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How the heck do you read a green?
Posted on 4/11/21 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 4/11/21 at 12:48 pm
I've watched too many 20+ minute long videos on youtube of people who can explain it in a million words that go over my head. Who has the best, simplest explanation of how to know what the green does?
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Posted on 4/11/21 at 12:52 pm to FeeshTacos
Google “Monte voodoo putting”
Posted on 4/11/21 at 1:02 pm to FeeshTacos
Plum bob it from every side. Esp if you’re playing partners are waiting on you. Keep plum bobbing until the group behind starts screaming at you to putt. Then miss the putt. Blame everyone else.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 1:19 pm to FeeshTacos
“If I were water, where would I go”
Posted on 4/11/21 at 1:23 pm to dpd901
Gravity wins
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.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 3:07 pm to dpd901
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“If I were water, where would I go”
Thinking of where the green has to drain is usually step 2. Step 1 is speed - am I putting uphill or downhill
Posted on 4/11/21 at 3:37 pm to FeeshTacos
quote:My Dad and Papaw were in construction, so I've always had an eye for angles and measurements, similar to being annoyed that a picture frame is crooked. Combine that with other knowns about putting, like understanding water, and out here in Utah understanding slopes and elevation, I've always been an above average putter. The only part of my game that's better is high irons. My tee box game is for shite.
I've watched too many 20+ minute long videos on youtube of people who can explain it in a million words that go over my head. Who has the best, simplest explanation of how to know what the green does?
Posted on 4/11/21 at 3:43 pm to FeeshTacos
Practice. Some people see it. Some don't.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 3:44 pm to FeeshTacos
Aimpoint Express
Posted on 4/11/21 at 4:21 pm to FeeshTacos
Some solid tips so far. I like to imagine rolling/putting a ball straight at the hole and using that as a starting point for which way it would break.
Also, if I’m totally lost on the read I hit it straight at the hole and try to get the speed right and take my two putt. Practice as others mentioned, especially before actually playing that day.
Also, if I’m totally lost on the read I hit it straight at the hole and try to get the speed right and take my two putt. Practice as others mentioned, especially before actually playing that day.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 4:46 pm to FeeshTacos
1. While walking up look at terrain.
2. Identify the low side of hole.
3. Try to identify grain at cup.
After this putt twice, then pick up.
2. Identify the low side of hole.
3. Try to identify grain at cup.
After this putt twice, then pick up.
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.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:58 am to FeeshTacos
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How the heck do you read a green
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Posted on 4/12/21 at 8:11 am to BeaverPRO
Read the putt looking uphill (whichever side that is) and the reason is that you can see more of the surface looking uphill so there’s more information available and less likely to be fooled. Pick a spot on the green as an aim point or a distance relative to the hole (whichever you prefer). Get over the ball and see if your read is validated by what you see and feel while over the ball. If so, practice a few swings visualizing the speed and how quickly you want the putt moving when it reaches the hole. Then hit the putt.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 10:10 am to FeeshTacos
There is some good info here so far. 1) know the speed of the greens from hitting the practice green before the round (or making a couple practice putts on 1); 2) if running water was going to push a piece of sediment over both your ball and the cup, what path would it take; and 3) know your grass. Bent grass putts pretty true, but the grain of a Bermuda green can significantly affect the break of a putt.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 10:26 am to dpd901
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“If I were water, where would I go”
This is what I think about
Posted on 4/12/21 at 10:29 am to FeeshTacos
I don't read putts I just whack at it and hope I did it somewhat correctly. I can not putt, drive, or chip; so it does not really matter what I do.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 10:52 am to FeeshTacos
Buy the old Tiger Woods golf video games and check out the grids on the green. That is what i see every time i read puts.
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