The USGA and R&A proposed a new rule to limit Green Reading material

Greens Guides have been used by Professional Golfers since 2008. Per Mark Broadie, a USGA and PGA TOUR statistician consultant, “Putting statistics have not changed in the last twenty-five years”.

StrackaLine has many customers at every level of the game:

• Professional Golfers
• College Players
• Regular Golfers

StrackaLine will continue to service golfers with the same highly detailed Greens Guides for their practice rounds, and once the details of the proposed rule are finalized, StrackaLine will work with the USGA to produce a Greens Guide that conforms to the new rule so our players can continue to make more putts.

“I am not sure why the governing bodies of golf are going to this extreme??” says Jim Stracka, owner of StrackaLine, “The statistics do not show any need for this rule. If they feel that green reading is a necessary skill, they should also eliminate the caddie from green reading.”

So what is a possible compromise? “Let the person running the event make a Local Rule to limit Green Reading material” says Mr. Stracka, “With a Local Rule, any event can limit the information the golfers use. This way, all the regular golfers can enjoy the day and make more putts without arguing about what is printed/written on a piece of paper”.

So if you want to be able to use Greens Guides, please email the governing bodies and ask them to make this a Local Rule instead of a General Rule.

Please send comments to: rules@usga.org rulesmail@randa.org