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Here are two graphics showing perhaps a five-foot putt. In the green graphic, the player is playing to a spot about 1" outside the hole and playing about 3.5" of break with a speed that rolls the ball about a 1 foot past the hole. In the red graphic, the player is playing to a spot about half a ball inside the right edge of the cup (about 1" of break) with a speed that rolls the ball about 4 feet past the hole. In both cases, you're aiming at a SPOT, a precise, no-size point. The triangles are about the same width as the effective capture speed of the hole given the speed, so yo- 7 replies
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You may recall hearing Dave Pelz tell you that the optimal distance a putt has to roll past the hole is 17 inches. How big might you guess the hole is at 17 inches? 4 inches wide? 3 ½? What if I told you that the hole, at 17 inches, was only about 2¼ inches wide? What? Am I crazy? No - it's just math. Consider a well cut hole, and what's required for the putt to go in. For a putt to be holed, it has to have enough time for the ball - 1.68 inches in diameter - to fall half that distance, or 0.84 inches, or more. Gravity is a constant force (9.8 m/s 2 ) and 0.84 inches is a
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