Green reading books.....possible ban?!?!

[Deleted Member 1156]

Halle.....bloody.....lujah!!

#speeduplay

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news/...odies-hint-banning-green-reading-books-133552

 

[thesheriff]

Halle.....bloody.....lujah!!

#speeduplay

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news/...odies-hint-banning-green-reading-books-133552

Hallelujah if it indeed speeds up play. However, my fear would be that a ban would increase time spent reading the putts without a guide.

 

[Slab]

Yeah I think they have to go. Did they sneak these into the game under the guise of just being an extension of the course guides they've used for years?

Its basically a map of the contours on greens which would seem pretty easy to ban under the rule

Don't ban them to save time or speed up play, ban them because it takes a large part of a fundamental skill away from the game

 

[TheDoctor]

Hallelujah if it indeed speeds up play. However, my fear would be that a ban would increase time spent reading the putts without a guide.

Completely agree, but hopefully it will not be the case

Yeah I think they have to go. Did they sneak these into the game under the guise of just being an extension of the course guides they've used for years?

Its basically a map of the contours on greens which would seem pretty easy to ban under the rule

Don't ban them to save time or speed up play, ban them because it takes a large part of a fundamental skill away from the game

I also agree with this, you could argue that they are a form of cheating as they can tell you exactly where you need to hit a putt, although you do still then have to start the ball on that line with the correct speed

Despite the proposed ban, I could see a use for them as a practice tool to help people learning how to read greens

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I could see that they'd still have a use in practice rounds but it's a great move to get rid of them in competition. I wonder if we'll see an uptake of players using Aimpoint

 

[HawkeyeMS]

They should ban caddies reading greens as well.

 

[williamalex1]

They should ban caddies reading greens as well.

Ban caddies, make them carry their own clubs

 

[Three]

I wonder if we'll see an uptake of players using Aimpoint

Why would they want to shoot higher scores?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Why would they want to shoot higher scores?

Yeah of course that'll happen. Remind me, have you even done the course

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[Three]

Yeah of course that'll happen. Remind me, have you even done the course

https://t.co/GHZwGm6Kix

I've had this guy show me personally what it's all about if that counts...😉

http://golfinthelifeof.com/john-graham/

 

[Hosel Fade]

I could see that they'd still have a use in practice rounds but it's a great move to get rid of them in competition. I wonder if we'll see an uptake of players using Aimpoint

Would not having a book that has the exact percentage slope of any point on the green not hurt someones ability to use aimpoint?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Would not having a book that has the exact percentage slope of any point on the green not hurt someones ability to use aimpoint?

Unless I'm mis-reading your post I thought AImpoint Express is about the player calibrating the slope through their feet and so I can't see what banning the books would do.

 

[Hosel Fade]

Unless I'm mis-reading your post I thought AImpoint Express is about the player calibrating the slope through their feet and so I can't see what banning the books would do.

Might be thinking about original aimpoint with the charts that tell you how much to allow based on x% slope and a green running at y speed.

 

[MendieGK]

Would not having a book that has the exact percentage slope of any point on the green not hurt someones ability to use aimpoint?

Technically you are correct. Because the use of the book would remove the red to feel the % break with your feet his meaning you could just look at book and then make the read with your fingers

 

[Tashyboy]

Just a thought, but why is the book not classed as an " aid". Therefore illegal.

 

[Three]

Just a thought, but why is the book not classed as an " aid". Therefore illegal.

That's the point of the review.

 

[m9wst]

Would this ban stop the use of all green reading books?

Remember seeing Arnold Palmer's home made book for Augusta that callaway posted around the time of the Masters, would there be anything to stop tour players making their own, assume they make notes on the course guides already, so add a few notes on the green too.

Not sure where they draw the line for this ban.

 

[Hosel Fade]

Would this ban stop the use of all green reading books?

Remember seeing Arnold Palmer's home made book for Augusta that callaway posted around the time of the Masters, would there be anything to stop tour players making their own, assume they make notes on the course guides already, so add a few notes on the green too.

Not sure where they draw the line for this ban.

Ban the professionally produced ones with laser surveys of the green. Doubt players will fork out on their own to get surveys done

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

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