It takes 2-3 weeks for a previous hole location to heal completely and become unnoticed again. Due to the amount of hole locations and wear patterns, we require having to spread out certain pin locations to prevent excessive wear patterns, because of speed and slope in the green. This allows variety in pin locations and presenting a different golf course each day.
Our pin location methods follows a numbering system to identify the front, middle and back of each green. There is no "hard line" in the green that strictly defines these areas. There must be some gray area to allow for better green management. Let's take for example the #2 green. The front of the green is very small and sees a lot of concentrated foot traffic. Having pin locations in front here every 3rd day can quickly impact the turf in a negative way. Every once in a while, we will place locations at the top of the slope so it would play more like a front/middle location so we can relieve additional stress on the front of the green.
The 12th green is the largest green, which seems easy to find locations. However there is so much movement in this green finding a flat spot is difficult. Sometimes, prior to certain tournaments we will stay away from some locations in greens a week prior to the tournament to keep them putting nice. Occasionally setting pin locations in those gray areas is beneficial to the green and also provides variety to the game. One of the most frequent comments I receive from golfers is how they enjoy seeing variety of tee and pin locations each year.
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