Putting Surfaces

[kid2]

Evening all,
I spent 2 hours tonight with my 7 yr old daughter chipping and putting at a local course thats in a spot of financial trouble......The putting greens are in dire need of some attention but they are being cut ...I think.....
Anyway as my own club is a 40 minute drive and the one close to me is only 10 mins i use this for practice 2 or 3 times a week if i can....Always the short game.....maybe a 100 balls on the range followed by an hour of putting 1 night and the other 2 i spend an hour and a half to 2 hours putting and chipping....

Does it matter what surface you practice on as our greens are in great nick and pretty fast as well....Probably in total contrast to the ones im practicing on.....Is it still worth my while plugging away or is it all wasted effort?

 

[Imurg]

You want to try to practice on greens with at least a similar speed otherwise your pace will be way off.
Bobbly surfaces I don't think will make that much difference - you can feel when you've hit a good putt, but obviously the better the practice green, the better the practice.

 

[julsk10]

Would agree about the pace but this can change at your own club depending on the weather or if the greens have been cut. I think that if you are spending 1-2 hrs twice a week on your short game it is bound to make a huge difference to your game - repetitive stroke and all that.

 

[Oddsocks]

personally my opinion would be practice more on your chipping and bunkers and less on your putting at this course. Brakes, speeds will all be so alien to your home course greens its pretty pointless.

If your comps are played at your home course id say 30min-60mins a week on your own putting greens would be more productive.

 

[EaseNgrace]

I practice at a pitch and putt course in the evenings, it's generally in good nick but the greens are a bit long and very slow. So I just practice chipping and only take my putter if they've been cut. My thinking is I don't want to get too used to blasting the putts to get them up to the hole, then knocking them 6ft past when I play my track.

 

[19th]

I practice at a pitch and putt course in the evenings, it's generally in good nick but the greens are a bit long and very slow. So I just practice chipping and only take my putter if they've been cut. My thinking is I don't want to get too used to blasting the putts to get them up to the hole, then knocking them 6ft past when I play my track.

Do you folk never play on wet greens or putt into or down, wind? Never putt uphill or downhill?

The art of putting should embrace any green condition using the required adjustment to your stroke.

The key, in my opinion, is having this consistent stroke to allow for the adjustments and this can be 'grooved' on your slower greens as well as your faster ones.