How Golf Courses Measure Green Speeds

Have you ever wondered how golf courses measure the speed of the greens, or what professional golf broadcasters mean when they reference a Stimpmeter?
The Stimpmeter is the universally accepted tool that golf course superintendents and maintenance crews use to measure the speed of a certain golf course's greens on a daily basis. Using the three-foot-long aluminum bar with slots on the top designed to hold a golf ball until gravity takes over.
When measuring the green speeds, superintendents will find a relatively flat portion of a green and roll three balls down the Stimpmeter, taking the average rollout of the balls from the end of the Stimpmeter. From there, they will perform the same process in the opposite direction, again taking the average of the three balls' rollout.
The staff will then take the average of the two readings and determine the green speed, assigning it a number, typically between 6 and 15 depending on the course.
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Thanks for the information provided in the video

[@peteramoroso4464]

this vid helped a lot.

[@tom_ace3364]

Josh would be a great golf instructor

[@THE_A.RAVEN1]

Played on 12.5-13s this morning in the wind and holy cow were we scrambling. Only missed a few greens and still shot a big number

[@GolfMessiah2005]

What’s your handi

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That was interesting 👍🏻

[@thelthrythquezada8397]

yeah but WHAT makes it that speed though (Slow, med, fast)? What are the factors

[@jpriceless2778]

Mositure content, firmness, dense turf. Usually if a green is firm, compacted, and less moisture they will roll very fast. However it is the skill of a greenkeeper to grow the plant healthy enough to not just go through that stress, but endure the beatings from rounds of golf and to drench them with water after and bring em back. Simply the firmness, compaction, plant health, and mousture content mainly. If you putted on a green where the turf blades were taller, itd be slower. The more water content can also slow the ball speeds. Its a cool science of a greenkeeper.

[@jpriceless2778]

I just graduated with a 4 year degree in turf management. People go on for masters and phD’s surprisingly of how to grow grass haha! But theres a skill and science to it. But to simply answer your question. Main factors are typically the height of the plant, compaction of the soil, the moisture content, and desnity of the turf. Theres a lot more to it. However, those are the basics.

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In italiano

[@aeskeitit8053]

is the distance yards or meters?

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Feet lol

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mind is blown lol