For all who remember back 12 -15 years the same thing we have all encountered here in TV golf courses, that is stupid pin placement ,not tough not easy but stupid on the side of a hill on the green happened to Payne Steward in the PGA Tournament. It cost him the Tournament. He complained & the PGA agreed& since then both the PGA & the USGA have adopted rules on where a pin can & can not be placed & they can no longer be placed on slopes that could be used for Down Hill Sking. I believe it is called a Stemp Meter. True at the time Steward missed his putt all the other players had to hit the same cup, after that indecent the placement of the pin was defined. I played Okeechobee yesterday & encountered 5 or 6 stupid pin placements 3 or 4 foot from the edge & a couple on the side of a hill. It would be nice if the people who place the pins were given a heads up on where to place them & where not to place them.
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