On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 12:28:37 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 09:40:21 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 03:16:53 -0400, wrote:

... what it means to be up in the leather in 4 on a par 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEwnd1wbE-M

BTW John, pick that up, it's good.


Funny stuff. What does "up in the leather mean"¿

Close enough to the hole that if you laid a putter down it would be
closer than the leather grip ... back when clubs had leather grips and
putters were not 5' long.


Thanks

Also called a 'gimme' in golf. We usually play 'gimmes' (which are not legal), giving the putt to
someone if they're within a foot or two of the hole. Saves a lot of time.