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Stimp meter
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The Stimp Meter was invented by Edward Stimpson. It is a simple device used to measure the speed of the putting greens at a golf course.
The Stimp Meter is a small ramp that a ball is run down onto a flat section of the putting surface. The device is designed so the ball rolls at a uniform speed. The stimp meter reading is the average of the number of feet that the ball rolls across the green over multiple trials.
Stimpson did not intend to create a device for comparing greens at one course with greens at another, merely to assist the greenskeeper in maintaining consistency from green-to-green within the same course.
- Five to six range mean slow greens
- Seven to eight mean medium greens
- Nine to ten mean fast greens
- Eleven and above mean extremely fast greens
(The U. S. Open greens rate about 12 to 14 feet)