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An Executive Golf Course near me has begun to try out a new '8-Inch Cup'. It's a 9-Hole course with 2 flags on each green....1) standard size cup & 2) an 8-Inch wide cup. You can choose which flag/hole you want to play to. The '8-Inch Cup' is mainly for beginners & seniors or anyone that wants to play to it. I chose to play to the standard size cup, but did practice putting to the '8-Inch Cup', and let me tell you what a world of difference it is. The hole is so BIG that 30-foot putts are VERY makeable and little 10-footers are brushed in with relative ease. This seems like a pretty cool thing for kids and seniors, the course seems to think that about 35%-40% of the golfers that play are using the '8-Inch Cup'. Nothing builds confidence more than seeing your ball going into the hole, which is great for beginners. Isn't this what Charlie Rymer wrote about a month ago? Bigger golf holes? What's your take on the '8-Inch Cup'?
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| # 16 11/9/2010 6:11:51 PM |
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but seriously ... all those 2-4 footers would become virtually automatic. Again... unless the greens have improved quite a bit since the last time I was there.. it is very possible to be 3 feet away and miss. I have seen balls make 45 and 90 degree turns due to divots, sand , bad grass etc at this course. The heat was not kind to the greens. Some are in better shape than others. When I go to this course, it is mostly for wedge and 9 iron practice. Putting would be done on the putting green... no doubt ... bad greens obviously can trump anything. i mean if some of the courses i played used these bigger holes, not THAT course ... i mean courses where the greens are good enough that i can lip out or miss 5-6 putts a round by less than 3.5 inches. that's 5-6 strokes better per round which would put me at a 2 or 3 handicap. but, of course, what difference would it make? 8-inch cups aren't golf. |
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| # 17 11/9/2010 6:45:03 PM |
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When I played there the Greens were in pretty good shape, obviously the Texas summer was tough on all the courses. But in early November the greens were smooth & fast, one or two might have been "suspect", but the pin(s) were cut far away from those sections.
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| # 18 11/9/2010 6:52:10 PM |
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but seriously ... all those 2-4 footers would become virtually automatic. Again... unless the greens have improved quite a bit since the last time I was there.. it is very possible to be 3 feet away and miss. I have seen balls make 45 and 90 degree turns due to divots, sand , bad grass etc at this course. The heat was not kind to the greens. Some are in better shape than others. When I go to this course, it is mostly for wedge and 9 iron practice. Putting would be done on the putting green... no doubt ... bad greens obviously can trump anything. i mean if some of the courses i played used these bigger holes, not THAT course ... i mean courses where the greens are good enough that i can lip out or miss 5-6 putts a round by less than 3.5 inches. that's 5-6 strokes better per round which would put me at a 2 or 3 handicap. but, of course, what difference would it make? 8-inch cups aren't golf. When putting to the 8-inch hole the "fear factor" is gone because if you do run it by 4 or 5 feet the comebacker is relatively easy. So you can be "ultra-aggressive" on you 1st putt. The hole is so big that 30-footers feel makeable, as oppose to lagging it up there for the 2-putt. |
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| # 19 11/9/2010 6:53:20 PM |
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But in early November the greens were smooth & fast, one or two might have been "suspect", but the pin(s) were cut far away from those sections. Good to know... it has been a month or two since I went there. I am glad to hear they are putting holes away from bad spots. Last time, I was on the left side of the green with the flag in the middle, the only problem I had was the foot or two of weedy grass and then some sand between me and the hole... May have to give it a shot this weekend.... |
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| # 20 11/9/2010 6:55:06 PM |
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| # 21 11/9/2010 7:50:43 PM |
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and it is only $15
http://www.ushandicap.com/golf..] When I played I had a "sweet coupon" from idealgolfer (from avid golfer's website)... it was 18-holes (2 times around) for 5-bucks, walking of course. But you should go to the avid golfer website and sign-up on idealgolfer, they have some unbelievable deals. Sorry guys, but it's for DFW area courses only. |
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| # 22 11/10/2010 10:07:09 AM |
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and it is only $15 http://www.ushandicap.com/golf..] When I played I had a "sweet coupon" from idealgolfer (from avid golfer's website)... it was 18-holes (2 times around) for 5-bucks, walking of course. But you should go to the avid golfer website and sign-up on idealgolfer, they have some unbelievable deals. Sorry guys, but it's for DFW area courses only. If you had an Eagle Rewards card I think they signed you up automatically |
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| # 23 1/19/2011 12:33:36 PM |
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Wow! First time I have ever seen this! Could you imagine what the scores would be like if this was PGA regulations.
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