Is this true?......

[BushFinder]

The colour of the flag determines it's position.
Red- front of green
Yellow-middle
white-back

someone told me this, but they could have been on a wind up.

Thanks
BushFinder

 

[birdieman]

Never heard of that. Normally one colour for front 9 and another colour for back 9.

 

[Region3]

Some clubs do it, but it's not standard.

 

[Basher]

The flags on my track are yellow and red.

Yellow = front 9
Red = back 9

 

[mono217]

Some courses do this hillside for example done this in the comp this year.

 

[JustOne]

That's how it's done at the last 3 courses I've played: red front, yellow middle and white back. That's how it's done at my course as well.

 

[Ethan]

Depends on the course. Some use flags that reflect the tee positions - white - back, yellow - mid, red - front. Others use a rotation between front, middle, back, front, middle etc on successive greens.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Thats how it is at my place. Red is front, yellow middle and white at the back. At the moment they go in sequence all the way round but a number of members think its wrong as you always know which part of the green every flag will be on in advance. I'd rather they kept the colour scheme but put flags in different postitions.

 

[jammydodger]

They put a little flag somewhere on the flagstick to portray where the pin is at our place. Supposedly at the top means its at the back of the green whereas down the bottom means the front.

Only problem is they havnt told the greenkeeper this code , or he's still hungover and cant be arsed fiddling around

 

[Leftie]

Thats how it is at my place. Red is front, yellow middle and white at the back. At the moment they go in sequence all the way round but a number of members think its wrong as you always know which part of the green every flag will be on in advance. I'd rather they kept the colour scheme but put flags in different postitions.

Sorry mate. Don't quite understand what you mean.

I thought that the flag colour (red, yellow or white) denoted in which third of the green the hole was. Just why some of the members should object to knowing this info before getting to the green eludes me. As for keeping the colour scheme but putting the flags in different positions, well, it sounds a bit perverse to me.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'd just prefer them to mix it up a bit rather so we might have two white flags (back of the green) one after the other rather than just going round knowing the pin will be front middle and back in order.

 

[Herbie]

The colour of the flag determines it's position.
Red- front of green
Yellow-middle
white-back

someone told me this, but they could have been on a wind up.

Thanks
BushFinder

Some posh clubs and committed greenkeepers there if you ask me

 

[Region3]

Why is it such a crazy idea?

An average green at our place is 3 clubs different from front to back, and unless you've walked past the green going the other way, you can't always tell how far on the pin is.

Different colours for left and right? Now you're just being silly

 

[GB72]

They introduced this system at my club last year and it certainly helps with club selection. Good idea in my opinion

 

[Pants]

The colour of the flag determines it's position.
Red- front of green
Yellow-middle
white-back

someone told me this, but they could have been on a wind up.

Thanks
BushFinder

Some posh clubs and committed greenkeepers there if you ask me

Think you ought to get a life and get out a bit more around other clubs Herbie. 30 years up your own ..... need I comment further?

Even in the outback of Croydon some of the municipals are colour coding the flags for front, middle and back of the greens and, believe it or not, the greenkeepers are educated enough AND have sufficient flags of the right colour, to be able to set them accordingly. Ye gods, it's not exactly brain surgery, is it!

I've played at High Elms near Bromley and they have a system where each green is sectioned into 9 segments and you get a card showing pin placements in those segments. On the board outside the pro shop there is a note showing "Pin placement 1, 2, 3, etc " for the day. For instance, position 1 may mean front middle on the first, back left on the second, middle right on 3rd, etc.

Probably the best system I've seen in my limited experience.

"people meet late at night at the back of the 13th green dressed in rubber outfits dancing around calling each other names like 'Bubba' or 'Gimp'"

Just what do you get up to in your spare time? WE MUST BE TOLD

 

[brendy]

I have not seen any courses where flags change colour on pin position. Plenty use the second mini flag/orb on the flagstick (ie top middle and bottom). To me, I have a look and see where it is, I am not good enough to worry about exactness, sometimes playing for the front of the green to the pin just isnt on, for example when there is a steep drop off the front of the green or water. Id try for the middle of the green instead and put my chances on birdie from slightly further away rather than maybe having to pitch and putt for par.

 

[Herbie]

Why is it such a crazy idea?

An average green at our place is 3 clubs different from front to back, and unless you've walked past the green going the other way, you can't always tell how far on the pin is.

Different colours for left and right? Now you're just being silly

Someone actually goes out there when the pin pos is changed and takes different coloured flags (if they remember which colour is for which dist) and does this on all 18 holes for the benefit of members, who would rather invest in more flags and labour than a relevant yardage chart for the greens?.....I say to such people...."What next, colour coded lines across fairways every 50 yds, or different coloured tee markers for every yard you are away from the set yardage mark?" Would save a lot of member money in flags with a comprehensive greens yardage chart and a simple known position turnaround on greens, otherwise the one time someone gets the flag colours wrong or members forget, you will get no end of complaints about flag positions in one day than you have likely had in the last 20 yrs before the idea.

 

[Region3]

I don't know how they do it, when they do it, or indeed if they are wearing frogman suits and speaking in mandarin when they do it.

If it were me though, I'd change the flags when I cut the new holes rather than Joe the holecutter do his business then ring up Fred the pin putter-inerer to get on the course sharpish.

I have also heard that any interviewees for new positions have to prove that they can remember 3 colours before they're given the job. That was after some young lad unfortunately got the tee markers mixed up (easy mistake to make apparently). The following days medal tees were put on the ladies tee boxes which resulted in a css for the day of 56 and everybody who didn't shoot 13 under got 0.1 back.

Trying to not be silly for a sec, I don't understand your last point. Do you mean the pins are rotated on a set rota, so everyone knows where they'll be any given day?

 

[bobmac]

I have played on courses with all the above methods and some with none at all.
The best I have found in my opinion is the little flags/orbs that move up and down the flag stick. Top of the stick shows the flag at the back, middle for diddle and bottom for front.
Simple

 

[Smiffy]

I have played on plenty of courses over the years where flag colour denotes position of the pin on the green. It's a lot more common than you might think.
Bearwood Lakes have a "code" for their pin positions on any set day, but I've yet to work this one out! The guy I play with regularly up there tries to explain it to me, but I'm too thick....

My own club, (Highwoods), use a small yellow ball that slides up and down the flagstick. If the ball is at the top it means the flag is at the back. Middle is middle and nearer the bottom of the flagstick means the pin is on the front. A great idea, but like somebody stated above...our greenkeepers must be pissed sometimes.

Talking about flag colours reminds me of the time I took my Son Harry up to Crowborough Beacon on a really hot day. He could have only been about 5 or 6 and was walking round with me, not really taking any interest in what I was doing. I had given him an old cut down 7 iron and a few balls to knock around but he had lost interest in doing that quite early on.
He didn't really seem to be taking much notice of anything, but as we approached the tenth green he said to me "Hey Dad, why is this flag red and all the others have been yellow?"
I was completely taken aback, because as I say, he hadn't been taking the slightest bit of interest in anything up to then but he had noticed this straight away.
"It's to let people know that they are starting the back 9. It helps identify which part of the course they are on" said I.
Quick as a flash he came back with the classic "Oh I thought it was because we were getting hotter!!!"
I could not stop chuckling about it, and that comment alone earnt him his pkt of crisps, Mars bar and coke at the clubhouse.