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Originally Posted by MikeV
I agree on the pin placements but one thing bothers me more and that is the domes around the holes caused by improper hole cutter removal. Watch any pro golf and you'll see the hole on a flat even surface where the ball does not make a severe turn just as it reaches the hole or it goes in and out or rims around. This raises all our scores significantly.
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Much of the time those domes are not caused by improper cup cutting, but rather by many golfers stepping in a circle within a foot or so of the hole. What's actually happening is that an area from one to two feet from the hole is being depressed by foot traffic while the area within one foot from the hole remains high. Hardly anyone steps that close to the hole when retrieving their ball, nor should they. This is usually the case after several groups have played the course.
If six groups play the course that means twenty four people have stepped into he area to which I am referring. It doesn't take much more than that to create the illusion of a mound, or what Dave Pelz refers to s the lumpy donut.
Even with this situation, most putts hit at the proper speed on the correct line will go in. Putts that die in the hole have little or no chance of going in.
The perfect speed for a putt is the speed that would cause the ball to roll 15"-18" past the hole if it misses the hole. Slower than 15" and the lumpy donut takes affect the the ball will be thrown off line at the last second. Faster than 18" and the chance of a ball not exactly in the center of the holes going in is greatly reduced. There comes a point where even a ball that hits the hole directly in the center won't go in if it's going to fast.
Work on the speed of your putts. Lay a club down 15" behind the hole and putt from various distances trying to make the ball just come to rest against the club.