Short Putting

[abjectplop]

It's sometimes worth a lesson to sort out the fundamentals.

A good drill I use, is to try and hole 25 3ft putts in a row - if you do this regularly you get in the habit of knocking them in and they don't seem so scary on the course!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Get on a practice green and simply put 5-10 balls in a circle from the troublesome distance and work around the circle so you are getting little breaks on most. Commit to hitting the back of the hole with the ball

 

[The Squirrel]

Some expectation management is also useful to avoid beating yourself up mentally. Although PGAT pros are at 99% or something for this distance, the stats say that even scratch handicappers (i.e. very good golfers indeed within the context of amateur club golf) are around 92%. In other words even they would expect to miss one or two short putts every single round. Therefore when one goes past on the course, you can remind yourself that this is normal, not a heinous lapse.

 

[IanM]

60cm sounds miles further than 2 feet!

You can't miss from 2 feet!

Job done!!

 

[3 jabber]

You can't miss from 2 feet!

Hold my beer..................

 

[jim8flog]

Miss right most of the time. I think I'm not aiming correctly. The wife said that she has noticed I'm not aiming at the hole. It feels like I am though.

For me missing right is a sign of lifting my head to watch the ball.
The advice for short putts is to listen for the ball dropping in to the hole rather than watching it go in.

Whether or not you are aiming correctly is only something another player watching can check - so take your wife's advice. Does you putter have any sort of alignment aids, if yes make sure you use them.

 

[rulie]

Maybe get your wife to take a couple pictures of you from behind when you're lined up - might show you something about the line up.

 

[Springveldt]

Some expectation management is also useful to avoid beating yourself up mentally. Although PGAT pros are at 99% or something for this distance, the stats say that even scratch handicappers (i.e. very good golfers indeed within the context of amateur club golf) are around 92%. In other words even they would expect to miss one or two short putts every single round. Therefore when one goes past on the course, you can remind yourself that this is normal, not a heinous lapse.

I'd double check your stats. Shot Scope has scratch at 98% from 0-3 foot. I play with scratch golfers and I'm shocked when they miss a short one and I wouldn't be if I saw them doing it every week.

 

[The Squirrel]

I'd double check your stats. Shot Scope has scratch at 98% from 0-3 foot. I play with scratch golfers and I'm shocked when they miss a short one and I wouldn't be if I saw them doing it every week.

Well that’s a 0-3 range so will include countless putts at distances down to 1mm and an average distance within the sampleof 1.5ft. The make % from exactly 3 feet ( which was OP’S problem range and is twice as far as the sample average!) is considerably lower.

 

[Springveldt]

Well that’s a 0-3 range so will include countless putts at distances down to 1mm and an average distance within the sampleof 1.5ft. The make % from exactly 3 feet ( which was OP’S problem range and is twice as far as the sample average!) is considerably lower.

OP’s problem range is 2 feet and slightly over (60-70cm). PGA Tour is at 99% for 2 foot and 96% from 3 foot and I doubt the average amateur green is anywhere near as fast and sloped as them.

No way scratch golfers are 92% from that distance.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If the OP is missing right it sounds more alignment as surely peeking woulld open the shoulders and lead more to a pull?

 

[Backache]

Maybe get your wife to take a couple pictures of you from behind when you're lined up - might show you something about the line up.

The mind is boggling.

 

[Slab]

The mind is boggling.

Wasn't just me then...

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The mind is boggling.

Brace yourself luv