'm not saying they encounter it every day, but often they're encountering green speeds every bit as fast as this.

And one thing is for sure: the Open, with its super-fast green speeds, along with the pressure of playing for the national championship, will put severe demands on the putter.

And Mickelson left Tiger Woods muttering obscenities to himself about green speeds and what happened to his personal intimidation power and his ability to keep drives from flying into the wrong ZIP code.

"Green speeds will essentially be what we had in 2007 and 2010 [for the US Women's Open] barring some heavy rain event, which could be possible tomorrow," said Davis.