Flag

[KenL]

I voted "NO" to having asked for the flag to be tended in the last year. I would only ever ask for the flag to be attended.

I have never in my life been asked to attend the flag.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I have never in my life been asked to attend the flag.

I have never in my life asked someone to tend the flag for me.

 

[Bratty]

I'm now with Mandofred on this.
And it's another thread I'm unwatching.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I didn't vote....because unless they change the rules it is a choice everybody should be able to make. With all the discussion/arguments on this site about etiquette.....all that goes out the window when It's something they don't like.

To be fair, the question wasn't 'would you?' or 'would you refuse to?' it was simply have you done it or have you been asked to do it. That in itself is not controversial.

 

[Orikoru]

I am genuinely surprised that as many as 30% are still asking for this. I can't remember being asked to do it since before Covid etc.

 

[BrianM]

The bottom line is, who actually cares, it's no big deal either way.

 

[Bdill93]

I am genuinely surprised that as many as 30% are still asking for this. I can't remember being asked to do it since before Covid etc.

It aint hard to get your head around

Its nice to look at a flag for a long putt but know itll be coming out somewhere on its roll towards the hole - so you cant blame the flagstick if it hits it and then doesn't drop!

 

[Deleted member 35927]

It aint hard to get your head around

Its nice to look at a flag for a long putt but know itll be coming out somewhere on its roll towards the hole - so you cant blame the flagstick if it hits it and then doesn't drop!

It's a strange quirk that anyone who hits the flag with a putt assumes it would have otherwise dropped .

 

[Orikoru]

It aint hard to get your head around

Its nice to look at a flag for a long putt but know itll be coming out somewhere on its roll towards the hole - so you cant blame the flagstick if it hits it and then doesn't drop!

Didn't say I didn't understand it, I'm just surprised. I think people overthink it. If I hit the flagstick and it doesn't drop, it usually means I've hit it too hard anyway - and the flag normally helps you by leaving it close for a tap-in rather than lipping out 4 feet away. If you hit it with the right weight and speed at the middle of the cup - it drops whether the flag is in or not. That is my belief anyway - I guess others can be swayed one way or the other by confirmation bias.

 

[Bdill93]

Didn't say I didn't understand it, I'm just surprised. I think people overthink it. If I hit the flagstick and it doesn't drop, it usually means I've hit it too hard anyway - and the flag normally helps you by leaving it close for a tap-in rather than lipping out 4 feet away. If you hit it with the right weight and speed at the middle of the cup - it drops whether the flag is in or not. That is my belief anyway - I guess others can be swayed one way or the other by confirmation bias.

Middle of the cup.. im not that accurate

I think evidence suggests you can make the perfect putt and sometimes the flag just doesn't play ball...

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Didn't say I didn't understand it, I'm just surprised. I think people overthink it. If I hit the flagstick and it doesn't drop, it usually means I've hit it too hard anyway - and the flag normally helps you by leaving it close for a tap-in rather than lipping out 4 feet away. If you hit it with the right weight and speed at the middle of the cup - it drops whether the flag is in or not. That is my belief anyway - I guess others can be swayed one way or the other by confirmation bias.

There was an incident on the LPGA where a player hit a putt that wasn’t too fast and was in the middle of the hole , hit the flag square on and popped out

There is every chance that it can happen

Seen it happen as well

Most leave the flag in hoping that helps them leave the ball closer with it hitting the flag , prob because they struggle with pace of the putts

Flag in putting appears to be mainly the domain for the poorer putters hoping it helps them

 

[Deleted member 35927]

There was an incident on the LPGA where a player hit a putt that wasn’t too fast and was in the middle of the hole , hit the flag square on and popped out

There is every chance that it can happen

Seen it happen as well

Most leave the flag in hoping that helps them leave the ball closer with it hitting the flag , prob because they struggle with pace of the putts

Flag in putting appears to be mainly the domain for the poorer putters hoping it helps them

I'll tell Matt Fitzpatrick you said hello In fact pretty much every long putt from a pro I see it's flag in.

 

[Deleted member 35927]

Yes @Arthur Wedge you can go on the BBC iplayer and watch lots of golf. It's pretty much flag in or out. Very little tended.
And this guy must be a poor putter

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Yes @Arthur Wedge you can go on the BBC iplayer and watch lots of golf. It's pretty much flag in or out. Very little tended.
And this guy must be a poor putter

Well he isn’t top 50 in the putting stats

Guess if is show all the hundreds of golfers than don’t have the flag in

Why don’t they all have the flag in if it’s so beneficial

But it’a now just a replica of the thread you previously started

The results of the poll seem clear

Plenty still have the flag tended

 

[SteveW86]

I find it really annoying when playing solo, really long putt and I want the flag tended. Have to make sure I run pretty quickly in order to beat the ball to the hole so I can get the flag out of the way.

 

[Deleted member 35927]

Well he isn’t top 50 in the putting stats

Guess if is show all the hundreds of golfers than don’t have the flag in

Why don’t they all have the flag in if it’s so beneficial

But it’a now just a replica of the thread you previously started

The results of the poll seem clear

Plenty still have the flag tended

got the evidence to back that up ?

 

[Orikoru]

There was an incident on the LPGA where a player hit a putt that wasn’t too fast and was in the middle of the hole , hit the flag square on and popped out

There is every chance that it can happen

Seen it happen as well

Most leave the flag in hoping that helps them leave the ball closer with it hitting the flag , prob because they struggle with pace of the putts

Flag in putting appears to be mainly the domain for the poorer putters hoping it helps them

This is rubbish. More likely that lower players are superstitious traditionalists who can't accept that a bounce-out means they hit it too hard - can't be their fault.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

got the evidence to back that up ?

Your poll provides the evidence

 

[Deleted member 35927]

Your poll provides the evidence

Yes that most people don't have the flag tended.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Yes that most people don't have the flag tended.

Yet over 30% still do - so still worthwhile

Good poll and hopefully gives you the results needed to not require a 3rd thread on the subject