1.   An equal amount of touch is required to hold and then putt on devilishly fast greens.

2.   A major concern is how resiliant this long course with fast greens will be if El Nino-driven rainstorms continue their advance on Southern California.

3.   But the consensus from everyone was that a wet and soggy Shinnecock was not your typical Shinnecock, with blowing winds, hard fairways and fast greens.

4.   Els has much fonder memories of Westchester, where the fast greens and formidable rough should help prepare players for the Open.

5.   Everyone expects fast greens at the Masters, but Estes could not remember seeing them so fast so early in the week.

6.   Extremely fast greens and the demand for precision often lead to catastrophic changes among the leaders.

7.   Fast greens made up for that, taking all but the surest putters out of contention.

8.   Great putter on fast greens.

9.   He felt comfortable with its tight fairways, ancient trees and fast greens.