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**scoussysows** · 04-27-2012, 10:52 PM

I used to work at a golf course in Alabama, and one Sunday a few players were coming in and complaining about the hole location on #16. The complaint was that the hole was too close to a slope, and if you hit the ball hole high but to the right, your putt would either catch the slope and roll several feet away from the hole, or else stay above the hole and leave you with a very tricky downhill putt for your second. One of the pros drove out to the green with the whining club members, and proceeded to sink 3 straight putts from each spot everyone said was "impossible". Surprisingly, this did not stop the complaining.

Not sure that would have shut me up, either. In that situation, what I would want to see is the pro intentionally just miss the hole, but still be left with a reasonable putt. I've been to mini-golf courses that have a volcano-shaped hole -- a perfectly struck ball will drop, but a "just missed it" is no better than missing by a mile. I don't think that's fair on a regular golf course. But hey, I also believe "golf is not a game of perfect."

04-27-2012, 10:52 PM	#25
scoussysows Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	I used to work at a golf course in Alabama, and one Sunday a few players were coming in and complaining about the hole location on #16. The complaint was that the hole was too close to a slope, and if you hit the ball hole high but to the right, your putt would either catch the slope and roll several feet away from the hole, or else stay above the hole and leave you with a very tricky downhill putt for your second. One of the pros drove out to the green with the whining club members, and proceeded to sink 3 straight putts from each spot everyone said was "impossible". Surprisingly, this did not stop the complaining. Not sure that would have shut me up, either. In that situation, what I would want to see is the pro intentionally just miss the hole, but still be left with a reasonable putt. I've been to mini-golf courses that have a volcano-shaped hole -- a perfectly struck ball will drop, but a "just missed it" is no better than missing by a mile. I don't think that's fair on a regular golf course. But hey, I also believe "golf is not a game of perfect."
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