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*** #9 Oakmont putting challenge ***

• RoggRR 635 Posts

  Sun, Jul 3 2016 7:57 PM

  yes , it was 30-40%

  when ive found good spot for the aim, ball was going v close many times then, several time inside 3ft

   

   

  p,s,

  neil, i have to ask u something on the private line

  ive sent u fr inv

• 19cltc67 3,296 Posts

  Sun, Jul 3 2016 10:28 PM

  great challenge :) cheers

   

  i took more than 20 try's and got 151 ft putt......thought i could beat it tho lol

   

  got 173.98ft lol

   

  replay.aspx?ID=0477ef98 cadc 431b 8c29 a639005846e4

   

  

   

  posted the card incase the vid got posted wrong :)

   

  ill need to try beat the 180footer lol

   

  gl enjoy      max slow meter balls (pro) if i qualify 

• hakman123 2,119 Posts

  Sun, Jul 3 2016 10:50 PM

  Welcome to the challenge   lol

  Video posted perfectly.    If you want to save on balls - just equip a starter ball if you are going to go for a 60+ yds effort.  once you get off the green the putts are much harder to get the line you want - the rough plays with the line and you need a lot more tries.

  I'll be updating the scoreboard in a few hours when I get home from work.

  Thanks for participating

  GL on the longer effort

  Neil

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 12:51 AM

  I am adding extra 2 sleeves for first person to make 65yard putt.

• hakman123 2,119 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 2:08 AM

  Hmmmm   65 yds.    Impossible in my humble opinion unless I have missed some great trick somewhere. Outside 63 yds the rough is too deep to putt.

  I'm thinking your 2 sleeves are safe.   But I've been wrong before!.

• hakman123 2,119 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 8:04 AM

  Well time is running out.   Will anyone beat 62 yds?  Will anyone hit Icon's crazy 65 yd challenge target??   unlikely!

  There is now 14 hrs to go - and here is the Scoreboard as it currently stands.

  

  Have Fun & Happy Hacking to you all

  Neil (The Hakman)

• gdog8 1,356 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 8:47 AM

  hakman123:

  Hmmmm   65 yds.    Impossible in my humble opinion unless I have missed some great trick somewhere. Outside 63 yds the rough is too deep to putt.

  I'm thinking your 2 sleeves are safe.   But I've been wrong before!.

  65 Yards is not impossible at all mate!  I tried the other day from 65 yards out and came up .7 short.  So just saying it is possible but you would have to have some  time on your hand or get extremely fortuitous  bounce.

  This is where I was If anyone wants to go chase the top prize and Icon's sleeves. :)

  
  

• hakman123 2,119 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 9:21 AM

  Bounce???   I am yet to see a single putt from back there bounce. I'd love to see a replay of a putt from 65 yds getting close. I have not been able to get anywhere near from back there. You must have found a much better spot than me. I gave up on it.

• ScottHope 10,449 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 1:12 PM

  I have tried from about there Neil, and yes it does bounce. I think it's on other side of the path at that distance and I'm guessing that the bounce is caused by the ball going across that path. If I got a bad bounce it took a lot of power out of the shot and ended up 30-50ft short. But if the bounce was only a small one then it would just about get pin high using full power on the 300ft meter, but it's a very tough shot from there.

• hakman123 2,119 Posts

  Mon, Jul 4 2016 6:14 PM

  I did try a few places on the far side of the path. Most spots are 40-50% rough, but I managed to find a few spots on the edge with 30-40%.

  When I putt at full power from there, at worst I end up in the middle of the rough between the path and the green, at best I dribble the ball onto the green maybe 10 yds and end up 50 yds short.

  Couldn't find anywhere that did better than that.

  I suspect it is all in finding the best starting point for your putt. But the camera angles and visibility back there is simply awful, so it is hard to work out where you are - let alone where to try next.    Like I said - I gave it up after quite a lot of prospecting.