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Green Colors for putting

• grabaseat 86 Posts

  Mon, Apr 3 2017 10:14 AM

  Ok correct me if im wrong here.

   

  Yellow to orange is very fast

  Red is fast

  Black is even grade

  Dark blue is slow

  Light blue is slowest

   

  If this correct then why does a light blue to dark blue to light blue green, 20 ft put hit at 15 ft goes 9 ft past the hole with a putter set at 15ft?

• Robert1893 7,729 Posts

  Mon, Apr 3 2017 11:10 AM

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Apr 3 2017 12:32 PM

  grabaseat:

  Ok correct me if im wrong here.

   

  Yellow to orange is very fast

  Red is fast

  Black is even grade

  Dark blue is slow

  Light blue is slowest

   

  If this correct then why does a light blue to dark blue to light blue green, 20 ft put hit at 15 ft goes 9 ft past the hole with a putter set at 15ft?

  Correct me if I'm wrong but are you trying to associate those colors with actual green speed? They're indicators of slopes with light being the bottom of the slope and  dark being the top. So a putt going from blue to red is going downhill just like going from red to blue is uphill. The speed is something different and doesn't have a color to it.

  Apologies if I'm not understanding.

• quadrock123 859 Posts

  Mon, Apr 3 2017 1:07 PM

  It took me a long time before i realized that the putter distance is set at the lowest green speed. So if you are an ametuer using a 15 yard putter, with a 7.4 green speed, then at the half way mark, on the meter, the putter yardage is 7.5(half). Likewize if you are a legend using the same 15 yard meter, then halfway is no longer 7.5 yds, the line to the right of halfway mark is now the new 7.5 yard spot. And it verys for every green speed. The meter is only true at the 7,4 green speed. I don't know if this will make sense to any1 but me, but i hope i helped a little.