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Kiawah Island putting angles

• pearljammmmer 4,268 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 7:53 AM

  There are so many great things about WGT that it would take a long time to list them all, so I don't want to come off as complaining...but...

  Why on Kiawah Island are there so many greens where you do not have a view from directly behind the hole? On several greens you're forced to putt using a terrible angle. Really frustrating to not have a good viewpoint of a putt that is going to break.

  Couldn't it be possible to make design changes so that you could rotate the putting position you're in a full 360 degrees and choose any angle you wished?

• 2,840 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 11:02 AM

  pearljammmmer:

  There are so many great things about WGT that it would take a long time to list them all, so I don't want to come off as complaining...but...

  Why on Kiawah Island are there so many greens where you do not have a view from directly behind the hole? On several greens you're forced to putt using a terrible angle. Really frustrating to not have a good viewpoint of a putt that is going to break.

  Couldn't it be possible to make design changes so that you could rotate the putting position you're in a full 360 degrees and choose any angle you wished?

  The putting angels are based off the photographs that were originally taken when the course was created.  Unfortunately we aren't able to create new views without having to go back and rephotograph the course.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

• Kurtsbuford 7,592 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 11:45 AM

  Was just wondering if we can purchase putting angels in the pro shop?

• MichaelStroke 2,066 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 11:48 AM

  Kurtsbuford:

  Was just wondering if we can purchase putting angels in the pro shop?

  

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 11:51 AM

  Kurtsbuford:

  Was just wondering if we can purchase putting angels in the pro shop?

  only refurbished ones are available, Kurt, and I heard those have a  deviation of 6" per 10ft.

  sorry :)

  -wgticon

• vitoandolini 175 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 11:57 AM

  

• christomento 31 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 12:23 PM

  Instead of reshooting the greens, what about making more than two camera angles available on the greens?  Give one alternate looking forward and one looking backward?

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 3:42 PM

  WGTdbloshoe:

  The putting angels are based off the photographs that were originally taken when the course was created.

  With that being said, is WGT employing more picture taking on future courses in respect to putting on the greens?

• 2DAMFLASHY 1,141 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 4:05 PM

  sooooo... Mr. jammer sir... what that means is  ..........

  it is what it is.... :)

  what a buddy an i did ,,is play it a lot for bout a week... ..hit say 20 ft on every side of hole ya can..an just really get to know the breaks...

  then from 10 ft... .. ...

  then ya''just know ..even with a funky view...what the putts gunna do.. ..

  peace...

   

• 2,840 Posts

  Wed, Aug 20 2014 4:20 PM

  ZioMio:

  WGTdbloshoe:

  The putting angels are based off the photographs that were originally taken when the course was created.

  With that being said, is WGT employing more picture taking on future courses in respect to putting on the greens?

  With the most recent courses I have not seen this same issue.  Based off that I would say that more care has been taken to make sure we can get the best possible angles. 

   

  - WGTdbloshoe