Jon Fasick of New England CC in Bellingham, takes the pin out. There may be an advantage according to (PGA Tour star Bryson) DeChambeau, but I have always taken it out and I’ll continue to do that.” I’m comfortable with it out and I’m not comfortable having in the pin in there. I don’t putt short putts with the pin in. “If I’m 30, 40, 50 feet away, I leave the pin in,” he said. Jim Ruschioni, a member at Wachusett CC, and winner of several Mass Golf events, leaves the pin in at times. Paul Couture of Pleasant Valley CC pointed out that to speed up play some golfers who would normally take the pin out are leaving it in if their playing partners do. “You see one guy leaving it in and one guy taking it out,” he said. Marrone doesn’t believe leaving the pin in speeds up play unless the entire group does it. “I think it’s dumb, leaving it in,” said Green Hill superintendent Jason Brostrom. His tee shot hit in the cup and bounced dead right almost onto a nearby tee and he had to make a 5-footer for a bogey. Some guys don’t like it, but I’ve left it in and I haven’t had any bounce outs.”Ībout 25 years ago, Dunn experienced quite a bounce out on the par-3 sixth hole at Wachusett.
“It’s almost like a little backstop, especially on downhill putts. Terry Dunn, a Worcester resident who plays out of Cyprian Keyes GC, keeps the pin in now. John’s High graduate who won the 2018 Worcester County Amateur, disagrees, saying he’s found that the majority of the golfers he plays with want the pin out. “They’re just trying it out to see if it helps them and I think they see it on tour now and they want to be like their favorite player. Nick Marrone, one of the owners of Wachusett Country Club, said most of the golfers there leave the pin in now. I decided to ask around to see what other golfers in the region are doing. One hazard of leaving the pin in, however, is picking golf balls out of the hole and damaging the rim of the cup.
So whether the pin is in or out doesn’t really matter, but my regular foursome leaves it in and it does speed up play. I’ve left the pin in all season and I can’t imagine ever taking it out again, but I’m not a great putter.
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