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Ralph Bauer

Ralph Bauer

PGA Tour coach and putting specialist; Director of Instruction at Hamilton Golf & Country Club; co-founder of Tour Read Golf

Jun 18, 2026

0:07
What's the most interesting from a putting perspective? Is it the speed of the greens, or is it the slope of the greens? Like, or is it the combination of both?
0:16
Yeah, it's a combination of both.
0:17
You know, the wind i- wi-wind's another factor for sure, right? So, you know, show up on Sunday, f-first thing you notice is, wow, these greens are, are super slopey, right? When I say that there's not a lot of green space that's under 3% slope, so it's just super slopey.
0:32
When the greens were built, golf course is amazing.
0:34
When the greens were built, green speeds, you know, average about six on stimp, right? Actually, it wasn't a stimp meter back then, so they're estimating.
0:42
So they're, they, they were built for, you know, very, very slow, slow greens, slow conditions.
0:46
As agronomy's caught up and green speeds have picked up, the, the, the green complexes have stayed the same, which is a, a wicked defense of, uh, you know, golf courses.

6 MINS LATER

7:12
What did you guys figure out in practice rounds? Was it like, if it's a straight putt but the wind is blowing left to right, I gotta aim two inches outside the hole? Or did you, did you figure anything out like that?

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