“On
this hole, you just let it rip,” says Mitch Flemming, Professional
Golf Management senior and member of the Ferris State golf team.
And
standing on the 10th tee at Ferris State’s Katke Golf Course,
that’s exactly what he does. His drive lands just off the
fairway to the right, and only about 25 yards from the green on
the par-four.
As
a PGM major, competitor and long-hitter, Flemming sees the course
in ways the weekend player doesn’t. Something as seemingly
basic as how the fairway of a public course needs to be cut has
its subtleties.
“The
landing areas for better players are going to be further up the
fairway, and they’ll be narrower,” he explains. “It’s
a risk/reward equation. You need to mow a course so that good
players want to play, but also for weekend players who come out
for relaxation.”
On
the next hole, which Flemming pars after again just missing a
birdie, Flemming explains why the 11th green is being watered
in the middle of the day.
“It’s
called ‘syringing,’” Flemming says. “It
makes the grass stand up. That’s why they mow greens early
in the morning when they’re full of dew and standing up.
They’re watering now because the greens back here are starting
to firm up.”
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