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Originally Posted by Brocktoon
BO,
Since you're always so quick to appeal to your own authority, I feel the need to point this out. Here are some quotes in this thread from two members of your oft referenced plus handicap club:
Both ship and myself agreed on the following from the outset,
-we were both +EV
-OP was -EV
-you don't want a straight putt
Now if ship or stads or trout etc. disagreed with the above I'd reconsider my position, but since that's not the case why in the world would I even give it a second thought?
The last point is telling seeing as everybody else is hollering for a perfectly straight putt to "eliminate that variable". This is the difference between knowledge (which some here are trying to apply/misapply) and wisdom (which golfers of a certain caliber have).
Ship has now attempted this, I have not. Before he attempted we both had very similar outlooks about our own chances, now he feels more confident about his own game. His game, not some hacker. The fact he made 2 of 54 is a testament to his ability, not that he misjudged a hack's chances at this.
Most here underestimate the putting ability of a player of his caliber. Hell, the ball sounds different coming off his putterface than an amateur just like a driver does. Just because he has +EV in this means nothing as far as a hacker is concerned.
So seeing as how most ITT don't even understand what kind of conditions are ideal for this prop, how are they ever going to understand the odds of success on a real green with actual humans putting? Answer, they aren't. Hell, I would even bet that some here have never attempted a 100ft putt.
BO
Last edited by ntnBO; 12-19-2013 at 02:18 AM.