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Old 04-29-2025, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by SHIBUMI View Post
How do you figure out which way the grain is growing? thanks
The easiest way is to look at the hole. About half way around the hole the grass is growing over the edge of the cup (the clean half) and on the other half the grass is growing away from the edge of the cup (it looks a little ragged around the cup). If your putting toward the clean half your going down grain (put will be faster) and if your putting towards the ragged half your into the grain (put will be slower). Cross grain puts will tend to break toward the ragged half of the cup, especially when loosing speed. Learning to read the grain is a key to avoiding the dreaded friggin three put on the Bermuda hybrid greens found in the Villages. Golf on : )