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Post by Mitchblue on Mar 10, 2015 16:37:42 GMT -5
Slopes are okay but I've seen a putt that goes left to right 5 feet or more from 5 feet. Or you putt within 5 feet and it rolls all the way back. Not realistic or fun..
But I like huge slopes 30-40 feet away..
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Post by fondername0 on Mar 10, 2015 22:47:38 GMT -5
USGA Requirements for Hole Location on the Putting Green
There are no rules regarding hole locations, so there is no such thing as an "illegal" hole location. The USGA believes that many factors affect selection of hole locations. The first and most important is good judgment
An area two to three feet in radius around the hole should be as nearly level as possible and of uniform grade. In no case should holes be located in tricky places, or on sharp slopes where a ball can gather speed. A player above the hole should be able to stop the ball at the hole.
it is recommended that generally the hole be located at least four paces from any edge of the green. If a bunker is close to the edge, or if the ground slopes away from the edge, the distance should be greater
USGA - Pin Placements
The recommended hole placements don't apply to tournament setup. Tournament officials pick hole locations to make the best tournament possible. They follow the rule that there is no rule on hole location. They don't care what's recommended. The recommendations are there to help public courses setup for the general public. Well they use the words like competition several times, but whatever you say is fine with me. I don't have a dog in this hunt. |
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Post by mnguy12000 on Mar 11, 2015 9:37:34 GMT -5
Slopes are okay but I've seen a putt that goes left to right 5 feet or more from 5 feet. Or you putt within 5 feet and it rolls all the way back. Not realistic or fun.. But I like huge slopes 30-40 feet away.. Agreed, this is just plain unfair. On hard and fast greens the ball tends to do goofy things on approach shots. Many times I have factored in roll and the ball still roll up the slope, but never came back down as it would in real life and left me with a putt that no matter how soft I hit hit rolled 10 feet or more by the hole. On slower greens speeds this really isnt a problem. but yeah I have seen those 6-7 foot putts where you need to play like 5 feet of break, which is just plain crazy! |
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Post by mcbogga on Mar 13, 2015 8:25:45 GMT -5
Slopes are okay but I've seen a putt that goes left to right 5 feet or more from 5 feet. Or you putt within 5 feet and it rolls all the way back. Not realistic or fun.. But I like huge slopes 30-40 feet away.. Agreed, this is just plain unfair. On hard and fast greens the ball tends to do goofy things on approach shots. Many times I have factored in roll and the ball still roll up the slope, but never came back down as it would in real life and left me with a putt that no matter how soft I hit hit rolled 10 feet or more by the hole. On slower greens speeds this really isnt a problem. but yeah I have seen those 6-7 foot putts where you need to play like 5 feet of break, which is just plain crazy! You are aware that from center of cup to first grid line is about 1.5 foot? Have never seen 5 feet of break from 7 feet out. Rarely do you have to aim outside first grid line, whereas in real life competition set up its not uncommon to have more than 2 feet of break if you are stupid/unlucky enough to end up on the wrong side of the hole. |
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Post by mnguy12000 on Mar 13, 2015 9:07:52 GMT -5
Agreed, this is just plain unfair. On hard and fast greens the ball tends to do goofy things on approach shots. Many times I have factored in roll and the ball still roll up the slope, but never came back down as it would in real life and left me with a putt that no matter how soft I hit hit rolled 10 feet or more by the hole. On slower greens speeds this really isnt a problem. but yeah I have seen those 6-7 foot putts where you need to play like 5 feet of break, which is just plain crazy! You are aware that from center of cup to first grid line is about 1.5 foot? Have never seen 5 feet of break from 7 feet out. Rarely do you have to aim outside first grid line, whereas in real life competition set up its not uncommon to have more than 2 feet of break if you are stupid/unlucky enough to end up on the wrong side of the hole. wow that might explain my poor putting lol. ok that might make better sense foe me knowing that |
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Post by mcbogga on Mar 13, 2015 15:21:20 GMT -5
The camera is a bit weird. Might be a camera thing that irons seem to have a super high flight too...
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