Balls bouncing forward
May 11, 2023
There are two fundamental components to the playing conditions of a putting surface. One is how the ball bounces, and the other is how the ball rolls. The photo at right was created by taking still images from a video of a shot hit into a green during the 2018 Japan Amateur Championship. The ball bounced up and forward when it landed, and then took another smaller bounce and then rolled a few feet to a stop. A forward bounce,…