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On the Stimp
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By
Anthony Pioppi
On the Stimp
Superintendents and officials measure green
speed, oddly enough, by a unit of
distance. A Stimpmeter is an 36-inch
trough with a notch in one end to hold a
ball. While one end is placed
on the flattest part of a green, the other end,
the one with the ball,
is slowly lifted to 20 degrees, which is when gravity
releases the ball
down the ramp and across the putting surface. The standard
practice
involves rolling three balls and determining the average distance
rolled—say 10 feet. The process is repeated in the opposite direction,
and the
green speed is the overall average.
The device was
invented by Edward
Stimpson, who noticed how quick the greens were at
the 1935
U.S. Open at
Oakmont. Stimpson never wanted his invention
to be used as a gauge for courses
to compare green speeds. Rather, he
wanted to measure not only the greens’
speed, but also their
consistency from hole to hole. Related Article: Speed Trap
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