Your Motion Plan
What: Your aim is to discover ways to visually establish the course of the grass grain on the placing inexperienced to regulate your line and pace.
Why: The grain of the grass impacts the ball in two methods: it’s going to break extra towards the course the grass is rising, and it’ll roll quicker with the grain and slower in opposition to it.
How:
Examine the Cup: While you stroll as much as the opening, search for the “burned out” or discolored aspect of the cup.
Determine the Course: The burned out aspect is the place the grass is rising away from the opening. The aspect the place the grass seems to be “excessive” of the cup is the place the grass is rising towards the opening.
Modify Your Putt:
With the Grain: In case you are placing within the course the grass is rising, the putt will likely be quicker.
Towards the Grain: In case you are placing in opposition to the course the grass is rising, the putt will likely be slower and can have a tendency to interrupt extra towards the course of the grain.
