OAKMONT, Pa. -- The USGA measures the speed of greens at Oakmont with a stick called the ‘Stimpmeter,’ a device created by a Harvard graduate named Edward Stimpson who was intrigued by putts that ...
The speed of a green is measured by a stimpmeter. In essence, a stimpmeter is a chute placed on one of the flatter sections of the putting surface and the ball is rolled down this chute and a ...