davidy233
Tour Rookie
Always good to have excuses for bad shots
Putting with pin in - sick of it!
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KenL
Tour Rookie
Not at my club. Everyone wants the retrieval device spun round to get it out the way.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
"new normal" ?
Diamond
Active member
We have the retrieval device as well but played at a club today with foam, worked just as well for me. I think the better players have more problems with retrieval and rightly so.
trevor
Head Pro
I prefer the flags in the way they are now. No more asking everybody if they want the flag in or out, out for one person and back in for the next. They can stay like this forever for me.
Swinglowandslow
Well-known member
You really are an optimist if you think everyone would comply. Just because you would doesn't mean others will.
Just look at the discarded cans and bottles on a course. You wouldn't do that, but some do....
Be realistic.
Jacko_G
Blackballed
Anyone hating being forced to put with the pin in?
I am finding it really annoying to putt, especially on short putts.
My course has really thick pins and a ball retriever device that you need to spin round to get it out of the way to avoid that adding to the thickness of the pin.
Had numerous bounce outs that would have gone in if pin had been out, plus it just makes the hole tiny.
In medal today a pal of mine had a great round (2 over) but had 2 putts hit the pins at reasonable speed that bounced out.
I can go to a pub, go for a meal, shop In close proximity to others, go on a bus or train and next week I'll be in close contact with about 1100 people at my work (30 plus people without masks in a room about 6m x 7m) but I can't remove a pin even though we all have hand sanitiser in our bags.
Absolutely ridiculous.
I have sent Scottish Golf Union 3 messages on twitter - no reply.
So, what do you think?
To be fair its your crap pins that are the problem. Played your course yesterday and I had two putts bounce out from the middle of the hole.
Your pins are utter crap, never had this happen elsewhere, just thick and solid. I've played a good number of away courses and the pins you use are bizarre, even the noise they emit is strange. I'd be messaging your committee not having a pointless stupid rant on a two bob forum and making yourself look even more petulant by messaging SG.
Your course was in beautiful condition as usual right enough.
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HowlingGale
Head Pro
Using a manufactured sanitiser probably uses as much energy and raw materials than a wipe. Agreed it will create waste but in this day and age there must be a natural, quickly biodegrading substance that would work. It doesn't have to be big. Then put it in the bin.
rulefan
Tour Winner
County Championship this past week. No complaints from the players. They all just moved the lifting rod to the back of the pin. A few were a little longer over their short putts.
HowlingGale
Head Pro
KenL
Tour Rookie
That's even worse right enough!
me either to make matter worse we have a plastic sleev over the pin to retrieve the ball, had a few bounce out from med range and a couple of short ones... shot my conf holeing out TBH. ne glad to get back to being able to take the pin out. We are triealing a new device without the plastic sleeve starting next week
HampshireHog
Assistant Pro
The retrievers with metal rods you need to spin round are rubbish, but better than an upturned cup. We’ve just got rid of them and replaced them with a plastic sleeve style which is much less intrusive.
KenL
Tour Rookie
Glad to see you back (where have you been?) and as opinionated as ever.
But yes, pins are horrible.
GG26
Challenge Tour Pro
Not seen any putts not drop at our place in very many rounds played. Today one of my PPs had a putt that would have gone 10ft past the hole if it hadn’t hit the pole, was going too fast to have dropped without a pin.
Mandofred
Well-known member
I like the flag in. With a design so that the bottom of the flag always being thin-ish I'm fine with them in all of the time. I think it is just a change.....and a lot of golfers don't like change. We have changed the order of our holes so there is less overlapping of people walking past each other......the old timers aren't liking this (it also cuts at least 150 yards of walking which is irrelevant to me). A LOT of people like the new hole order better and I think there will be a bit of a challenge to make the change permanent.
Sats
Challenge Tour Pro
Initially I found it distracting on short putts, however, now I don't notice it whatsoever.
howbow88
Hacker
Because there are some utter eejits who wouldn't use them?
This is a good thread, and I sympathise with the original poster. I have had a couple of putts bounce out, one of which was for birdie and the ball wasn't even going quickly
I think the non-removal of flagsticks will be here for a long while though, and understandably so to be honest. We want to reduce the spread of covid, whilst living as close to 'normal' as possible. If having flagsticks stuck in place and no rakes in bunkers is part of that, then so be it.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
There is a maximum diameter for flagsticks.
Not going to get too involved but I have wondered if these ball lifters exceed that.
Mandofred
Well-known member
Now if all the flagsticks were like this I would love it. https://news.stv.tv/east-central/golf-hole-gadget-offers-hands-off-round-during-coronavirus?top
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