The PGA hosts around 180,000 rounds of golf each year. If Wise and his staff set up the course every week like they do for the Assistant Pros Championship, that number would drop below 100,000. The heavy rough, fast greens and hard, tight fairways would take their toll on the stress level of the average golfer, creating longer rounds. Fewer rounds also mean less money coming in. This creates a need to charge more for golf and we all know just how thrifty we are when it comes to golf fees.
Northern courses have an advantage over southern courses when it comes to maintaining conditioning.
The northern courses receive the brunt of their business during the summer, during the growing season. The course is outgrowing the wear. Southern courses see the most traffic in the winter, when grasses are more dormant and sunshine is less prevalent. Wise has to prepare his courses during the growing season to deal with the heavy traffic come wintertime. Grasses differ tremendously from up north to down here.