Putting greens

[MoonPig]

How close is your clubs practice green similar interms of speed to the actual course? I have stopped hitting the practice green as it bears little resemblance to that of the greens on the course especially in terms of pace. I have given up warming up my clubs putting green before a round as it really effects my judgement on the course as it bears absolutely no relation to the actual speed of the greens on the course.

 

[golfbluecustard]

Played Monday and putted on the practice green first - after a while all pretty close.

Get on the first green and suddenly 6 ft past..... thankfully made it but the greens were twice as fast the practice one, so do wonder why i bottered? But it's that or go off completely cold?

GBC

 

[G_Mulligan]

don't practice pace putts just work on the 3-6 footers

 

[jasondransfieldgolf]

It's a shame that some courses have differing speeds from putting green to course. I am pretty sure I would always have a putt mostly short ones like G Mulligan says good to hole more than you miss before you go out.

 

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don't practice pace putts just work on the 3-6 footers

thats the way to do it, go to Majors and you never see them practice pace putts, its all 3-6 footers

 

[ScienceBoy]

The practice green is a great place to hone your game, avoid it at your own peril! I spend hours on mine honing the game, learning pace, holing out and lag putting. The fact that it is different to the course is not a problem, I can get the pace of the greens with a few putts.

Remember on the course the pace changes slightly from green to green during 18 holes so reading pace is a skill rather than a number assigned to a single round or day!

I say get on your practice green and putt your evenings away, do it with a V-Easy and your game will be changed for the better without a doubt!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

+1

Definitely use mine a lot for both short chips and for working on the putting. It has a tier through it so great for working on long lag putts and for holing out on sidehill, and up/downhill putts. It isn't a mile away speed wise to those on the course but like Scienceboy I can usually get the pace within a hole or two anyway