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• DoctorLarry 4,311 Posts

  Mon, Mar 4 2019 7:36 PM

  RoggRR:

  I'm sure 41y (123ft) can be done.

  Maybe, but what you did is what I did numerous times from 40 yds except it looked like you got a bounce up off the stick that I could not.

  Maybe!  I think I need a drone to get it to drop in the hole!

  Nice try anyway!

• fmagnets 3,640 Posts

  Mon, Mar 4 2019 8:55 PM

  FWIW, you can definitely do 42yds. I missed the hole within 2ft both sides at the right pace to go in. It's just harder to do than 40yds because the ball is bouncing more, so I gave up fairly quickly.

• drmoose 3,543 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2019 4:13 AM

  fmagnets:

  FWIW, you can definitely do 42yds. I missed the hole within 2ft both sides at the right pace to go in. It's just harder to do than 40yds because the ball is bouncing more, so I gave up fairly quickly.

  This^^^. I think the key is you have to have your avatar located in exactly the right spot in order to play the green slope. A couple of pixels too far right & you zoom off the green. Too far left & you'll stall out.

  Doc :)

• SpazzStick 264 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2019 6:55 AM

  sounds fun.

• RoggRR 635 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2019 6:28 AM

  FM has right. I've tried 42y, been close many times. 43y is possible also. The longest was 140ft (46y), but cant get close, 15ft to the hole is my best. Terrible flu was killing me last days. 

  one of little misses ... 42y ...miss2ft

  short time played ... 43y (130ft) ...miss5ft

   

  p.s. think Scott was using a drone, or parashoot, lol

• fmagnets 3,640 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2019 9:39 AM

  43yds is definitely realistic. I hit the pin dead centre from there and bounced back an inch, and also lipped out at a holeable pace.

• RoggRR 635 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2019 5:11 PM

  43y

  ... 43y putt...

  dropped in after many little misses shorter then 1ft

• DoctorLarry 4,311 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2019 6:12 PM

  RoggRR:

  43y

  ... 43y putt...

  dropped in after many little misses shorter then 1ft

  Nice!

  Question for the long hitters (like you):

  Can you get a putting scale more than 100 ft?  That is all I can get and I cannot get the ball more than 10 yards on the green from that distance when maxed out.  Any mishit will not get past the fringe!   Maybe it is my putter/ball combo?

• fmagnets 3,640 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2019 6:45 PM

  The longest putting scale is 100yds, not 100ft. If you can't get it far onto the green it is either because you have the wrong line and so are not bouncing it over some of the rough, or are not putting from 20/25 rough.

• DoctorLarry 4,311 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2019 9:34 PM

  fmagnets:

  The longest putting scale is 100yds, not 100ft.

  I know that is the max - My putter has scales of 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, and 300 ft.

  The point of my post is that nothing above 100 FT scale will show - I can't adjust up to the 150 or 300 ft scale.  I made the 36 yd putt and have attempted many from longer distances but eventually I run out of scale.  When I get further back, I have to go so far right to get any chance of a good line, it is going down the side of the green (fairway, rough, and/or fringe) to allow for break.

  It's just weird because I have never had this scale problem on any green (to my knowledge - I don't usually have putts that require > 100ft but have had a few)