Should putting only count for 1/2 shot?

[golfbluecustard]

Sorry if this has already been discussed but read an article arguing that a drive is 250 - 300 yrds, you have long irons, bunker shots which all count as one shot, exactly the same as a 2 ft putt, how is that? Is that fare?

Appreciate that putting is an art form as we saw from Rahm but should all shots score equally?

GBC

 

[ger147]

Sorry if this has already been discussed but read an article arguing that a drive is 250 - 300 yrds, you have long irons, bunker shots which all count as one shot, exactly the same as a 2 ft putt, how is that? Is that fare?

Appreciate that putting is an art form as we saw from Rahm but should all shots score equally?

GBC

Yes.

 

[huds1475]

Perhaps bigger holes would reduce the disparity.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Is it 1st April already?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Yes.
It is the other way round you should be thinking.
Reduce technology so that distance is not the dominate part of the game.
Mind you many long hitters also have a great short game but lack a strategic golf brain.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Good golf is about all parts of the game. If you have a weakness it finds you out.

Every shot is equal.

 

[Orikoru]

What on earth are you talking about? When the aim is getting the ball in the hole, putts are the most important shots, not the least. Putting is key, make up about 35-40% of the shots you hit. A shot is a shot, whatever club it was with.

 

[jmf1488]

Putting is the easiest thing to learn too. You don't need to be athletic or have 100+ mph club head speed to be a great putter.

 

[Dan2501]

If a 2ft putt is now half a shot, is a 65ft putt also half a shot? Doesn't seem "fare" either.

A shot's a shot, this is lunacy. No doubt it'll go 15 pages and spark into a furious debate though.

 

[Orikoru]

Putting is the easiest thing to learn too. You don't need to be athletic or have 100+ mph club head speed to be a great putter.

You're right. A 200 yard driver who 1 and 2 putts is going to be better off than a 300 yard driver who 3 and 4 putts. Putting is the great leveller. If you devalue putts then it gives the big hitters even more advantage. There's a reason people say short game is key.

 

[Orikoru]

If a 2ft putt is now half a shot, is a 65ft putt also half a shot? Doesn't seem "fare" either.

A shot's a shot, this is lunacy. No doubt it'll go 15 pages and spark into a furious debate though.

I don't think you can call it a debate when I doubt even one person will back him. More like 15 pages of ridicule.

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Somehow I get the sense that this is like a golf spin on the back of woke progressives arguing that 2+2 doesn’t equal 4.

 

[jmf1488]

You're right. A 200 yard driver who 1 and 2 putts is going to be better off than a 300 yard driver who 3 and 4 putts. Putting is the great leveller. If you devalue putts then it gives the big hitters even more advantage. There's a reason people say short game is key.

Its also the last thing most higher handicap players practise. Chipping and putting, there is nothing stopping any of us being great at it other than practising correctly.

 

[golfbluecustard]

What on earth are you talking about? When the aim is getting the ball in the hole, putts are the most important shots, not the least. Putting is key, make up about 35-40% of the shots you hit. A shot is a shot, whatever club it was with.

I'll find the article, it's not my opinion but still an interesting question

 

[Deleted member 25172]

I'll find the article, it's not my opinion but still an interesting question

No, it really isn’t.

 

[Orikoru]

I'll find the article, it's not my opinion but still an interesting question

I'm not sure it's interesting, more ridiculous - but I'm not saying it wasn't worth you sharing it. It's always funny hearing some people's nonsense opinions about the game. Would be interested to see the article and who actually said it.

 

[golfbluecustard]

I don't think you can call it a debate when I doubt even one person will back him. THE ARTICLE HE WAS QUOTING More like 15 pages of ridicule.

 

[Orikoru]

You can't really be indignant about it being an article when you haven't even linked to said article. Obviously you thought there was some merit in it and now you're backtracking...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It may be the oldest saying in the golfing handbook but it still holds absolutely true - 'Drive for Show - Putt for Dough' - and for very good reason.

 

[golfbluecustard]

You can't really be indignant about it being an article when you haven't even linked to said article. Obviously you thought there was some merit in it and now you're backtracking...

You can't really be indignant about it being an article when you haven't even linked to said article. Obviously you thought there was some merit in it and now you're backtracking...

Good morning, more than happy to of put it out there, it's clearly sparked debate, and will try and find the article