From the USGA rules:
Yesterday we played 4 pin placements where if you missed the hole, it would roll off the green. The holes were placed in the center of unstoppable slopes, all just 4-6 paces off the green edge. It was brutal. One resulted in a 4-putt for our entire foursome. I don't know if the greenskeeper choose those to be bugger mean or had some legitimate reason (e.g., trying to protect other areas of the green due to rare early playing conditions here).
Does anyone else see this kind of pin placement?
- An area two to three feet in radius around the hole should be as nearly level as possible and of uniform grade. In no case should holes be located in tricky places, or on sharp slopes where a ball can gather speed. A player above the hole should be able to stop the ball at the hole.
Yesterday we played 4 pin placements where if you missed the hole, it would roll off the green. The holes were placed in the center of unstoppable slopes, all just 4-6 paces off the green edge. It was brutal. One resulted in a 4-putt for our entire foursome. I don't know if the greenskeeper choose those to be bugger mean or had some legitimate reason (e.g., trying to protect other areas of the green due to rare early playing conditions here).
Does anyone else see this kind of pin placement?