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BLUE TRIANGLE (AT THE FLAGSTICK) QUERY

• slimjym 141 Posts

  Sat, Sep 7 2019 4:39 PM

  Can anyone tell me the length of a side of the blue triangle 🔽  found at the flagstick? I assume this is an isosceles triangle, so all sides will be the same length. Also would like to know height of flagstick. I understandi' basically they are a standard height, EXCEPT THE FLAGSTICKS THAT ARE WICKER BASKETS & shorter (course at BETHPAGE I believe?

• DonCaron 5,502 Posts

  Sat, Sep 7 2019 5:09 PM

  The blue box is 10 foot wide. That maker is in the middle, so i always use it as 5 foot.

  
  

• whooshdangit 1,246 Posts

  Sat, Sep 7 2019 5:26 PM

  Hi Slim
  

  I'm not sure the size of the isausages triangle makes a difference, it's only a marker. As to stick height, they can vary wildly. Bethpage as you rightly point out, is one.

  
  

  Cheers!
  
  Rich

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Sep 7 2019 6:09 PM

  slimjym:

  Also would like to know height of flagstick. I understandi' basically they are a standard height

  I believe they are 7 feet tall.

• slimjym 141 Posts

  Sat, Sep 7 2019 6:24 PM

  Just so I understand you correctly, & we're on the same page, when you say blue box, are you referring to what I call the inverted blue triangle? I thought somewhere in the past I was told it was 2.6 feet across.Maybe my memory is failing me?? Ten feet seems a bit large, but maybe I"m wrong??? Also I'm still waiting for answer to my flagstick questions. Think most are 7 feet, except wicker baskets being 6 feet?

• DoctorLarry 4,276 Posts

  Sun, Sep 8 2019 7:16 PM

  slimjym:

  Also I'm still waiting for answer to my flagstick questions. Think most are 7 feet, except wicker baskets being 6 feet?

  Well Jim answered this about the time you were posting and I too, believe the normal flag sticks are nominally 7 ft tall.

  The big rectangular box is called the "aimer" and it is nominally 10 ft wide when you are on the tee and seems to be a bit larger from off the fairway.  The triangle is ~3 ft wide from the tee.

  When putting on the green, the aimer is about 8 inches wide and the triangle is ~3 inches wide.  If you line the edge of the aimer up with the stick, the point is about 4 inches off hole centerline, and if you line up the up/down triangle within the aimer (elevation arrow) with the stick (or in the middle of the IN or FT), the point is about 3 inches off centerline.  Edge of aimer box lined up with edge of hole is a little more than 6 inches off center (since hole is nominally 4.25 inches in diameter).

• santa084 114 Posts

  Sun, Sep 8 2019 8:14 PM

  DoctorLarry:

  slimjym:

  Also I'm still waiting for answer to my flagstick questions. Think most are 7 feet, except wicker baskets being 6 feet?

  Well Jim answered this about the time you were posting and I too, believe the normal flag sticks are nominally 7 ft tall.

  The big rectangular box is called the "aimer" and it is nominally 10 ft wide when you are on the tee and seems to be a bit larger from off the fairway.  The triangle is ~3 ft wide from the tee.

  When putting on the green, the aimer is about 8 inches wide and the triangle is ~3 inches wide.  If you line the edge of the aimer up with the stick, the point is about 4 inches off hole centerline, and if you line up the up/down triangle within the aimer (elevation arrow) with the stick (or in the middle of the IN or FT), the point is about 3 inches off centerline.  Edge of aimer box lined up with edge of hole is a little more than 6 inches off center (since hole is nominally 4.25 inches in diameter).

  How long were you holding on to that knowledge 

• DoctorLarry 4,276 Posts

  Mon, Sep 9 2019 7:49 PM

  santa084:

  How long were you holding on to that knowledge 

  I guess I thought most people already knew that - I found much of it on the forums last year.  I suppose I never saw anyone ask this question before.

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Mon, Sep 9 2019 9:57 PM

  DoctorLarry:

  santa084:

  How long were you holding on to that knowledge 

  I guess I thought most people already knew that - I found much of it on the forums last year.  I suppose I never saw anyone ask this question before.

  Young46’s YouTube stream explains all this, size of hole, aim box etc.

   

• DufferJohn7 3,563 Posts

  Tue, Sep 10 2019 9:32 AM

  Doc,

  Is this info good on both platforms?

  DJ7