AuburnWarrior
Tour Winner
98.756% of them are made up......
How can you tell when someone is a good putter?
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98.756% of them are made up......
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Can't find what I am looking for at the moment, but found this instead:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/golf/22199389.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc7YUiacyKUUr
http://www.startribune.com/sports/golf/22199389.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc7YUiacyKUUr
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
@Fyldewhite - Thanks for that link, some interesting reading there and it certainly helps with my thinking.
I only hit 7 greens in my last round,
Hole, Reg Y/N, Putts
1 N 2
2 N 1
3 N 1
4 N 1
5 Y 2
6 Y 2
7 N 1
8 N 2
9 Y 2
10 N 2
11 N 2
12 N 1
13 N 1
14 Y 2
15 N 1
16 Y 2
17 Y 1
18 Y 2
I don't count any putts from off the green, I think that's right?
At least 7 of the putts I made were "top draw" as far as I'm concerned.
Murph, can't see the logic in that, she was 5 shots better than her previous round, you can't hole everything. Stupid reporters!
I only hit 7 greens in my last round,
Hole, Reg Y/N, Putts
1 N 2
2 N 1
3 N 1
4 N 1
5 Y 2
6 Y 2
7 N 1
8 N 2
9 Y 2
10 N 2
11 N 2
12 N 1
13 N 1
14 Y 2
15 N 1
16 Y 2
17 Y 1
18 Y 2
I don't count any putts from off the green, I think that's right?
At least 7 of the putts I made were "top draw" as far as I'm concerned.
Murph, can't see the logic in that, she was 5 shots better than her previous round, you can't hole everything. Stupid reporters!
IM01
Challenge Tour Pro
Interesting article regarding the Pro's but those stats are as a collective and in that collective are good and bad putters.
If I had to submit my stats along with Dodger and Screwback they would make me look an average putter.
If I had to submit my stats along with Dodger and Screwback they would make me look an average putter.
Spinn77
Challenge Tour Pro
That's a great article, who'd have thought they hole at 'just' that rate from 6 feet??! Gives me a a bit more optimism for my own game
I agree that you can tell a lot by the way a guy approaches the green. The ones who rush almost wanting to get it over with are usually very quick in their stroke and usually very stabby. If you get a guy who is happy to wander onto a green, mark the ball, repair a few pitch marks etc is a guy whois in no rush and is confident in his stroke.
It is an area that I've improved since having a lesson last year and by regularly practicing both at home with my Pathfinder and in the lighter nights on the putting green. I'm a lot more confident now even on downhill left to righters from 3 foot for par (my old nemesis).
It is an area that I've improved since having a lesson last year and by regularly practicing both at home with my Pathfinder and in the lighter nights on the putting green. I'm a lot more confident now even on downhill left to righters from 3 foot for par (my old nemesis).
Parmo
Tour Winner
Every golfer has three putts, a good putter is someone who can't wait to get on the green, someone who doesn't follow the rubbish about putting stokes and doesn't have the fear ingrained in him.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Well I've decided I'm a good putter
I like putting, it's probably the highlight of any round.
I've never hit a drive down the middle and high5'ed everyone on the tee
I don't recall 4 putting ever, I don't 3-putt that often although that depends more on the condition of the greens than the quality of putt.
My lag putting is pretty good and I can knock 'em in fairly regularly from 3-10ft, anything over that and I just hit them at the hole and see what happens, I make my fair share.
I like pressure putting.. do they always go in? No. but I've holed my fair share and I don't get so nervous that I can't play a proper stroke. Standing over a 10footer for the match the other day was where I want to be, I thought I'd holed it when I hit it... I guess I gave it 1" too little break as it fell across the face of the hole.
Yep.. i'm not too bad
That statistic for 6 footers was an eye opener. Most of the time you hear about the fantastic stats (eg: Tiger holes 49 of 50 from 10feet) but the fantastic stats don't happen week in and week out, and certainly not for the rest of the golfing world.
Maybe our expectations are too high, I'm flattered that Murph thinks I need to improve...that means that he EXPECTS me to be even better
LOL
I like putting, it's probably the highlight of any round.
I've never hit a drive down the middle and high5'ed everyone on the tee
I don't recall 4 putting ever, I don't 3-putt that often although that depends more on the condition of the greens than the quality of putt.
My lag putting is pretty good and I can knock 'em in fairly regularly from 3-10ft, anything over that and I just hit them at the hole and see what happens, I make my fair share.
I like pressure putting.. do they always go in? No. but I've holed my fair share and I don't get so nervous that I can't play a proper stroke. Standing over a 10footer for the match the other day was where I want to be, I thought I'd holed it when I hit it... I guess I gave it 1" too little break as it fell across the face of the hole.
Yep.. i'm not too bad
That statistic for 6 footers was an eye opener. Most of the time you hear about the fantastic stats (eg: Tiger holes 49 of 50 from 10feet) but the fantastic stats don't happen week in and week out, and certainly not for the rest of the golfing world.
Maybe our expectations are too high, I'm flattered that Murph thinks I need to improve...that means that he EXPECTS me to be even better
LOLI thought the stats were from participating TOUR pros, not just a bunch of hackers??
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
People always seem surprised at how low the pro's stats are with regard to the percentage holed from a certain distance.
I think the lower handicap players are the most critical of their own putting.
In a putting contest, my money would always be on a low hcap golfer who thinks they're a bad putter rather than a high hcap that thinks they're a good putter.
There will be exceptions but overall I'm sure I'd come out a winner.
As for my own game, I think I'm an average at best putter.
I get my share of putts inside 6', but my judgement of pace and reading of the greens are woeful.
I'd also judge how good a putter someone is by how often they get the long ones close, rather than the short ones in.
I think the lower handicap players are the most critical of their own putting.
In a putting contest, my money would always be on a low hcap golfer who thinks they're a bad putter rather than a high hcap that thinks they're a good putter.
There will be exceptions but overall I'm sure I'd come out a winner.
As for my own game, I think I'm an average at best putter.
I get my share of putts inside 6', but my judgement of pace and reading of the greens are woeful.
I'd also judge how good a putter someone is by how often they get the long ones close, rather than the short ones in.
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
The article I posted earlier (and the graph above) illustrate why we are all guilty of placing too much pressure on our putting. I am considered a good putter but have always thought to myself that I don't knock that many in. Perhaps the evidence from the pro studies suggests why I feel like that.
I think it's all about not 3 putting. I don't beat myself up if I three stab from 60 feet as the real problem there is the approach shot. I concentrate on putts from 15-25 feet in all my practice and I very rarely 3 putt from that range. I always say to myself that pars are good golf and don't let repeated misses from that range or closer get to me. 18 pars, no birdies is most acceptable in my book.
I think it's all about not 3 putting. I don't beat myself up if I three stab from 60 feet as the real problem there is the approach shot. I concentrate on putts from 15-25 feet in all my practice and I very rarely 3 putt from that range. I always say to myself that pars are good golf and don't let repeated misses from that range or closer get to me. 18 pars, no birdies is most acceptable in my book.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
You won't shoot 66 with that attitude!
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thecraw
Guest
It was good enough for Sir Nick Faldo to win the Open at Muirfield!
18 pars are good enough for me!
18 pars are good enough for me!
doc17
Assistant Pro
Jack Nicklaus never had 3 putts. Even when he was reminded of a time he did, in his mind he never 3 putted. Positive thinking is what it's all about.
Swinger
Journeyman Pro
You won't shoot 66 with that attitude!
His course is Par 65
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
You won't shoot 66 with that attitude!
His course is Par 65
LMAO! Good one!
You have to accept 3 putts as a way of golfing life. If the pros do it then we'll certainly do it. Its about keeping the number down and making the single putts too. Obviously that relies on a) a repeatable stroke and b) chipping close. One thing I learned last year was the necessity of a decent putting grip and solid alignment. If you can get the basics right then you'll make a lot more putts.
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CannyFifer
Guest
spot on for me, i'm a hellish putter and always try and line up with the line on the ball then hit and hope. not great advice but I do it and when I miss go straight in without thinking and often miss again from 3 feet. 50% of a round is putting but I never practice the art. could maybe knock 10 off a round if I did.
IM01
Challenge Tour Pro
Tour Pros or Hackers the point I was trying to make is a good putter holes 8 out of 10 and the poor putter 4 out of 10 and the stats say the average is 6 out of 10.Doesn't tell you who's good(Poulter) or who's poor(Sergio)
I know what I mean
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Tour Pros or Hackers the point I was trying to make is a good putter holes 8 out of 10 and the poor putter 4 out of 10 and the stats say the average is 6 out of 10.Doesn't tell you who's good(Poulter) or who's poor(Sergio)
I know what I mean
Whilst I agree with that principal I don't know how much bearing it has on those stats. For one most of the Tour pros can putt better than you or I, if only because the surface is better, and secondly the stats say they use fairly flat greens for the stats which even Sergio can manage once in a while.... maybe
Is it possible for someone to simply be fantastic at putting at all times? I don't think so. I've even seen Tiger miss putts
If those stats are taken at face value then being average (6 of 10) would still put you above all the crap Tour putters
