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Calculating the area on an irregular shape

Image showing an irregular putting green with regularly spaced radius measurements

To find area of an irregularly shaped green calculate an average radius and use that to calculate the area using the formula Πr2.

To calulate the average radius pick a point roughly in the centre of the green. Measure and record the distance from this point to the edge of the green in 10° intervals. Add these distances up and divide by the total number of measurements to obtain the average.

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