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Green speed designations.....not really rocket science!!!

• Sifu2U 1 Posts

  Tue, Jan 29 2013 7:14 AM

   

  One would think that a green that supposedly is  "VERY FAST" should take less yardage than the distance to the whole.  How is it that on a very fast green you have to hit it as though it were a  12 ft. putt,  to make a 10 ft. putt. (on a 0 or level surface)  Indeed this is a "SLOW GREEN", in no stretch of the imagination is this a "VERY FAST" green.  Is anyone there smarter than a fifth grader?   At minimum if you are unwilling to make the correct call on whether a green is slow, fast, etc.  perhaps it would be wise to talk to someone who has actually played the game, or at least in the lessons explain how fast or very fast may require some extra umphhhh.  I am relatively sure you are not intentionally misleading your patrons, but I think an effort should be made to explain this phenomena.

• puttersman 240 Posts

  Tue, Jan 29 2013 7:54 AM

  I find that on a very fast green the longer the putt, the more you have to deduct distance to avoid going way past the hole. ie. 20 foot putt on level ground, I would hit about 18 feet and get very close or in the hole. On a short putt of lets say 5 feet, the very fast green plays slow and you have to hit harder to make the hole. Why do short putts play slower, They should be consistent with the posted green speed.. Also why is it always a very fast green, why not different speeds once in a while.

• bennyhotnuts 157 Posts

  Tue, Jan 29 2013 8:17 AM

  Find it more annoying that there are 2 different grades of tournament green, which are not differentiated from each other in the interface.

  Very fast plays pretty much exactly the same as the first grade of tourney green, they both seem very slow, I can agree with you there.

  The real tourney greens, wow they are hardcore, wish I could play them more, but always seems to be the weak version.

• mnshiner 1,382 Posts

  Tue, Jan 29 2013 8:23 AM

  bennyhotnuts:

  The real tourney greens, wow they are hardcore, wish I could play them more, but always seems to be the weak version.

  Just play a lot of Alt Shot games with Legends. Your quickest way of learning the difference in the speed.

   

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Tue, Jan 29 2013 9:46 AM

  You have to pay attention to which way the grass grows.

  Putting against the grain you have to hit it harder than when you putt with the grain.