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Joel_Stewart

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Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« on: June 09, 2013, 10:23:19 PM »
Is there another option aside from baskets and flags to sit on a pin?
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Sam Morrow

Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2013, 10:38:52 PM »
I once played a course (I think it was 6 or 7 holes only) in West Texas where on the top of the pin were old license plates.
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Eric Smith

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2013, 10:47:13 PM »
Quote from: Joel_Stewart on June 09, 2013, 10:23:19 PM
Is there another option aside from baskets and flags to sit on a pin?

Windsocks..

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Mike Benham

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2013, 10:50:10 PM »
Quote from: Joel_Stewart on June 09, 2013, 10:23:19 PM
... to sit on a pin? ...


There are no pins on a golf course, the USGA / R&A Rules of Golf does not reference "pins", do you mean flagstick?  ;)
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Micah Woods

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2013, 11:10:17 PM »
Windsocks on flagsticks:


seashore paspalum green at Lanai by Asian Turfgrass Center, on Flickr
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mike_beene

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2013, 11:11:01 PM »
So it is still a flagstick if it has a wicker basket on it?
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Tom_Doak

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2013, 12:48:07 AM »
In old 1910-1920 photos of courses you often see no flag on top of the flagstick -- metal flanges with the hole number were fairly common, and wicker baskets showed up in many different locales. 

I've never seen the metal flanges at a course in my travels the past 40 years.  Apart from the baskets at Merion, I've seen wind socks in Hawaii, and odd little pennants a time or two (including LA Country Club).  The very short flagsticks at Secession also stand out as oddities.
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Matthew Essig

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2013, 12:55:28 AM »
Different form of windsock at Chambers Bay. Used as their logo and US Open logo.

.........Don't know if they are being used this year, though........





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Dan Kelly

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2013, 05:15:56 PM »
Are there any triangular (yacht club type) flags out there, in the real world -- or are those restricted to graphic illustrations everywhere?
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Andy Treen

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2013, 05:43:40 PM »
I would say Cabot Links' is a burgee.  How about Wianno Club?  I know its their logo.. is it on the flagstick?

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Chris Roselle

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2013, 06:46:44 PM »
White Clay Creek CC, which is in Delaware Park, has jockey helmets instead of flag sticks.
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Thomas Dai

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Re: Besides wicker baskets and pin flags, what else exists?
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2013, 10:29:13 AM »
Would a suitable replacement for flags at a new course just north of Aberdeen be golden coloured hairpieces!

All the best
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