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Originally Posted by Mortal1
in the case of exec courses the people choosing the placements are not golfers.
The other reason is because if you tried to put the pins in relatively flat areas only you'd soon have no grass in those areas due to the amount of play and people wearing a path off of the green to their carts. :-)
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Well the USGA makes it very clear WHERE a hole should be located. It is getting ridiculous with some of the placements, and I assume the person doing it has no clue that there is actually a rule.
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.