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Green Speed in RG

• Infinito3010 3,689 Posts

  Fri, Dec 24 2010 5:25 AM

  Recently played a KIW-F18 RG.  Green speed conditions for this round was indicated as TOURNAMENT!!  However, during the course of the round especially on the back 9 several putts came up significantly short.  I did send in a bug report for this.  Is it possible that the tournament conditions have been corrupted.  After 61000 plus putts and close to 4000 ranked rounds  I would think I know how hard to hit the ball after all this time.

  [Addendum]

  Prior to this I did play 2 RG Full-18 which had very fast as a green speed.  Are there certain asset files not being updated when you start a tournament which would result in this anomaly.  As a result, my cache has been totally cleaned.

  Please take a look into this.

  Infinito

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Dec 24 2010 5:55 AM

  Infinito-I don't know if this applies to this exact situation but I've learned there are 2 Tournament speeds. It's supported by WGT's stimpmeter specs for the different green speeds. TM and Legend putt on Tournament greens but the Legend's version is faster. I've confirmed it a number of times and the only way I know the difference is after the first putt or 2. 

  My first thought reading your post was you were on the TM version of that speed, for whatever reason.

• columbiacgt 565 Posts

  Fri, Dec 24 2010 10:24 AM

  Since the beginning, RG greens have always been a little slower than normal for the indicated speed, there a numerous posts on the subject. This happened even before the introduction of tournament and championship green speeds. If WGT hasen't changed it, it means they want it that way, only thing to do is remember and adjust power.

   

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Fri, Dec 24 2010 6:01 PM

  heavy wind probably had some effect on it.

  -wgticon

• Infinito3010 3,689 Posts

  Fri, Dec 24 2010 7:06 PM

  I appreciate the info, and no disrespect intended, but when I hit a putt which I figure should go 3ft past the hole and comes up 1 foot short, then something is wrong.