Behind the Scenes at the Golf Course - Changing a Hole Location 

Yep is BS, they do it because members want, it makes the course seem like there playing majors everyday. You still can't see that from a certain distance or lower tier. You can tell these guys are noobs, the new hole should be away from the other days cup, not put so close together.

The flag should be enough tell when the player is far away, and you can still see some of the cup if you're close enough.

It’s because it looks better, winter we use rings because we change holes less

Plug was fine when he finished

How did you know?

No the really messed up and made no sense a couple of times. Pretty bad, that's coming from a superintendent