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Bounce back on hitting flagstick

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Wed, Nov 20 2013 4:42 PM

  gmaster007:

  actually it was the Masters, not US Open.

  Stand corrected. Tx.

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Thu, Nov 21 2013 3:35 AM

  fatdan:

  I watched a video 1 of the best players on this site made...he removed the flagstick on every shot...problem solved.

  +1

  I learned that, too. I've played with one of the best, if not the best, and he removed it on every approach, no matter the distance (and every shot ended inside 3 ft. It took me hitting the hole/flag at Bethpage #9 and shooting out so hard and fast that the ball ended up on # 3 fairway at St Andrews to figure out that the flag stick and ball don't get along at all. Even got the "thump-thump" sound on a shot at Pebble Beach CTTH, but the ball hit the top of the flag stick and ricocheted 200 ft back towards me. I still leave it in, because I never hit what I aim at, anyway. I aim at bunkers, just so I'll miss 'em. I've been saved by the flag stick more than I've been hurt by it. Yes, 500+ ranked rounds and I still don't know what I'm doing. If I knew what I was doing, it might not be as fun, anymore.

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Thu, Nov 21 2013 6:54 AM

  Merion #13

  Merion #3

• Hochh 423 Posts

  Sun, Dec 29 2013 8:42 AM

  Want bring this one to the top...I want to agree and disagree with what's in here.

  First off, if you play real golf enough you know the flag is a random event...Sometimes it will hit and go a long way off (Remember flags are not rigid objects, but  have flex to them...I have seen them slingshot a ball

  BUT (and that's a big one)...they also sometimes knock a ball down...I've seen a couple drop right next to or into the hole...so we need a bit of randomness in this.

  WGT...any thoughts.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Sun, Dec 29 2013 12:10 PM

  WGT is a virtual world. WGT's programmers can make it close to, but not the same as real life.

  Get over it, and don't expect WGT to offer any input in this thread..

   

• SplashLewis 375 Posts

  Mon, Dec 30 2013 8:53 AM

  Hitting the flag itself is more likely to drop the ball straight down than hitting the stick.  The flagstick gets more rigid going from top to bottom, so a ball hitting the top will rebound less than a ball hitting the middle.  Now as you hit the stick closer to the hole, then flight angle, velocity and proximity to the ground come in play.

  I think Tiger wins the Masters if his shot doesnt hit the flagstick and go into the drink, IMO