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Originally Posted by BrianL99
If Greens in TV started running over 10.5, they be a revolt by the players. Rounds would take 5 hours and Gimmes would be 6' and not the 3' they seem to be now.
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Couldn't agree more. There would be players 3,4 and 5 putting. Not to mention certain players (generally with 2 X chromosomes) insist on holing out everything when the round counts for nothing and they don't even have a GHIN handicap----I can see them hitting a 1-foot putt 8 feet by the hole. Even on tour, look at all the 4 putts at Augusta---Mark Hayes from 2 feet on #14 in 1974, more recently Ernie Els on #1. Pine Hills on Eastern Long Island had greens running 12.5 in the 1970's. My high school golf coach, who had made it to the round of 32 in the US Amateur and in today's terms probably had a handicap of +3.5, was the first golfer to hit the 609 yard 9th hole in 2( remember, PGA tour average driving distance back then was 256 yds), 6 feet above the hole (and between the legs of George Cosgrove who was the pro there). He apologized and Georger saw us in the clubhouse right after.. The conversation was:
George: Did you make the eagle?
Al: No
George: Well a tap in birdie on #9 is great also
Al: No
George: Well, OK, good old par
Al: No
George: What did you make?
Al: 11. Ball rolled 40 feet down the hill, the uphill put rolled back to my feet 7 times, but I had seen the line enough times that I sank my 9th putt.
So, if pros and top amateurs can have those disasters, what do you think would happen if greens here ran 12. I've played PGA National 1 week after the Honda and Copperhead 3 days after the Valspar. It's not pretty.