The bonus hole at my club was a joke until they changed the grass last spring
When they first cut the bonus hole at my club in 2019, everyone treated it like a joke, and the tee box was basically dirt. Then last April the greenskeeper switched to a fescue mix and now it plays so true that our Saturday tiebreakers actually mean something. Has anyone else watched a bonus hole go from afterthought to the best-kept secret on the property?
So they changed the grass and now a tiebreaker on the bonus hole actually matters? Sounds like you guys just needed something to care about on a Saturday. A fescue mix making a hole play true is basic stuff, not some kind of miracle. Most bonus holes at clubs are afterthoughts because nobody wants to spend money on them. If yours went from dirt to decent, great, but calling it the best-kept secret on the property feels like a stretch. Give it a couple seasons and see if the crew keeps it up once the newness wears off.