Playing on Different Grasses

Hack It Out Golf

Hack it Out Golf - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner, Greg Chalmers

Education, Sports, Golf

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

If you play golf at more than one place, you'll find that the playing surface for our game varies considerably. In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg take a listener question about playing from different types of grasses. You'll learn some of the basic characteristics of turfs and techniques to deal with grabby grasses—along with some inside info on Greg's home course. Mark's tip on using the Divot Board to practice chipping at the end of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFmNCZimM4 Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/subscribe Mark Crossfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4golfonline Mark Crossfield on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/4golfonline Lou Stagner's weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.loustagnergolf.com/subscribe Lou Stagner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouStagner Greg Chalmers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregChalmersPGA The Hack It Out Golf Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HackItOutGolf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years, but using Canva was a really good one.
0:08.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.
0:13.0	They looked good, really, really good.
0:17.0	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the lot, including the car.
0:24.5	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
0:28.0	Thanks, Canva.
0:30.4	Right, team, let's answer some listeners questions.
0:33.6	We've got Alistair here.
0:35.3	Robbins has asked a great question.
0:36.9	Hi, guys, loving the podcast. Thanks for listening, Alistair. He says, I've recently moved to W.A., Western Australia, and joined a club called Royal Fremantle. Is it Royal Fremantle or was he put in the Royal Infantle? No, it is. It is Royal Fremantle. Thank you very much, Mark. Because we use that as a joke in the UK.
0:55.6	You know, like I'm playing at Royal wherever. Yes, yes. You know, when it's a mud bar, you're like, yeah, this is a Royal Club. Yeah, sure. Yeah. I have a question about that after you go through this. Yeah, the royal side, I won't be how to answer it,
1:09.5	but I know, I think I know what you're going to ask.
1:11.8	Where they idolised Greg with photos of him throughout the clubhouse, because this is where you played as a youngster, Greg. Club champion, 1989. Oh, club champion. Name on the board, loving it. Forget the PJ tour. Name on the board is what it's all about.
1:28.3	Youngest club champion, up, thank you very much.
1:30.3	Youngest in the world.
1:31.3	In the world at that club.
1:33.3	Anyway, 16 months old club champion, boo.
1:37.3	He's a natural.
1:38.3	So at this club, the course, fairways and rough are cuckooagua grass.
1:43.3	Am I cuckooa? Cacoo you. Cicu you? Oh, and rough are cuckooa grass. Am I cacua?
1:45.5	Cacuuu you. Cacu you guys are both murdering it. Go on. Cicu you. Cicuio. Is it in Australian grass? I have it at Riviera, you morons. Honestly. Yeah, I know. We hear about it. every year at Riviera, but I don't know if it gets its, if its birth is in Australia.
2:03.9	Oh, wow.
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