The Stimpmeter
The Stimpmeter was designed in 1935 by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr. (1904-1985). A Massachusetts state amateur champion and former Harvard golf team captain, Stimpson was a spectator at the 1935 U.S. Open at Oakmont, where the winning score was 299 (+11).
After witnessing a putt by the great Gene Sarazen roll off the green, Stimpson was intrigued about the speed of the greens and was sure they were unreasonably fast, but wondered how he could prove it. He soon developed a device made of wood, now known as the Stimpmeter, which is an angled track that releases a ball at a known velocity so that the distance it rolls on a green's surface can be measured.
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