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• Fraenkel 2,252 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 2:51 AM

  Hello Folks.

  Never ask this before, I always thought that was a non-write rule but I would like to share different opinions. Play daily match play and I found many players that concede hole depending on green position after the approach. I always concede the hole even if we are ready to score from under 2.5ft distance and I think it's a very good concede. 

  Which are your conditions, approachs and suggests for have a good concede and don't feel like an unsportsman like conduct?

  Salut,
  Davide. 

• borntobesting 9,783 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 3:11 AM

  Fraenkel:

  Hello Folks.

  Never ask this before, I always thought that was a non-write rule but I would like to share different opinions. Play daily match play and I found many players that concede hole depending on green position after the approach. I always concede the hole even if we are ready to score from under 2.5ft distance and I think it's a very good concede. 

  Which are your conditions, approachs and suggests for have a good concede and don't feel like an unsportsman like conduct?

  Salut,
  Davide. 

  It depends. If say a 2 to 3 foot putt is just a normal putt then I will concede, But if it is a 2 to 3 foot putt with a huge amount of break like on # 2 @ St.Andrews or # 15 @ Bethpage Black then I make them putt. Or any if the match depends on it. 

  The same holds true for alternate shot. But in A/S sometimes you have to make allowances. Once in an A/S match I conceded a 5 foot birdie putt that meant nothing. We had already holed out for bogey and my partner went ballistic on me for conceding the putt. Actually when i play I prefer not to have my putts conceded but that's just me.

• Oldbayrunner 1,774 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 4:44 AM

  I find it best if you are not playing with friends to ask other members if they want concedes and if so at what distance. That way there is no confusion or arguments.

• superchuck 210 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 4:49 AM

  It's a tool in your bag to use as you wish. No hard and fast rule. Go with your gut.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 9:53 AM

  I never concede anything outside 1ft.

  -wgticon

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 10:22 AM

  superchuck:

  It's a tool in your bag to use as you wish. No hard and fast rule. Go with your gut.

  I second that.

  The concede is a right of the player with the button and no right of his opponent. He who demands a putt to be conceded is plain wrong!

  I'm strictly against any agreement as to a certain concede distance, other than 1 foot which is pointless. Firstly it depends on the green contour if a 2 or 4 foot putt is safe. Second it's a means of psychologic tactics to confuse the opponent with laxness and rigour. Especially in an A/S match, a player may become blocked out from short range putting for quite a while, then having a "simple" putt ?on an unfamiliar surface? as a stern test.

  Other than that, a concede is good to accelerate the match when there's nothing to win or to lose, like in the example given.

  Having said that, I frequently concede putts below 3 feet, more or less.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 12:32 PM

  WGTicon:

  I never concede anything outside 1ft.

  -wgticon

  LMAO you must have seek my diamond yips award!

  Basically in any match play I am happy to hole out from any distance - if my opponemt thinks I could miss - he should make me hole out regardless of distance and I cannot object to that. As a rule though, 3 feet and under is pretty hard to miss

• qazxcbb 290 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 12:54 PM

  At the beginning of the match i type "I rarely concede at all, & expect the same, cheers & hava gd'un", have never had bad vibes yet.

• mjglanzer 4 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 9:26 PM

  Just like in real golf, it's all mental.  Conceding putts early in the match (especially slightly longer ones) can lull your opponent into a false sense of security and then later on, boom you force them to putt out a clutch 2.5-3 footer and they choke. That can be enough to turn the tide of the whole match in your favor.   

  No rules on concedes.  Use them to your advantage.