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Just how much of the ball has to be in the hole before the ball drops

• MrSCicero 154 Posts

  Thu, Mar 22 2012 2:32 PM

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• alosso 21,073 Posts

  Sat, Mar 24 2012 12:18 AM

  It must disappear. ;->

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Sat, Mar 24 2012 1:26 AM

  I have had days where I've deliberately shot a little extra meter strength to make the putt and it still hangs just inches from the cup. What gives?

  I mean really, I have been on the same 9 hole course and sometimes each green is totally different from the last. Some are very sticky ( hit hard & ball goes 3-5 feet for a 30 ft putt). And sometimes I would be under 6 ft of the hole and try to tap it in and it shoots pass it leaving me with another putt around 4-5 feet. I have even used the putt scale in which it helps to keep my scores down some what. I have been landing within 10 yards to make par or lower on numerous occasions; but my putts just are not   helping me. And I am not that bad of a putter or my scores would be off the chart. I guess I am anxious to get to the Tour Pro tier and maybe need to slow down a bit, but sometimes I seem to have the law of physics take over my game. LOL

  Joe

• alosso 21,073 Posts

  Sat, Mar 24 2012 11:31 PM

  Never up, never in...

  This law is valid here, too.

  IMHO putting is the most precise math thing on these courses, take length & elevation & allow some for sloping, divided by green speed. Precise calculation and metering helps a lot! (I use help from Excel).

  Alas, there are difficult reads. Some short putts tend to go uphill more than you think (one of the first three of KIA comes into my mind).

  On longer putts >50 ft, the raw estimation of elevation influence, working with short putts, becomes inprecise and leads to bigger deviations.

  Most annoying for me is the "0 inch" indication on very short putts. With the arrow down in most cases, sometimes it hides a significant upslope - course knowledge is necessary!
  Like RSG #17 from the back, there are quite a few severely downsloping greens. You miss on the low side by 2 feet, it says "arrow down" - but upslope!

  Easy to leave those putts short :(

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Sun, Mar 25 2012 4:17 AM

  That certainly looked in but sometimes from different camera angles you can see the trail miss the hole.  If you stay on camera 1 in your replay the ball clearly misses.  Annoying but it happens.

  I just had an annoying never up, never in putt.  Last hole in the 9 hole unlimited, 9th green St. Andrews at 7 under and a birdie putt that was 1" uphill that I allowed an extra foot for, plus a foot to be sure, came up 2" short.  Frustrating as sometimes the same hit will send the ball 2 feet past. 

  But, it happens.