pUTTING QUESTION

[TheNatural]

played a round today and missed like 10 putts from 6-12 feet by a 2 inch radius. IMO I dont think this is a bad thing, but not what I am used to. I would have expected to make 4 to 5 of them, the way I was stroking the ball.

The longest putt made was 9 footer on a side slope. So like 1 out of 11.

This has to be the first time I played a round and came so close on so many long putts. I missed none from 5 feet or less (7 putts)

Is this normal or is it just bad luck?

[jsherm45]

1. Make a conscious effort to leave yourself below the hole on your approaches and chips.

2. Practice putts from the 6-12 ft. distances. (obv)

Other than that, take it one at a time - each putt is a different challenge and today's correlation might not have a general cause...meaning that there are reasons why you missed the individual putts, but perhaps not an all-encompassing reason for the rough run of it. =)

[shankapotamus]

played a round today and missed like

There's your problem. The only times an average players makes 4 out 6-12 putts is withing 3 feet. Be happy you were missing them close.

7 putts! What did you shoot?!?!?!

[TheNatural]

There's your problem. The only times an average players makes 4 out 6-12 putts is withing 3 feet. Be happy you were missing them close.

I shot a horrid 98. GIR was the culprit and blew up 4 holes. I did a bit of research and read that I should be making %25-40Max from 6-12 feet at my HI. A scratch friend of mine told me I should be happy none missed by more than 3 inches. I have to account it to a bad day they just werent finding the hole, he says I must not be reading the greens that bad if the radius of misses was so small. they just werent dropping. Most came up short by 2 inches.