MendieGK
Tour Winner
The 50% mark is 7ft 11inches on tour for one putts
Would you rather?
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Might be getting slightly better over time? 7/10 of players on tour were 50% or better from 8ft last year but just 4/10 from 9ft so average probably somewhere between 8 and 9
robinthehood
Hacker
It's around 8ft where your chance of holing really start to drop off a cliff.
SammmeBee
Journeyman Pro
I know but was trying to explain it to the blinkered!
Backache
Assistant Pro
Without having recorded my stats I don't know but intuitively I would take the long straight drive. If it was my longest and straightest of the season, this would be better than what I am doing at the moment on every hole I play except for the par threes where it would be useless, so on my course better positioning on 14 holes. I would gain on no lost balls no Oob and generally straightforward approaches.
I don't know how many putts under 10 feet I miss per round but suspect it is fewer than I would think from scanning my memory of missed putts as it is on a per round basis. I will if playing half decently three putt on fewer than three occasions per round and most of my first putts are outside 10 feet I suspect
I don't know how many putts under 10 feet I miss per round but suspect it is fewer than I would think from scanning my memory of missed putts as it is on a per round basis. I will if playing half decently three putt on fewer than three occasions per round and most of my first putts are outside 10 feet I suspect
Cake
Club Champion
I’ll have a go
the stat being quoted is how many of a player’s one putts in the season came when they were between 5-10 feet from the hole; it is not showing what proportion of time they only take a single putt when in that range.
A player could hole EVERY 5-10 footer they had as their first putt (say 20 in a season), but still have a low percentage here because they also holed out 80 times when their approach ended up inside 5â€
Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
I think the thread has lost its way a little. The op asked what we would prefer not what the stats for the pros are ,which honestly I could give a toss about as they don't effect my game .
In answer to the op I would take the putt every time as my driving doesn't let me down as much as my putting which borders on being absolutely rubbish to absolute crap.
In answer to the op I would take the putt every time as my driving doesn't let me down as much as my putting which borders on being absolutely rubbish to absolute crap.
Yep, see post #149
Cake
Club Champion
I knew you got it... my comment was for other people’s benefit as you said you’d lost the strength to keep going
Sats
Challenge Tour Pro
Driver.
slowhand
Head Pro
With my game, it's the perfect drive every time.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Ok, I've just done this exercise again for my Saturday round at Stockley Park. For context I played a little better than the round above but was still 5 over handicap. Also, there were two putts missed which I can't recall if they were a shade under or over 10 feet so I've counted them as 0.5 each. There was one drive on the 18th which went into the right hand rough, but as it was a par 5, the conditions were appalling by this point, and I actually hit a decent hybrid out of there - I can't precisely say that it cost me a shot or not. So I've counted that as 0.5 as well.
With those points in mind the totals are:
Missed putts from inside 10 feet: 5
Shots lost from non-perfect drive: 5.5
Pretty even this time.
robinthehood
Hacker
I was doing this but I then though it's not a good test. Because you can easily look at a putt and decide if it's 10 foot or less.
But I can't quantify the result of all perfect drives and the opportunities They would give.
16th hole, I hit a lovely drive but kept it up the left because of a dog leg and not wanting to block myself out.
This leaves a much longer 2nd , my best drive would mean coming in with as much as 3 clubs less.
Not only will you be saving yourself from those extras shots from oob and hacks out, you will also have a perfect approach on all par 4s
Orikoru
Tour Winner
It is difficult to quantify things exactly, that's why I decided to count a couple of halves. But I just counted any tee shot that was in the rough in a position that prevented me from going for the green, as a shot lost. I know it's not perfect because you can still lose a shot after hitting the fairway and it's not exact like the counting of a missed putt. I didn't count any drives that were in the fairway but perhaps not the ideal position, because as you say, you couldn't say for certain a shot was lost there just from it not being the perfect drive.
robinthehood
Hacker
I might do an experiment one day.
Play 2 balls and give ball A putts from 10 feet.
And ball B will be played from the perfect position in the fairway on every hole.
User20204
Well-known member
That's a good thing to try but not at this time of year is say, mid season would give a better reflection.
robinthehood
Hacker
Yeah it would have to be a nice sunny evening when the course is quiet .
Even then I think you'd have to repeat many times to get any real evidence.
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clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
If anyone was behind you it would look like you were playing like a pro.
Every drive right down the middle and knocking all them puts in.
That would be nice.!
robinthehood
Hacker
Or the biggest cheat going .
Dropping in the middle of every fairway and 10 foot gimmes 😂
