Data breakdown of golf debatefrom @shaneohgolfs

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One of the biggest debates in golf is whether we should put the flag in or out. Let's talk about it. I know numbers can be boring, but these are pretty interesting. My good spy did a study where they tested putts that would roll three feet, six feet, and nine feet past the pin. So with balls rolling at a pace that would go three feet past the hole but it strikes the center of the pin, it's dropping 100% of the time. Same with six feet. Nine feet best, only 80% of the time. But this is where it gets really interesting. Balls rolling at a pace of three feet past and the pin is out, dropping worse% of the time. Rolling six feet past, 35% of the time. Nine feet past, only dropping 5% of the time. So if you are hammering butts, the pin in is going to help you. But Tom Mace of Golf Best, who has spent thirty years in golf research, says otherwise. He states that you should take the pin out 99% of the time, even us amateurs. Tom Mace reveals in this study that leaving the pin in on straight putts is okay, but 96% of your putts break, and that's where he saw the most misses. Whether the ball was entering at the top or the bottom of the hole, leaving the flag in affected the ball going in. And there's been other studies out there that best taking the flag out can save amateurs between two and five strokes around. And there's nothing quite like making a putt and hearing it drop to the bottom of the cup without the flag in. So I wanna no, do you putt with the flag in or out?