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Re: Green Elevations

• maruschak 572 Posts

  Thu, Nov 10 2011 7:09 PM

  Okay, I didn't do well in physics class,...here's ny conundrum.......I have a 5 foot putt....3" downhill...( as indicated by green triangle)....I putt the ball and it rolls by the hole 12 ",........now I have a 1 foot putt...correct???   Correct...now in my mind, it ought to be a 1 foot putt...indicated by a green triangle as UPHILL...correct??

   

  However....it stills shows "downhill 3" ,....So if I  go by the indicator,..there's a good likelihood that the ball ewill hang on the lip...."short!!"

• TotteSwede 512 Posts

  Fri, Nov 11 2011 12:52 AM

  If you have a 1ft putt you dont have to bother about breaks. Just whack it with 3ft of power and it's in...

• DarSum 1,440 Posts

  Fri, Nov 11 2011 5:32 AM

  Apparently many of the holes on WGT are put in craters on the greens. So when you're within 5 feet it's always downhill. lol

  I don't even pay attention to up or downhill when I'm within 3 feet or so. Unless it's on Oakmont tourney greens with 3 feet of break in the 3 foot putt. Just ram it in the hole. Don't baby those 5 foot and under putts.

• TarheelsRule 5,557 Posts

  Fri, Nov 11 2011 9:06 AM

  There are a few places, especially on Oakmont that it seems you have a downhill putt and if you knock if a few feet by you still have a downhill putt.

  Good point about the short putts and even on the longer ones.  In real golf I tend to die the ball at the hole but on a short putt (5 feet and less on WGT) just ram it in.  If you hit it 40% harder than you need that only equates to going 2 feet by.

• maruschak 572 Posts

  Fri, Nov 11 2011 10:57 AM

  Thanks for all the input....I do like to "whack" the short ones in the ctr of the hole  what you guys recommend....but I was simply looking to see if anyone else was aware of the "always down" triangle!!

   

  Tks again

• b0geybuster 2,574 Posts

  Fri, Nov 11 2011 12:23 PM

  maruschak:

  Thanks for all the input....I do like to "whack" the short ones in the ctr of the hole  what you guys recommend....but I was simply looking to see if anyone else was aware of the "always down" triangle!!

  It would suggest the hole is cut in a gully.   Just because it is down one way, it is not safe to assume it will be up coming back!

  Cheers,

  b0gey