Myrtle Beach Golf Glossary
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Frost:
Frost develops on a leaf blade when water crystallizes because the outside temperature drops below 32 degrees. If a person steps on the crystallized leaf blade, the water crystal acts like a knife and will puncture the veins within the leaf blade. Once the leaf’s vein is ruptured, the leaf and eventually the plant will die. A frost delay is necessary until temperatures reach above 38 degrees. Play will resume once the greens have defrosted and the grass blades are safe from harm. |
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Bermuda Grass:
Bermuda grass is a hot weather grass frequently used on golf courses in the south. A variety of Bermuda grasses are used on area golf courses. A different strand of Bermuda is planted in the fairways compared to those used on greens. In Myrtle Beach, Bermuda grass goes dormant during the winter and spring months and comes out of dormancy in late spring. |
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Bent Grass:
Bent grass is sensitive to heat and humidity. Bent grass is used in both fairways and greens. In the south, bent grass is used primarily on greens. |
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Rye Grass:
Rye grass is used on golf courses while Bermuda grass is dormant. Golf typically over-seed their fairways in October in anticipation of the dormancy of bremuda grass. Rye will keep the golf course fairways green until temperatures reach 80 degrees. After temperatures reach 80 degrees; the rye grass dies. |
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Transition:
Transition is the period when temperatures rise and rye grass dies and Bermuda grass comes out of dormancy. Dormant Bermuda is brown and while golf courses transition; the playing surfaces are a mixture of brown and light green. Transition on greens makes the putting surface uneven. This is a common occurrence in Myrtle Beach and varies with the temperature. |
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Thru the Green:
Rules may be applied on certain areas within the golf course. In order to simplify the wording the USGA coined the phrase Thru the Green. Thru the Green means all areas on the golf course except your own tee box, hazards and the green. Therefore, when the application of a rule is thru the green, a player may apply the rule anywhere on the golf course except if your ball comes to rest on your tee box, any hazard and the green of the hole you are playing. |
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Double Tee:
It is when the golf course starts play on both the first and tenth tees simultaneously. At the completion of nine holes, players crossover to the other nine holes. It affects the guests coming to Myrtle Beach since most golf courses use the double tee system to start play. By double teeing a course, players can not tee-off between 9:20 and 12:00. If you would like to play at 10:00, find golf course that single tees. |
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Single Tee:
Every player starts on the first hole. Tee times are available through out the day when a single tee system is used. |
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Shotgun:
All players start at the same time but on different holes. All 18 holes are used for the beginning of play. Shotgun starts are generally used for tournaments of 100 people or more. Most players will finish at about the same time. A full shotgun consists of 144 players. |
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Modified Shotgun:
All players start at the same time using different starting holes. The number of holes used for a modified shotgun start, is determined by the number of players within the group. A modified shotgun start allows all of the players to finish playing around the same time. A perfect solution for winter afternoon rounds for groups of more than 24 golfers. |
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