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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
...I've played US Open courses where if you didn't get on the right side of the hole you had almost no chance of keeping the ball on the green when you putt.I've also played tour courses where if you didn't get your ball to the hole it would come back to your feet.
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I don't doubt you for a second, but I'm fairly certain the experiences you describe were not at a pro tour event, or likely any USGA sanctioned event. And it's not because of any doubt about your skills
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I'm assuming of course when you say "didn't get your ball to the hole", you mean it got pretty close to the hole. If it never got within a few feet of the whole, that's a different story altogether. But if did get close to the hole and then rolled back to your feet, it did not meet the USGA requirements for pin placement. It's that simple.
One area where I totally agree with you...I would never get upset about a pin placement here in TV. It's simply not worth it. Maybe bring it to the-powers-that-be's attention if it happened often enough just to see if they could improve education of the guys who place pins. But get upset? Nahhh.