Putts Per Round

The average on the pga tour is 29.25 with the leader, Kevin Na, on 27.47

So it makes our stats look marginally better than first thought :)

My average over last 10 games is 31.6
I'd hope that to get better over the summer with decent putting surfaces.
 
No idea. It depends how close I hit my approach shots, how many greens I miss and then chip close, and how lucky I am with the 20-footers.

It's how ALL the shots add up at the end of the round that matters.
 
30.25 this year from 20 rounds.

But all the numbers on this thread are irrelevent as half count every shot with the putter while the other half only count shots on the green.
In my opinion you should only count shots ON the green.
And has been mentioned, if you hit a lot of GIR, you're going to take a lot of putts unless you're going to shoot in the 60's gross. And if you miss every green but chip'n'putt every time then you walk off with 18..!
One stat in isolation is worthless.
 
For me PPr is one of the most pointless stats going. I could be the worlds greatest puter but average 36 if I leave myself 40' + putss everytime or be the worlds worst putter and average 18 if I miss very green and chip it dead.

as mentioned the only stat that counts is your final score, although FIR and GIR help you identify areas to improve on
 
30.25 this year from 20 rounds.

But all the numbers on this thread are irrelevent as half count every shot with the putter while the other half only count shots on the green.
In my opinion you should only count shots ON the green.
And has been mentioned, if you hit a lot of GIR, you're going to take a lot of putts unless you're going to shoot in the 60's gross. And if you miss every green but chip'n'putt every time then you walk off with 18..!
One stat in isolation is worthless.
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so in reality it needs to be PPR against GIR's

in an ideal world a green hit in regulation would see 2 putts and a scratch card, in reality if 50% of greens are missed in regualtion, a nice number of putts would be 27, and the ones missed would have been up and down saves.
 
I think the two stats. GiR putts per round & Up and down Putts per round, has to be correlated to your handicap as well.
Say you hit 9 greens and miss 9 greens. On the 9 greens you hit dependent on ability, you can be X feet further away than someone off a low handicap. Then add in the guys with real ability being able to put the ball, more often than not, where it gives them an easier putt from a shorter distance. i.e. uphill rather than downhill left to righters etc.

You also have to remember that the pro's only make 6x-7x% of 6-8 footers and they practice numerous hours a week.

Surely if we have 32 putts a round we shouldn't be unhappy and saying i want it to be way lower than that? :D
 
My 2011 average is 30.45, but during early march my average was 29.8. I've had a month of poor putting due to a long back swing and decelerating on the way through which is on the mend.
 
33.82 according to SS2 for 17 rounds played to date against a handicap target of 33. Bearing in mind I've done no work of note on the stroke yet at all this season I'm pretty happy with that. It'll gt better in the next few weeks
 
Putts Per green in regulation is a better for measuring how good of an actual putter you are as, like others have said, your total putts is completely reliant on how many greens you hit, as if you are missing a lot of greens, then you are chipping more often and leaving yourself much shorter putts.

Even putts per green in regulation stil has its flaws, as a better ball striker will be closer to the hole on average when he hits the green in regulation, so will have easier putts to make/ 2-putt.

The way the pga tour stats measure the best putter is by their "total putting" stat, which they define as the following;

"""""Total Putting is computed using 6 putting stats Putting from 3-5', Putting from 5-10', Putting from 10-15', Putting from 15-20', Putting from 20-25' and Three Putt Avoidance from > 25'. Each statistic is given a numerical weighting based on the frequency of putts attempted from each distance. The players rank in each of the statistics used is multiplied by the corresponding weigh factor, totalled, and divided by the number of statistics used to produce the Total Putting Value.""""

So, SO American... but to be fair, is probably a pretty good way of determining the best putter...

The top 5 in "total putting" are Nick Watney, Kent Jones, David Toms, Angel Cabrera and Luke Donald.

My putts per green in regulation is 1.98 so far this year which is pretty awful for my handicap. The best pro on tour, Brad Faxon, averages 1.670 and the worst Troy Merritt, averages 1.919 .
 
The PGA only use actual shots on the green for their statistics, even if its only an inch off the putting surface its not a putt, so any one keeping these statistics should do the same.

Must say I am surprised how good some people are with the flat stick, some would be in the top 10 with the worlds best.

Here are a few good players with their latest statistic.

Paul Casey 29.83 146th
Bubba Watson 29.92 157th
Ernie Els 30.85 183rd

As for me just over 35 which is about 1 more per round than last year, but my GIR is higher, so overall I would say I'm not doing to bad as I dont think i have been at my best.

I must say though our greens have been superb, I've played on greens in the middle of summer that have been worse than ours have been this year.
 
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