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re: How the heck do you read a green?
Posted on 4/11/21 at 2:07 pm to FeeshTacos
Posted on 4/11/21 at 2:07 pm to FeeshTacos
Figuring out the speed is step one. I spend more time on the putting green before a round than I do the range.
In the round, get down as eye level as you can without looking like Villegas, and have a basic look at which way it's gonna move. Lots of greens will usually break towards a water hazard, but not always.
If you're 15+ feet out, the goal should be to make your two putt and move on. Put your first putt inside of a 3 foot ring around the hole. If you happen to make it, that's a bonus.
In the round, get down as eye level as you can without looking like Villegas, and have a basic look at which way it's gonna move. Lots of greens will usually break towards a water hazard, but not always.
If you're 15+ feet out, the goal should be to make your two putt and move on. Put your first putt inside of a 3 foot ring around the hole. If you happen to make it, that's a bonus.
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Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:55 am to htcthc321
Guy I play with spends an astronomical amount of time reading putts. He paid to have a putting green installed in his backyard. Dude can't putt to save his life. After reading the green for an eternity for a putt, he only makes it half way to the hole a lot of times. . . Pace of play is important to me. If I have a longer than 10' putt, I give the green a good once over and give it a run to put it in the hula hoop and get it close enough for the second putt.
We played a group of 5 (I know shame on us) and we were staying on pace with a 2some in front of us and the dudes were shanking the ball off the tee, taking 5 strokes to get to the green then one of the guys would lay down on the green to read his putt only to miss it miserably.
I guess green reading is rocket surgery for some and a little more natural for others.
We played a group of 5 (I know shame on us) and we were staying on pace with a 2some in front of us and the dudes were shanking the ball off the tee, taking 5 strokes to get to the green then one of the guys would lay down on the green to read his putt only to miss it miserably.
I guess green reading is rocket surgery for some and a little more natural for others.
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