Putting stats poll ....

[Gerald]

It of course takes a while before you have figured out that putting is part of the game you really can improve and that a 3 ft. putt missed is as valueble as a 250 yds drive ...... anyway we first have to be at the putting surface, so the 250 yds drive is important too, as is your shortplay, as is you ballstriking, but it really makes a big difference ....... 44-36-28 putts.

The guys overhere (all single handicappers) did a nice game lately on who used the less putts, one of them (with a grin on his face from his left till his right ear) played it clever and left most approaches just short of the green, chipped 14 times so close to the hole, that he could make a 1-putt ..... clever guy .... and won the tournament, by only using 23 putts (LOL).

Reading Pelz (for what it is worth) on putting and the rule of the golden EIGHT (ft)....... meaning a decent opportunity to hole out within 8 ft of the hole ...... well for me personally is that I am allready very pleased if I hole out 75% of the 3 footers and about 50% of the 3-5 footers ......

1st : From what distance you still make 50% (or better) ?

2nd : How to practice to improve your 3-8 ft. putts ???????????????

[lumpuckeroo]

I have a 10 foot putting mat that I work very diligently on in the off season.  When the season starts I am very solid from 10 ft and in.

[saevel25]

When i am confident, anything with in 7 feet for me feels like there going in all the time.

[jamo]

My stats have me a tiny bit over 50% at 7-10 feet, so at 50% I estimated 8-10 feet.

[Fourputt]

Guess I'm the first honest poster. I feel that I'm a pretty good putter, but I don't try to delude myself.  I marked 4-5 feet on the poll, and that is my honest assessment.  I've been playing for 40 years and I've never played with anyone, even scratch golfers, who made half of their putts from outside of that range.

What I do know is that a lot of players use a very short ruler when estimating the length of putts.  I've seen many a 4 foot putt claimed as being 6 or 7 feet.

[sean_miller]

I voted 3-4. On the practice green or in the basement it would be somewhere between 8-15 feet, but that's not real.

[TourSpoon]

At 4-6 feet I am @ 50% according to my stats, so I would say 5 feet.  I agree that many people overstate their distances (and probably other measurements - like the size of, well you know, the fish you caught).

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by TourSpoon

At 4-6 feet I am @ 50% according to my stats, so I would say 5 feet.  I agree that many people overstate their distances (and probably other measurements - like the size of, well you know, the fish you caught).

Yeah... and the opposite too, depending on what sounds best.  Like "Man, I stuck that 8 iron 3 feet from the hole, then I canned a tricky 6 footer for birdie."

[Kieran123]

Bad poll really.....depends on the green quality, the slope etc

A straight putt from 7 feet I would make 50% of the time, a fast, hard sloped left to right from 7 feet, maybe 15% of the time.

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by Kieran123

Bad poll really.....depends on the green quality, the slope etc

A straight putt from 7 feet I would make 50% of the time, a fast, hard sloped left to right from 7 feet, maybe 15% of the time.

I don't think it's a bad poll.  You take the average from all of your play.  It's inevitable that some putts will be harder than others.  If that's the case, then choose the poll option that fits.  If you play on greens where the holes are always cut on slopes, then your average will simply be shorter than the guys who play on greens as flat as pool tables.  I don't have to say that I make half my putts from 7 feet to know that I'm a good putter.  I rarely 3 putt, and that's more important to me.  That means that I almost always get that first putt within my 95% make zone.

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by Fourputt

I don't think it's a bad poll.  You take the average from all of your play.  It's inevitable that some putts will be harder than others.  If that's the case, then choose the poll option that fits.  If you play on greens where the holes are always cut on slopes, then your average will simply be shorter than the guys who play on greens as flat as pool tables.  I don't have to say that I make half my putts from 7 feet to know that I'm a good putter.  I rarely 3 putt, and that's more important to me.  That means that I almost always get that first putt within my 95% make zone.

You're right, it's not a bad poll. My putting is just bad....

[B-Con]

I said 4-5 feet, but the green matters. I don't do well when I have to play a strong break, but when it's a flat path to the hole I'm 50% confident out to probably about 7 feet. 4-5 feet is the overall average, over the course of a game.

[max power]

I gave myself the benefit of the doubt and voted "4-5 feet"-but it's probably closer to 4 than 5.

[Harmonious]

For comparison, I went on PGATour.com and checked the putting stats.  Using the mythical #100 guy on tour, he made 99.18% from 3', 90.63% from 4', 77.55% from 5', 65.22% from 6', 53.57% from 7' and 41.18% from 8'. So the average PGA Tour pro would answer 7-8' in your poll.

I put down 5-6'  as the 50% mark for myself, but I think I should make 100% of those buggers.

[Gerald]

Interesting numbers.....

Originally Posted by Harmonious

For comparison, I went on PGATour.com and checked the putting stats.  Using the mythical #100 guy on tour, he made 99.18% from 3', 90.63% from 4', 77.55% from 5', 65.22% from 6', 53.57% from 7' and 41.18% from 8'. So the average PGA Tour pro would answer 7-8' in your poll.

I put down 5-6'  as the 50% mark for myself, but I think I should make 100% of those buggers.

In other words even a pretty good Tour Pro misses about 1 in 4 putts from 5 ft ..... and about 1 in 3 putts from 6 ft. ...... of course I know that the greens are optimum prepared for them, but also very fast ...... still these guys putt like from a different planet ....... but we have all seen professional tour misses from 2 ft.

We all think we should make those 5-6 ft. putts, but most of us will miss more than the average tour pro.......

[iacas]

The average PGA Tour pro doesn't have training and a putter that they know they line up square like my soon-to-be-had putter.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by iacas

The average PGA Tour pro doesn't have  training and a putter that they know they line up square like my soon-to-be-had  putter.

Maybe not ........ but most don't need to "plug" an putter to get one for free

[zeg]

I voted 5-6 feet, because my recorded stats put me at about 47% for the 4-6 foot bin.  I'd say my 50% mark is probably right around 5 feet.  The difference between 4-5 feet and 5-6 feet is within the accuracy to which I estimate those distances, though, but I think I'm probably a bit more than 50% in the lower half of my bin and a bit less in the upper.