I watched the video made by the CEO of Taylormade to promote 15" putting holes. the first problem with the 15"hole is that if you fell into it you probably get swallowed up.
Despite the size of the hole if the intent is to speed up play it isn't going to help because the delay is the golfer that stand over the ball for 30 seconds before putting. If its to make play easier then for some of us it just won't work.
Many golfers are purist and prefer the 4 1/4 "hole
Fast play easy play is because the golf industry lost over 5,00,000 golfers over the last 10 years. But the economy is still weak. some golfers learned that $400 drivers didn't increase their distance, etc and some golfers learned that despite plenty of $$$$ in private lessons you can't take the training to the course. that's why the pro's have their coaches on hand all the time
As to Sarasota it seems that they should either have 4 1/4"holes or 6"holes but not both.
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