For those of you who think Putting is so damn important, here's a practical test you can try, the next time you play golf.
Give yourself, EVERY putt that's within the length of your Putter (36"). In The Villages, most everyone does that, anyway.
For putts between 3' - 8', give yourself ONE of them. Putt the rest, keeping the above in mind.
Your score at the end of the day, will be what it would be, if a PGA Tour Player was doing your putting.
[Statistically, PGA Tour Pros make about 95% of their 3' putts and 50% of their 8' putts. Amateurs make about 40% of their 8' putts.)
I bet you your score won't improve as much as you think.
What's that prove? Your putting is likely no where near as bad as you think it is and improved putting is not the way to lower scores. At best, you're likely to improve a couple of strokes. Big deal. So you shoot 94 instead of 97?
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Last edited by BrianL99; 04-10-2025 at 08:55 AM.
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