re: Golfers: How often to you practice putting?

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That's true to an extent, but there is a tremendous amount of statistical value one gets from driving the ball well. There are a lot of lost shots when you drive the ball poorly. I learned that the hard way.

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I don't disagree with this. I shot 48-38 Saturday because I had a little hitch in my address over the driver on the front. Figured it out on 9 and played 10 solid holes. I'm an ok driver of the ball, an ok irons player, but I am pretty good in wedge, chipping and putting the ball (play to a 6).

I hit a bad drive and as long as it's in play, I know I have a chance.

Never. Practice is for poons.

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It also helps seeing them go in from that range as opposed to practicing 15 footers and missing most of them.

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Ummm... is 15 feet not automatic for y'all? I'd say I make 75% from that distance (assuming it's not some weird Augusta National type break or painfully slow)

That said my dad always practiced/practices putting and the short game. He started playing when I was 5, and I never took a full swing until I was 12. So putting is by far the best aspect of my game. I legitimately can't remember the last time I had more than one three putt in a round.

That said, Everything outside of 100 yards is what gets me. I can hit my irons pretty consistently, and can drive the ball 250-275, but the odds of that being in the fairway, or even a fairway isn't great.

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RB10

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Bring me to a putting green of your choice, let me putt for 15-20 minutes to get the green speed, and I'll prove it. Anything within 30 feet I'm trying to hole it.

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Bring me to a putting green of your choice, let me putt for 15-20 minutes to get the green speed, and I'll prove it

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I'll just leave this here:

LINK

And This:

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I try to get at least a couple days of practice in a week. Sometimes I'll spend more time on putting than others days. I really just practice whatever I feel like practicing that day. No set schedule or anything.

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1. Keep your left ear still when putting. (Crenshaw)

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I find that waggling my left ear before the putt loosens the tension and I drain more putts.

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Ummm... is 15 feet not automatic for y'all? I'd say I make 75% from that distance (assuming it's not some weird Augusta National type break or painfully slow)

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[quote]Putting Statistics

PGA's Shot Tracker reveals that tour players on average make:

99% of putts from 3 feet and in
69% of 6-foot putts
54% of 8-foot putts
31% of putts between 10 and 15 feet
- See more at: LINK ]

the best putters in the WORLD make 31% of putts from 15 feet.

If you make 75% of putts from 15 feet you are the greatest putter in the history of the game.

Wish I still lived there to check this out

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Go to a lower lofted club. The biggest problem most amateurs have with chipping is they try to use a 56 or 60 degree wedge. 

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I use a Titleist 56 degree wedge with 14 degrees of bounce off tight lies. Yes, I know, I'm a savage.