GREEN SPEEDS

[Jimbo]

I'm getting ready for Augusta and am setting my green speeds and refining my "nasty" vocabulary-but I notices a putting option that says "Green Speed Using Course Settings". It comes after the "Challenging" options.

what does that do? Will it make the Masters easier?

[pmgolf]

First of all, someone has to put some work into doing course conditions for that particular course. They don't automatically appear for every course. And some courses become almost unplayable using those conditions. The following are all the "Course Settings" courses I know about:

"Course Settings"

Augusta National (2010), Apr 7/10, Andrew Jones, AugustaNational2010_locked.crz, 166 mb
Hazeltine (2009) PGA Edition, Jan 3/10, Timothy Boche, Hazeltine 2009 PGA Edition.CRZ, 189 mb
Ardennes Dunes (GKR Version), Nov 15/09, Andrew Jones, ArdennesDunesGKRVersion_locked.crz, 60 mb
Volcano Island Golf Club (GKR Version), Nov 15/09, Andrew Jones, volcano island golf club.CRZ, 49 mb
TPC Boston 2008, Aug 27/09, Steve Avery, TPC_Boston_Beta.crz, 131 mb
Hazeltine (2009), Aug 5/09, Timothy Boche, Hazeltine 2009 Final.CRZ, 173 mb
*Hazeltine National Golf Club (2009), May 30/09, Timothy Boche, Hazeltine 2009 ExclusiveBeta.CRZ, 128 mb
Excelsior Golf Estate, May 23/09, Adriaan Maarschalk, excelsiorTE.CRZ, 161 mb
*Augusta National (2009), Apr 6/09, Andrew Jones, AugustaNational2009Final.crz, 166 mb
Kapalua Plantation Course (2009), Jan 1/09, Andrew Jones, Kapalua Plantation 2009.crz, 107mb (little > Medium, both)
**** Caution **** Carry distance out of rough reduced to 80 yds! **********
Devils Island (2008), Andrew Jones, Devils Island 2008.crz, 44 mb
Cog Hill No. 4 - Dubsdread (2007), Sep 2/08, Tim Hagen, coghill_locked.crz, 83 mb
Enniscrone - The Dunes (OWGC), Jul 7/08, Andrew Jones & Stewart Parker, Enniscrone(OWGC).CRZ, 81 mb
TPC at Sawgrass, Stadium Course (2008), May 8/08, Andrew Jones, Sawgrass2008.crz, 115 mb
*Augusta National (2008), Apr 8/08, Andrew Jones, AugustaNational2008Final.crz, 132 mb
*Augusta National (2008), Apr 1/08, Andrew Jones, AugustaNational2008.crz, 132 mb
*Kapalua Plantation Course (2008), Jan 4/08, Andrew Jones, KapaluaPlantation2008.crz, 82 mb

Pete

[dko]

Linkster's Augusta 2026 has course settings, and they play fast (not the Links Fast non-challenging condition, but fast). One caveat is that even though the rough is not labelled as deep, it will play that way if you use these settings. I remember that Adelade commented on this when I raised the question for Linkster's 2024 version.

If you set the conditions yourself, it will play as regular rough, as is usually the case in real life.

Why not give it a try in practice mode?