Traffis light flags

[AmandaJR]

We used to have those balls on the flag.

But I was told they were removed because some people would move them after they'd finished the hole so's to make it harder for following groups to beat them in comp's.

Whether it's true or not I couldn't be certain.


I like it at places like Carden Park, the card shows each green split into 3 or 4 sectors and you are told at the start of the round that you are using sector A,B,C or D that way you always no the area in which the pin will be.

Ooh that would be mean! The only time I've seen the quarters card used was when we played at Woburn. So it was nominated as quadrant "C" for the day. I figured that was bottom left on all the greens - took me a while to figure out what I was doing wrong although not sure it would have made a heap of difference

 

[fundy]

When I was at my previosu club it was done on quadrants, made it simple to know where it is. currently we have a secondary flag on a few of our greens, but they are invariably in the wrong place so best ignored and you spend every approach shot guessing where on the green the flag is (if i could use a laser id get one lol)

 

[Oddsocks]

my current club is making so many cut back i doubt we will even have flags for much longer. .... ok thats an exageration, but some of the cut backs are silly. Only 5 holes would need the coloured flags as you cant see the green, or even the movable 2nd flag/ball on the flag pole, but apparently our club cant budget for 5 new pins...

 

[Imurg]

This is the main reason I got a laser.
We have nothing at my place - nothing at all.
Not all the flags are even the same colour......
There's no indication at all.
We have some largish greens and sometimes, especially as we have a fair bit of mounding around the greens, if the flag is positioned behind a mound you can't see the bottom of it and it's virtually impossible to tell where on the green the hole is.
OK to some it deosn't matter, if they're on the green from 160 yards out they're happy. But with a pin at the front and the back of the green 30 yards away, even aiming and hitting the middle leaves you 40 feet away.

 

[Slab]

Related Q then, if a course had a comp last weekend and another unrelated comp this weekend.

Last week the course has coloured flags to denote front & back 9 only & then they introduce an indicator system to ID the pin position from 150 yrds out (or on scorecard even) and assuming weather etc is same on both days. Will/should the CSS be changed?

 

[big_russ]

We have red-front, yellow-middle and white at the back. For big comps or sponsored comps we always get a pin sheet with your score card.

 

[Imurg]

Related Q then, if a course had a comp last weekend and another unrelated comp this weekend.

Last week the course has coloured flags to denote front & back 9 only & then they introduce an indicator system to ID the pin position from 150 yrds out (or on scorecard even) and assuming weather etc is same on both days. Will/should the CSS be changed?

CSS will only change with regard to the scores of the day.
SSS doesn't take colour of flags into account.

So No!

 

[Evesdad]

Thanks to Gary region3 I know that we have the red, yellow & white system as he very kindly pointed out to me last year!!

 

[Brookesy]

Suprised the amount of courses that do this, ours only do this for board comps by a little flag just below the main flag the higher the further the flag to back of green is. Normal comps its just normal flags out, quite hard to judge where flag is on few of our holes too.

 

[papyt]

what do you mean,they actually move the pin position on the green i always find our pins are about 1 foot from my approach shot on every green!!!!! if only.

 

[RGDave]

I hardly ever take notice of these systems. Unless I'm in the 80-120 yard region.

Play for the middle of the green every time.....that's my way.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

My club doesn't have any flag system and it's very annoying!

I shall be making a proposal to the committee at the next meeting! :cheers:

 

[Lanark_Golfer]

We have a smaller 2nd flag on the stick. If it's at the top the pin is at the back, middle for middle, bottom for front.

Same at my place, not that I remember to check before firing

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As Hawkeye alluded we have white, yellow and red. Fortuantely our greens aren't huge so it doesn't make too much difference but go to some courses with much bigger putting surfaces and it could be 30-40 yards between the front and back. This could be one or two clubs depending on conditions and so having an idea which third of the green its on can really help