Flipit
Aka- ApexFan
If it hits the rod it should count.
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So with Covid going my league course has the lifting contraptions in the cups. The guy I was playing had a 4' ish putt for par to tie me for the hole, he hit it a bit hard and it hit the metal rod portion of the contraption and bounced out to about 4". Walking off he said he got a par, I said no, the ball wasn't holed therefore he had a bogey. What is your take internet friends
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Backstory...... This is my coworker and he becomes super competitive when golfing. He will look for any infraction he can to attempt to gain an edge and win. If it would have happened to someone else he would have said it didn't count and would have called him on it. To the point people dread playing him in league because he becomes quite the "Richard" and it's not a fun casual round.
My home course used inverted cups for a while. It was tough to get a putt to stay in the hole, even a perfectly good putt that obviously would have dropped under normal conditions. The little metal teats on the bottom of the cup weren't very far below the surface and kicked a lot of putts out. The course didn't make any local rule about it (they're not at all proactive about local rules), but within our usual group we made our own "'Rona Rule" that if it was the consensus of the whole group that the putt would have been good with a normal cup, it was good.Not in the the groups I've been playing with. We haven't been counting anything unless the ball is inside the perimeter of the hole. So long as it rests on a noodle, PVC, inverted nipple, or whatever other contraption, it's good if it's inside the perimeter. We've all lost several strokes during these covid months that would've doubtlessly stayed in but we all knew the terms going in so it's just what it is. No butt hurt, no arguments, no questions on any bets. It's harsh but any other way would've produced interpretive 'grey area'. Fortunately I've not had to play with raised cups. Also my first traveling league tourney is in a couple days. Their rules might be more lax? Dunno? If so I'll start counting em
Yeah those inverted cups were just horrible. Several courses around here went that route early on but thankfully they changed over to better barriers eventually. Never seems to take the Golf Gods long to serve up a good ole dose of pay back like your buddy got.My home course used inverted cups for a while. It was tough to get a putt to stay in the hole, even a perfectly good putt that obviously would have dropped under normal conditions. The little metal teats on the bottom of the cup weren't very far below the surface and kicked a lot of putts out. The course didn't make any local rule about it (they're not at all proactive about local rules), but within our usual group we made our own "'Rona Rule" that if it was the consensus of the whole group that the putt would have been good with a normal cup, it was good.
One guy who's hyper-competitive was a Richard about it and denied several putts to other people even though the rest of the group agreed that they were good - then it happened to him on a birdie putt and when he whined about it, we said if the other's putts weren't good before, his wasn't either. He was really bent about it, but from that point on he went along with the group consensus.
Yeah those inverted cups were just horrible. Several courses around here went that route early on but thankfully they changed over to better barriers eventually. Never seems to take the Golf Gods long to serve up a good ole dose of pay back like your buddy got.
With this clarification my answer is absolutely no. The safety device allows the ball to go in the hole. The ball didn't go in the hole. This isn't even debatable.No, the black part sits at the bottom of the cup and you use a hook to lift it out.
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Those are 100% holed by current USGA guidance.Last Saturday I lost two strokes because of the foam pool noodles in the holes. The putts were about 3 foot and they rolled in and popped out about 2-3 inches. I felt they would had dropped had they not had the pool noodles in the holes. A friend said no way he would not count it, but I told him technically I did not make it. Sometimes a couple strokes makes a difference in a not so great scoring day
Some courses around here have removed obstructions placed in the holes, yet some still remain.
Thanks for bringing that up. If that happens again, I plan to mention that to the folks I am playing with.Those are 100% holed by current USGA guidance.
Those are 100% holed by current USGA guidance.
Thanks for bringing that up. If that happens again, I plan to mention that to the folks I am playing with.