"Makeable Putts" Game

[iacas]

Post your scores and try it out. Ten putts. You choose the distances (but ideally between 5 and 20 feet).

I played once today at Lake View and scored a 34. I left one slick downhill putt two inches short (I still don't know how it stopped) from 15'. My putts were:

1. Two-putt. 1
2. Two-putt. 2
3. Make from 14'. 12
4. Left short two-putt. 11
5. Make from 16'. 23
6. Two-putt. 24
7. Two-putt. 25
8. Two-putt. 26
9. Make from 11'. 33
10. Two-putt. 34

Let's see who can get the highest score. And, keep track of your own high score.

P.S. To save time, only pace off a putt distance if you make it and/or may possibly three-putt it. That will save you the time when you are just tapping in for a point - the distance isn't a factor on those types of putts.

[boogielicious]

1. Make from 15’, 11
2. Two putt short 24’, 10
3. Two putt short 18’, 9
4. Two putt long 30’, 10
5. Two putt long 33’, 11
6. Two putt short 48’, 10
7. Two putt long 21’, 11
8. Two putt long 27’, 12
9. Two putt short 33’, 11
10. Two putt short 51’, 10

First try. Tried to make the putts challenging. Almost holed the 27’. 

[iacas]

5 hours ago, boogielicious said:

1. Make from 15’, 11
2. Two putt short 24’, 10
3. Two putt short 18’, 9
4. Two putt long 30’, 10
5. Two putt long 33’, 11
6. Two putt short 48’, 10
7. Two putt long 21’, 11
8. Two putt long 27’, 12
9. Two putt short 33’, 11
10. Two putt short 51’, 10

Scott, it's the "makable" putts challenge. You should pick putts a Tour player can make at least 10-15% of the time.

Sure, you might get hot and make two 45' putts and get 82 points or something… but that's not the purpose or role of the game.

Which is why it starts out with: "I created a game for someone who tends to leave too many putts from 8-15’ short."

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

Scott, it's the "makable" putts challenge. You should pick putts a Tour player can make at least 10-15% of the time.

Sure, you might get hot and make two 45' putts and get 82 points or something… but that's not the purpose or role of the game.

Which is why it starts out with: "I created a game for someone who tends to leave too many putts from 8-15’ short."

Thanks. I was trying to read the instructions on my iPhone and missed that part.

[coachjimsc]

These were not from the same line. I moved around a little bit and picked a hole that had some slope.

Downhill
1.      9'		1
2.      9' make		5
3.      10'		1
4.      11' make		7
5.      12'		1
Uphill
6.      9' make		5
7.      10'		1
8.      10' make		6
9.      11'		1
10.    12' short		-1
	Total	27

 

 

[iacas]

2 hours ago, coachjimsc said:

These were not from the same line. I moved around a little bit and picked a hole that had some slope.

As you should, yes. You don't just hit the same putt over and over again, you pick 10 different putts.

27 isn't bad for a first attempt.

[boogielicious]

I tried it again with putts in the 8-15’ range. I put 5 balls around a hole in that distance range at different angles. Then repeated on a different hole. Two or three other putts lipped out. If the intent is to get better a not leaving putts short, it was an improvement.

1. 1 putt from 9’, 5
2. 2 putt Long 12’, 6
3. 2 putt Long, 13’ 7
4. 2 putt long, 12’ 8
5. 2 putt short, 12’, 7
6. 2 putt long 9’, 8
7. 2 putt long, 12’, 9
8. 2 putt long 13’, 10
9. 2 putt long 14’, 11
10. 2 putt long 15, 12

[Bob M]

I did this challenge today:

1. 2 putt from 5' long    1pt

2. 2 putt from 12' long   1 pt

3. 2 putt from 15' long   1pt

4. 1 putt from 6'              2 pt

5. 2 putt from 18' long    1 pt.

6. 2 putt from 12' long     1 pt.

7. 2 putt from 15' short     -1 pt.

8. 2 putt from 18' long      1 pt. 

9. 2 putt from 12' long      1 pt.

10. 2 putt from 5'               1 pt. 

 

9 points. For all of the 2 putts except one, I left tap ins. All putts were from different directions on four different holes on the practice green

Tough challenge, but will be good for my playing in the long rung because my first attempt reflects what I really do during a round. 

Edited August 11, 2022 by Bob M

[DeadMan]

Tried this out today:

1. 9 foot putt short: -1
2. 10 foot make: 6
3. 12 foot 2 putt: 1
4. 15 foot 2 putt: 1
5. 20 foot 2 putt: 1
6. 6 foot 3 putt: -3
7. 9 foot make: 5
8. 12 foot make: 8
9. 20 foot 2 putt: 1
10. 19 foot make: 15

Total: 34

Got lucky with the last make. That 3 putt was pretty ugly and cost me the highest score. Oh well. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Okay, I did this today. Perhaps I did it just a little differently than everyone else. I put 5 balls in a circle around the hole at 8 feet. (Sort of the "clock drill" everyone is familiar with but with only 5 balls and at 8 feet.) Then after I putted those, I did the exact same thing, but put the 5 galls in a circle around the hole at 12 feet. Here are my results:

• 8 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 points
• 8 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 points
• 8 foot - made it = +4 points
• 8 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 points
• 8 foot - 3 putt = - 4 points
• 12 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 points
• 12 foot - made it = +8 points
• 12 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 points
• 12 foot - not past the hole - 2 putt = -1 points
• 12 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 points

Total = 13 points. 

I look forward to trying this again to improve upon that 13 points. 

 

[ChetlovesMer]

Okay, I tried this again today. At the end of my practice session I went to the putting green and gave this a shot. 

• 8 foot - past the hole; 2 putt = +1 point
• 8 foot - made it; +4 points
• 8 foot - made it; +4 points
• 8 foot - past the hole; 2 putt = +1 points
• 8 foot - past the hole; 2 putt = +1 point
• 15 foot - past the hole; 2 putt = +1 points
• 15 foot - past the hole; 2 putt = +1 points
• 15 foot - past the hole; 2 putt = +1 points
• 15 foot - not past the hole; 2 putt = -1 points
• 15 foot - way past the hole; 3 putt 🤣 = -7.5 points

Total +5.5 points.... Argh! 

I so badly wanted to make a 15 footer. That 3 putt at the very end killed me. Feels like a choke. 🤮

Sometimes I want to kick my own ass. 

[Bob M]

I did the "Makeable Putts" challenge again today:

1. 15'    1 pt.
2. 6'      1 pt.
3. 9'      1 pt.
4. 11'    1 pt.
5. 20'    1 pt.
6. 6'      2 pts
7. 9'      5 pts
8. 5'      1 pt.
9. 18'    1 pt.
10.  7'     3 pts

Total of 17 points. Other than the 3 putts which I made, I had all 2 putts with the first putt beyond the hole. 

[ChetlovesMer]

1 minute ago, Bob M said:

I did the "Makeable Putts" challenge again today:

1. 15'    1 pt.
2. 6'      1 pt.
3. 9'      1 pt.
4. 11'    1 pt.
5. 20'    1 pt.
6. 6'      2 pts
7. 9'      5 pts
8. 5'      1 pt.
9. 18'    1 pt.
10.  7'     3 pts

Total of 17 points. Other than the 3 putts which I made, I had all 2 putts with the first putt beyond the hole. 

Good work. You kept it together on the last one. I didn't. I left the second to last one short and blazed the last one way past and 3 putted to ruin my score. You, on the other hand, showed great consistency. 

[Bob M]

6 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Good work. You kept it together on the last one. I didn't. I left the second to last one short and blazed the last one way past and 3 putted to ruin my score. You, on the other hand, showed great consistency. 

Thanks. I had one hole on which I putt the first putt about 5' by. Talk about a pressure comebacker! 

[iacas]

What's the current non-@iacas lead? 17?

[DeadMan]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

What's the current non-@iacas lead? 17?

Me with 34. I did this again last night and got 34 again somehow. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Tried this again today. I actually tried it twice. Once at the start of my practice session and once at the end. This is the better of my two efforts. 

• 10 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point          1
• 10 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point          2
• 10 foot - made it = +6 points                               8
• 10 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point           9
• 10 foot - made it = +6 points                               15
• 16 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point           16
• 16 foot - made it = +12 points                               28
• 16 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point            29
• 16 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point            30
• 12 foot - past the hole - 2 putt = +1 point            31

31 points is a huge improvement for me. I think the key to this game is to focus on speed. ... Hmm.... I wonder if that's true of "real" putting? Getting them all just past the hole improves your score. I did have 2 knee-knockers on the way back to avoid the score killing 3-putt. But I sank them both so they didn't hurt me. 

[iacas]

6 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Getting them all just past the hole