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Originally Posted by tophcfa
They used to have reflectors on all the pins on the Championship courses, then they suddenly all disappeared. I’ve asked several times at the pro shop, starter shakes, and ambassadors, but never got a reason why they disappeared. It’s most certainly not consistent with speeding up the pace of play?
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My guess is the cost of replacing flagsticks. I did a quick ask on chatGPT and found that prism flagsticks are no longer in use mainly due to the cost and maintenance of them. A ballpark price on ChatGPt of $50 for each prism plus the maintenance of actually adding them and repairing them, etc. So, 800 holes * $50… $40k to buy plus the cost to add them…. ChatGPT says they were obsolete in the early 2000s… so get rid of your hickory sticks and balata balls and 15-20 year old range finder and get a new one. You will find many more uses for it than just pins.