3 footers

[kid2]

3 foot putts........Is it best to hit these hard and ignore the break or use the green and hit soft?

 

[Imurg]

Problem with method 1 is if you miss you've got a 5 footer back again!

 

[Oddsocks]

Uphill I tend to lean more against the power instead of the break but downhill it has to be reading the break first. Now across a camber is completely new

 

[Region3]

As Oddsocks says it depends if it's uphill or downhill. Uphill you can picture it hitting the back of the hole. Downhill picture it trickling in the front.

Obviously if it's matchplay for a half or stableford for a point then the one coming back doesn't matter.

Find some sidehill 3 footers on your practice green and try different speeds and breaks to see what you find works best for you.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Read the line - address the ball - close my eyes, mutter a little prayer and then leave my fate in the great God of Golf.......

 

[kid2]

Uphill I tend to lean more against the power instead of the break but downhill it has to be reading the break first. Now across a camber is completely new

This is more along the lines of what i was thinking....Straight enough up or downhill im not bothered with but breaking left and right putts these are the ones im wondering is it best to hit with pace and take the break out or play the green so to speak

 

[HomerJSimpson]

On the short ones I focus on just back and through with the stroke and trust my line and pace. I went through a phase where I convinced myself that everything broke and so would borrow too much and miss. A case of over-reading it. Now I take a quick look have a quick swing to judge the pace and stick it in

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I've always been a drop it in at the right pace man. Never had the confidence to bang it in the back of the hole for fear of the 5 footer back.

 

[RGDave]

Well, to me, a positive stroke is to hit it about 2 foot past should I miss it. Hitting it hard enough to take out the break therefore leaving more than 2 foot (should you miss) is OK for some people but it's not a strategy I'd use, except in matchplay.
Surely the only time to ever "die" the ball into the hole is on a tricky downhiller with a break.
So, I reckon a bit of both.

Can I get off the fence now?

 

[SharkAttack]

All puts should be going at a pace to get the ball 12"-18" past the hole. You will be hitting it harder uphill and softer down for obvious reasons.

Shark

 

[Ken_A]

I try to hit them a foot past - it removes half of the break and most of the time you can then aim inside the hole - but you really just need to feel every one - there is no definitive solution.