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Golf hole

10.8 cm (4.252 in)

Diameter of the hole

The cup on a putting green, seen from above with the flagstick in the middle. Diameter: 4¼ inches (108 mm).

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How big is that?

10.8 cm is 1.3 times a credit card and 36% of an A4 sheet.

Golf hole is the 13th smallest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 13th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.

Closest in size from the other games: Archaeopteryx (Prehistoric Giants), 50 cm long.

Size comparison

BaseballCredit card (ID-1 size)Golf holeUS dollar billBowling ball (Ten-pin)

To scale, smallest to largest: Golf hole in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.

ObjectSizevs Golf hole
BaseballAn official Major League Baseball ball, red stitches and all.73.8 mm across68% of the size
Credit card (ID-1 size)A standard bank card, the same size as most ID and loyalty cards.85.6 mm79% of the size
Golf hole10.8 cm across–
US dollar billA one-dollar note, measured along its long side. Every current US note is the same size.15.6 cm1.4× bigger
Bowling ball (Ten-pin)A ten-pin bowling ball with its three finger holes.21.83 cm across2× bigger

In other units

Millimetres108
Centimetres10.8
Metres0.108
Inches4.252
Feet0.3543

How it's measured

Diameter of the hole. Rules of Golf (R&A and USGA), Definitions: Hole.

Sources

  • assets.randa.org: Rules of Golf 2023, Definitions, Hole: the hole must be 4 ¼ inches (108 mm) in diameter.

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Could you have guessed it by eye?

Golf hole is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.