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Is there a time limit . . .

• Juanimator 5 Posts

  Fri, Mar 15 2013 1:05 AM

  Is there a limit WGT incorporate on the time the ball travels ?

  I've played my shot beyond the flag to the 15th green on Bethpage with the knowledge that the ball will roll back down the slope and stop (hopefully) below the hole at the front of the green.  What happened next to the ball is scientifically  impossible given the gradient of the slope and the speed of the ball.  It defies logic in my book.

  Watch the replay to see what I mean.

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=12f11ab0-4893-4fde-a109-a181004bb65d

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Fri, Mar 15 2013 1:31 AM

  Rabbit pellets? It does look a bit unfair I must admit.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Fri, Mar 15 2013 2:41 AM

  LMAO, yep that is a WGT physics blooper. At least it leaves you an easy 3 putt from there!

• borntobesting 9,775 Posts

  Fri, Mar 15 2013 3:20 AM

  What I see is a shot that was hit too far to the right and a little too hard. He is extremely luck that it didn't stay up on top leaving him an impossible putt. Aimed farther to the left and the ball would have ran down to the hole. And with that first bounce it appears that he may have added a small amount of top spin to the shot,

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Fri, Mar 15 2013 4:37 AM

  From the former putting CTTH I know that this is a (the one?) spot to stop the ball close to the hole.

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Fri, Mar 15 2013 6:48 AM

  Juanimator:

  Is there a limit WGT incorporate on the time the ball travels ?

  Juan, I think you nailed it.  Your replay and shot stops, as close as I can tell, after running exactly 30 seconds. And clearly the ball had several more feet to roll.    It leads me to think there is a 30 second time limit on shots.

  Good thing it wasn't a near eagle!