After playing Langley Pond several times while I was home for winter break, and seeing as this discussion has cropped up again, here's what I think of the tees and baskets. Several of these rounds were after the course had been drenched, so I can speak to how the tees are when wet.
I absolutely love these tees. I was unsure of how I'd like them, since I really like the gravel and open rubber mat tees on several of the courses in the Upstate. However, they grip incredibly well, especially in the wet. My knee actually started hurting a bit during break, and I think part of the reason is that you have to be cure you're turning your foot on the turf tees, otherwise your foot will stick from the grip. Insanely, it seemed like the tees gripped even better in the wet, but that may be from being used to how slick concrete tees get. I can't really say enough positive things about these tees, and I hope they really catch on.
Now the baskets. I'm really disappointed in the Discatchers that come with DGP. They only have a single ring for both the inner and outer chains instead of the double rings that current production Discatchers come with. The chains are also rougher than those found on other baskets. These two things seem to make the baskets much stiffer compared to the other current baskets (Discatcher, Mach X, and Chainstar being my points of reference). I had several poor putts to the left or right which probably would have been caught by other baskets, but were rejected by these baskets. Obviously I need to improve my putting form, since those missed putts were my fault. But it's somewhat frustrating knowing other baskets may have caught those putts, and the single ring feels like a step backward.
Overall though, I'd say the equipment is top notch, excepting the design of the Discatchers DGP uses.
but i got a notification but no message here... i did say fire engine, not fire hydrant...
