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  • #16
    Oaks of St. George had upside down cups this morning. Worked really well IMO, no added cost to the course, and no question if a putt is holed or not.
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    • #17
      The pool noodles at Otter were about 5" tall...they allowed the ball to fall in and when the ball was "in the hole" the top of the ball was about flush with the green surface

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      • #18
        Played Brookfield CC out in Cambridge, they had upside down cups, it worked well, my friend and I were quite generous with gimmies to avoid even touching the cup if they got it in.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by MattM97 View Post
          Played Brookfield CC out in Cambridge, they had upside down cups, it worked well, my friend and I were quite generous with gimmies to avoid even touching the cup if they got it in.
          Our club had the cups upside down as well, worked for me.

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          • #20
            Pine Knot has pool noodles and it worked very well. There was even a hole in 1 out there on Saturday. One of the female members her 2nd hole in one on that hole in the last few years

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            • #21
              I played two rounds with raised cups and just finished first round with levers. Levers are way better. I figure raised cups are 2 strokes easier per round - almost no 3 putts

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              • #22
                Originally posted by bcampb00 View Post
                I played two rounds with raised cups and just finished first round with levers. Levers are way better. I figure raised cups are 2 strokes easier per round - almost no 3 putts
                suggestion: with raised cups a ball is considered holed if it contacts the cup and then comes to rest completely within the length of the putter
                head it was struck by

                using a noodle or similar idea...on windy days where the flag is leaning toward you and reducing the area of the hole for the ball to
                enter ...if the flag is struck and the ball finishes within the length of the putterhead it was struck by it shall be considered holed

                obviously in both cases a ball not fully within the length of the putter head shall require an additional stroke(s)

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                • #23
                  If it's not holed according to the Rules of golf, it cannot be "deemed" to be holed. Governments do not make the Rules of golf.
                  Scores for handicapping purposes can be different than real scores. (I know that I'm a harda$$ wrt Rules, but that's just my way.)

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                  • #24
                    Brampton Golf Club has the lever device and it works great.
                    Very positive feedback from the membership.
                    Check out the video. Hope this link works as the actual video was too large to attach.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by rulie View Post
                      If it's not holed according to the Rules of golf, it cannot be "deemed" to be holed. Governments do not make the Rules of golf.
                      Scores for handicapping purposes can be different than real scores. (I know that I'm a harda$$ wrt Rules, but that's just my way.)
                      So....what about the wire that runs along the side of the flag stick, as in the E-Z Lyft ball retriever, that is used to lift the false bottom of the cup? Surely that could potentially impact the ball in some way, and could either help or hinder on occasion.

                      How can that be accommodated by the rules and allow for scores to be handicapped where those are used?

                      Golf courses need to be creative when tasked with social distancing guidelines. One Atlanta-area course seems to have figured it out.

                      Fortunately there are no rules limiting the number of golf balls you can carry during a match!

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Fore Warned View Post

                        So....what about the wire that runs along the side of the flag stick, as in the E-Z Lyft ball retriever, that is used to lift the false bottom of the cup? Surely that could potentially impact the ball in some way, and could either help or hinder on occasion.

                        How can that be accommodated by the rules and allow for scores to be handicapped where those are used?

                        https://golf.com/news/golf-invention...al-distancing/

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                        • #27
                          I was playing at the hidden lake today. They had pool noodles. Earlier in the round, one of the playing partners had a putt that bounced out of the hole by the pool noodle. We said for sure take that as in since it would have gone in under normal circumstances. Later in the round, I had a chip that bounced into the hole, and then came out after hitting the pool noodle. The playing partners agreed I should count that in as well. I thanked them and moved on to the next hole.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by mrcltuch31 View Post
                            I was playing at the hidden lake today. They had pool noodles. Earlier in the round, one of the playing partners had a putt that bounced out of the hole by the pool noodle. We said for sure take that as in since it would have gone in under normal circumstances. Later in the round, I had a chip that bounced into the hole, and then came out after hitting the pool noodle. The playing partners agreed I should count that in as well. I thanked them and moved on to the next hole.
                            If it didn't stay in the hole, how is it holed? Is "close enough" really holed?

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by rulie View Post

                              If it didn't stay in the hole, how is it holed? Is "close enough" really holed?
                              read the OP?

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                              • #30
                                I've been playing at Scarlett Woods where the local rule is "If the ball hits the noodle, it's in". It may not be great golf, and I wouldn't count the rounds for handicap, but boy, does it speed up play on the munis!

                                Last year, I could count on a 4.5 hour round here most of the time (it's a par-64!). This year, I've played three times, and never in more than 3.5 hours (foursome). So much time saved in marking and remarking putts. I like noodle golf!

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