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John Burzynski

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Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #50 on: April 23, 2008, 08:44:08 AM »
I can see it now...automated digital stimpmeter readings EVERY HOUR....posted to a digital readout at each of the tee markers so that you know the speed of the green when you tee off.   Combined with a laser rangefinder with slope adjustment,  I will be able to digitally map each hole as I play.   

No mystery, and frankly, no joy.

 

John Moore II

Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #51 on: April 26, 2008, 09:06:30 PM »
Bryon-yes, Pelz has some new version of a stimpmeter. He has them for sale to the public on his website. I haven't looked at that tool in a while, but I want to say it rolls three balls at once to get a 'better' reading. But then again, everything Pelz makes is 'better' than everything else. :-\

Lester George

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Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #52 on: April 27, 2008, 11:42:36 PM »
Terrible idea!  Gives clubs something else for members to complain about.  Not that important anyway.  What needs to be invented is a tool to measure SMOOTHNESS!  Yeah, thats the ticket!

Lester

Jerry Lemons

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Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #53 on: April 28, 2008, 07:59:47 AM »
Stimpmeter reading being posted is really not agood idea. Fast putting speed have really effected this game. In some ways very positivly. In others, fast greens = unplayable conditions which result in unhappy golfers which results in the super losing his job. In July The USGA will publish an article of mine on conforming hole locations and putting green speed. I will have it up on my web site soon.
Jerry 
Times flys and your the pilot !

jeffwarne

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Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #54 on: April 28, 2008, 08:37:39 AM »
  I heard of a course in my area where a member who was complaining about consistent speeds has bought his own stimpmeter, gathers his own data during the round and keeps a spread sheet. The variance reportedly last weekend was from 7.5 to 9.
 

Although that is frightening and absurd , I thought rangefinders were pretty frightening and absurd too when i first saw one. (I still do)

I played at a high end Caribbean resort last week which had the stimpmeter reading posted (8).
It was 85 degrees and the bermuda was flourishing-the greens were perfectly fine and had nice firmness.
I was surprised they would bother to post it because it wasn't an ego inflating number, but there must be some out there who feel they need the information.
"Let's slow the damned greens down a bit, not take the character out of them." Tom Doak
"Take their focus off the grass and put it squarely on interesting golf." Don Mahaffey

Chuck Brown

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Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #55 on: April 28, 2008, 11:54:13 AM »
You know maintenance expectations have gotten out of hand when a golfer buys his own stimpmeter and is trying to take readings on greens as he plays...absolutely the most absurd thing I have heard in quite some time...OK...at least today. I guess we will have to start issuing licenses for the purchase of a stimpmeter so we can ensure they do not fall into the wrong hands.
Maybe you know this alreday, Eric, but what you say is not so very far from reality.  It was (and still is, I think!) the USGA's policy to only sell its official Stimpmeters to Golf Superintendents, GCSAA members, and agronomy professionals.

Carl Nichols

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Re: Posted Stimpmeter Readings
« Reply #56 on: April 28, 2008, 06:20:31 PM »
I played Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands) in late March and they had stimp readings for both courses posted together with other general information (weather; pin positions; cart rules; etc.)  That was the only time I've seen such information posted at a course. 

As for the course, everyone in my group found it quite difficult, even from the middle tees (6860; 73.9; 141), and even though the rough was still dormant.  The conditions were firm and fast and it was somewhat windy, exposing IMHO some of the flaws of the course -- like the fact that all 4 of the par 3's require a fairly long carry over water (and, in some cases, bunkers too), which made for some treacherous tee shots in the conditions.  I also didn't like how many holes had water framed by stone walls.  On the other hand, I thought that a number of the (relatively) short par 4's were very well designed, rewarding strategic play off the tee with better angles, etc.; that three of the par 5's (including 18, for us mortals) had great risk-reward options for the second shots; that the green complex on the fourth par 5 (#5) was well done; and that a number of the holes were aesthetically pleasing.

The clubhouse and other facilities were, as you would expect, terrific.   We did have one odd experience with the guy who served us lunch, but that was probably because we were a foursome of unaccompanied guests.

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