Pulling The Pin
 

My former group always had the guy closet to the pin pull it.

The way I see it, whoever is going to putt last should pull the pin. However, if someone is walking across the green to their ball and they walk right by the pin, there's no reason that person should not pull the pin if no one needs it in.

That's the way we do it, I don't like pulling the pin anyway so it works for me.lol

To me pulling the flag is more about who is closer based on whose ball is located where. Regarding who puts the flag back I usually stand by the flag if I am the first to putt out as long as it isn’t going to affect the visual of someone. In the end it really should be somewhat seamless for both removing and replacing the flag.

If I am alone I never pull them, I just eye ball the distance. (Yes, I know the penalty) If with a group, or in sanctioned play, if I'm the nearest, I will pull the pin.

That doesn't make sense - they're furthest away.

That would make them the closest to the pinhttp://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...es/biggrin.png

I think it all depends on who I'm playing with,the conditions, the pace of play or the pace I'm playing at. If I'm alone why pull or with someone else and we're doing hyper pace golf why pull? If you're going by the rules though hitting that flagstick when putting from the green will cost you. Actually it doesn't bother me either way ...to each his own in a casual setting anyway. Now if it's for money that's another thing all together.

You are right - I am very tired today. Oops. http://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...mbarrassed.png

That's my feeling too. Unless someone walks by it and pulls it, the last person to putt pulls the pin, and the first person to hole out is responsible for replacing it.

In that case Smalls will be responsible for pulling and replacing the pin a lot this week.http://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...es/biggrin.png

YEARS ago when I caddied, that was a point of contention when two caddies were assigned to a foursome, each carrying "doubles." If you didn't pull your share of the pins, you heard about it. It wasn't a big deal, but it gave the "non pin-pulling caddy" a chance to relax for a minute or two, or walk out on the next hole to spot tee shots.

Today when we play, the person who putts last pulls the pin.

I was playing with a friend of mine and his wife. My friend is notorious for not pulling the pin. So on the 15th hole his wife says to him:

Wife: James, do you know how much a flagstick weighs?
James: No, never thought about it
Wife: Well, if you ever took one out of the hole you might know.

We all fell over laughing.

I can safely say I've never heard discussion about taking the flag out in my life. It always seems like it's obvious who should do it and every time I've ever played that person does it.

Putting it back again is a whole different story though. That's where mchepp's story has been used on many occasions. First in should put the pin back. One exception I can think of to that would be if the cart girl appears and someone is buying the refreshments, then they are excused from flag duty to go do that. That's about it though.

same here....

I'm with Ty on this one.

The thing I'd like to see is some kind of class for people who tend flagsticks.

I can't count how many times, when someone is tending the flagstick, that person leans on the stick a bit as he attempts to remove it (after someone has putted and their ball is now rolling towards him), and it gets stuck in the cup.
Now the look of abject terror and embarrassment on the face of this person is priceless and worth every moment, but what I don't like is that often this person - now in near full mental meltdown as the ball is rapidly approaching the hole - ends up pulling the entire cup out of the ground or is shuffling about so much that he's scuffing the grass around the cup with his spikes.

It's real simple folks: Gently pull the flagstick straight up out of its hole BEFORE someone putts and just let it rest lightly on the rim at the bottom of the cup. Then, when someone actually does putt, all you'll have to do is to lift your arm and the flagstick will come with it.

(I still think they should have a class for this).


-JP

Hopefully it's the same class to teach people to pick their feet up when they walk on the greens http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/banghead.gif

hopefully that class will instruct in fixing ball marks as well

Sadly, THAT class would likely require an entire semester.


-JP