Re: Alternative to a Stimpmeter


"Richard Wilson" <wlorcb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Actually it is analogous(sp?) to ice speeds in curling. The longer the
> time between the hog lines(or hog to house), the faster the ice is(for
> non curlers it sounds backwards, but the rock can be thrown slower and
> still get to the other end, it just takes longer.
>
> As others have mentioned tho, you need some set value to make the
> determination. For the stimp, it is the initial speed of the ball. I
> guess you are suggesting making a table based on distance and time, but
> you would still have the variable of the initial speed of the putt,
> which will change either the distance the ball travels or how fast it
> gets there.
>

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There is no need for anything other than a distance and time table. A ball
that takes 3 seconds to stop after traveling 18 feet defines the speed of
the green for those conditions (in the same sense that a stimpmeter defines
the speed for a set of conditions).

You could even do stimpmeter readings that way, using time instead of
distance. No reason to do that other than thrill of saying "man those greens
were fast - they stimped at 2.87 seconds". Of course faster greens would
have longer times which is where the thrill is :-)

dave


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