Low Side: Area below the hole on a sloping green.
LPGA: Ladies Professional Golf Association.
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below the hole when the ball is in a position lower than, or downhill from, the hole on ground that is not level ...
Below the hole---when on the green, you are below the hole if your ball is in position that you have to putt uphill to the cup.
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Assuming that the surface over which the ball will roll is all flat-but-tilted in the same orientation as the disk at the hole, the "aim spot" for that length of putt is found by imagining how far below the hole a putt of the same length directly at ...
Put it this way: When below the hole, you should always be aggressive. The adage "Never up, never in!" always applies, so make sure you get the ball to the hole if you want any chance of making it. Putting from downhill positions is a bit trickier.
The part of the green below the hole on a sloping green.
LPGA
Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Second: If the green slopes from back to front, you can pretty much tell the general direction of any break.
Third: On the left side below the hole, the putt will break from left to right.
Fourth: On the right side, it's the opposite.
Being over any green is usually costly. If you're going to miss a green, you generally want to be short. If you're short you generally are in fairway grass and below the hole. This is allows an easier approach without much risk.
low side: The area below the hole for a curving putt.
LPGA: Ladies Professional Golf Association.
make: Term used to describe the act of holing a shot, usually refers to putting.
makeable: A shot with a good chance of being holed.
ball rolled way past the hole, and ended up in the fringe of the green, above the cup; his return putt was now 30 feet downhill. Bill's putt from the fringe (his 7th shot) was stroked too hard, and the ball ended up rolling 15 feet below the hole.
(The low side, by the way, refers to the side of the hole that's actually lower than the hole.) Since golf balls don't roll upwards naturally, unless you hit the putt from below the hole up the hill, the ball has no chance to go in.
long game: That part of a players game which involves hitting full shots.
low-handicapper: A player with a low approx.scr-12 handicap.
low side: The area below the hole for a curving putt.
LPGA: Ladies Professional Golf Association.
 See also: Hole, Break, Putting, Putt, Cup
  
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