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Old 01-19-2025, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SHIBUMI View Post
Most of putting is luck, especially when you are outside 3 ft, then your make rate goes lower. Mostly due to green conditions. On tour there is an unwritten rule that all cups must have 3 feet of flat space around them, thats why they make so many 3 footers. We don't get that luxury. The USGA recommends 3 ft of flat space around the cup.

The answer lies in whats common to all putting styles and what the real key is to a pendulum.
Heh. Whoever wrote that "unwritten" rule has never played the sixth hole at El Diablo.