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• jamesfox1973 104 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 9:18 AM

  13th hole bethpage black.....

  landed on what tyhe game said was the fringe had a 28ft put uphill 9inches.....so i hit my putting on the 37ft power mark.....ball moves about 5ft and then next shot game give me a chip shot not a putt any more ??....this is totally crooked and only wgt blinkered lovers would disagree....lol

  if the 2nd shot is a chip shot why was not the 1st shot one also ??....lol

• Lesthanpar 1,507 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 9:37 AM

  You can change it to hit whatever shot you want to. :-0

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 10:10 AM

  Let's just examine this a bit, if I may.

  You hit your first putt from the fringe and the ball moved 5 feet.  And was still on fringe.  Since the caddy offered you a chip you were not on the green, you must still have been on fringe.

  You've been here 6 years and haven't learned not to putt over 5+ feet of fringe?

  Call me blinkered if you will but at least I'm capable of learning.

• alosso 21,088 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 10:12 AM

  On #13 BPB front right corner, there is fairway between fringe and green. You can't putt to the hole from there, at least not by the usual putting power concepts.

• PhilEStein 1,269 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 10:59 AM

  6 years and you didn't know that a 68/69% FBS pitch with a 64 deg wedge would have put you stone dead. Try it next time you get a chance Jimmy.

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 11:46 AM

  alosso:

  On #13 BPB front right corner, there is fairway between fringe and green. You can't putt to the hole from there, at least not by the usual putting power concepts.

  ^^This

• Robert1893 7,729 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 11:51 AM

  PhilEStein:

  6 years and you didn't know that a 68/69% FBS pitch with a 64 deg wedge would have put you stone dead. Try it next time you get a chance Jimmy.

  +1
  
  I literally cannot remember the last time I putted from the fringe.  

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 12:30 PM

  Robert1893:

  last time I putted from the fringe

  Yep.

  If I'm playing unevens and the fringe has too much up/down slope, I'll putt, but that's about it. 

  Said it before - Say it again. Flop is the hardest shot to master, but once it's in your bag, it's a real par saver. 

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 2:03 PM

  JimbeauC:

  Flop is the hardest shot to master, but once it's in your bag, it's a real par saver. 

  Chip is harder, and once its in your bag, its a real birdie maker ;)

  I do generally prefer to putt from fringe unless its an exception.

• Robert1893 7,729 Posts

  Thu, Dec 8 2016 2:07 PM

  Vaibhav5viv:

  Chip is harder, and once its in your bag, its a real birdie maker ;)

  
  
  See, I feel the same way about the pitch. Even on short shots from the off the green (for example, about 5 yards), I still pitch rather than chip.