Played this morning...hit the ball really well with the exception of about three shots. Shot 3 over par and had 33 putts, 20 of which came on the front 9! I putted for birdie on almost every hole, not long birdie putts either, about 8 footers.
Its not like I don't practice putting, I just can't get any confidence in it!
Shot 3 over par and had 33 putts, 20 of which came on the front 9!
13 putts on the back nine says you're either a great iron player or there's really nothing wrong with your putting. Some days they fall... some days they don't . The best putters in the world showed us that in the Ryder Cup.
Yeah I putted better on the back nine...still didn't make all my birdie putts, which were all from around the 10 foot area.
You expect too much if you expect to make all your birdie putts. It's a rare day when even the pros make more than 60% of their 10 footers. Lack of confidence is one thing, unreasonable expectations is another. Don't feel so bad....all those missed putts could've been for bogie!
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Played this morning...hit the ball really well with the exception of about three shots. Shot 3 over par and had 33 putts, 20 of which came on the front 9! I putted for birdie on almost every hole, not long birdie putts either, about 8 footers.
Its not like I don't practice putting, I just can't get any confidence in it!
I'd take 13 on a side anyday & 20 on the front isn't really that horrible if you were hitting the greens as you say. But then low-30's putts is a good day for me.
I guess I'm just expecting to much...I mean I played well, but I know it could have been better. I struck the ball pretty well today, I just know it should have been better. I feel like when I'm hitting the ball like I was today, I shouldn't end up 3 over, should be 3 under!
I never thought I woulld be a real good putter intill 2 things happened! First, I started walking off all the distances of my putts. I believe that my mind will file away the information on how hard to hit a putt and after a few years it will always be a two putt and never a 3 putt no matter how long of a putt. Second, when I started playing on FAST greens I gained more confidence because A fast green breaks more true then a slow green. I feel more confident over a ten footer on fast greens then I do slow greens becuase the grain will not have the chance to affect the ball as much. I know the line i putt it on is the line it will role on.
I would much rather putt on a fast green apposed to a slow one. I guess I shouldn't say that totally is true...I would rather putt on a fast green if its well taken care of, apposed to a not so well taken care of slow green. Like most of the courses at Myrtle Beach....you get a true roll with them whether they are fast or slow, its great.
I agree on that one deron, the course I normally play has decent-speed greens yet since they are mostly Poa annua they get a bit bumpy at times, especially after rain or if there's heavy play that day. I putt them pretty well, but sometimes a spike mark gets in the way and knocks the putt off to the side. Well, I got invited to a private club around my area and the guy who invited us kept bragging about how fast the greens were and how tough it was to make shorter putts since you could run em way past if you missed. Well, the greens were perfect rolling and I only missed one putt inside of 10 feet the whole day. Unfortunately my ball striking was not good so I didn't score great but at the end of the day the guy was making excuses for the greens he had bragged up the whole morning before we played...."I don't think they mowed them today"...."well, they usually only roll them on Wednesdays (the day we played)"..."they're usually faster than this, and they're a bit bumpy today I think." I found the faster greens easier to putt since if you had it on the right line, it was going in, no ifs ands or buts about it.
Sometimes I wonder how the pros would putt on some of the **** courses that I practice on where I live. I can't affored to dish out 50 bucks or more every time I want to play golf, so I pay 25 and play a not so great course to get some swings in, and usually this couse gets all the business, because its cheap, and it seems the course doesn't care what you do as long as they get their money. Anyway, I wonder if the pros would still be great putters with unfixed divots, spike marks, leafs, pine needles, uneven cups, week without mowing, etc...(goes on and on)???? I'm sure they'd still be awesome, but I'd say not like normal?
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They'd probably complain and leave after three holes...and they think Pebble's greens are bad? Ha! But they'd still shoot low scores, they're too good not to.
Well the course I play is in as good shape as any public course around (of course it would be, I work on it ), but the fact that the greens are Poa and we get much more play than the average private club just makes them a bit bumpy at times, that's all.
Anyway, I wonder if the pros would still be great putters with unfixed divots, spike marks, leafs, pine needles, uneven cups, week without mowing, etc...(goes on and on)???? I'm sure they'd still be awesome, but I'd say not like normal?
I know what you mean. I've often wondered just how well a PGA pro would play some of the courses, and conditions, we normal golfers (is there such a thing? ) play.
I leave the spike marks alone but I fix unrepaired pitch marks, remove leaves, pine needles, and any other loose impediments in my line before I putt. Don't you?
September 24th, 2004, 01:46 PM
some days they don't 
. The best putters in the world showed us that in the Ryder Cup. 
Great round... +3. I did that once... then I played the back. 
), but the fact that the greens are Poa and we get much more play than the average private club just makes them a bit bumpy at times, that's all.
) play. 
but I fix unrepaired pitch marks, remove leaves, pine needles, and any other loose impediments in my line before I putt. Don't you?
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