Would you rather

[alcyone]

GIR. You could one putt for a 10 on every hole but GIR gives you a shot at a birdie and relatively easy chance for par.

[iacas]

GIR. You could one putt for a 10 on every hole but GIR gives you a shot at a birdie and relatively easy chance for par.

How many times does it take you 10 to get onto the green? You may as well say you could hit the GIR and then eight-putt. It's as likely as you taking 10 to get onto the green.

Statistically, for most people (from about a 15 handicap on down), one-putting remains the clear better choice. The math is simple. One putting = 18 (or less) putts per round. If you currently average 32 putts, that's a savings of 14. If you hit only 4 GIR, it might be a wash (your birdies would even out your three-putts), but most golfers hit more than 4 GIR, making the one putting the logical choice for most folks. Plus, imagine how frustrating it would be to hit 18 GIR only to shoot 75.

[dave39]

Hit every green. What would be the point in putting if you knew you were going to make it every time? Putting is one of the best parts of the game.. no point in wrecking that by taking out the guess work..

[Oggiss]

Since I have a real shitty GIR I prefer chipping/putting. I have an average of like 6/7 GIR's per round, which isn't good at all. Despite that I manage to walk around par for the most of the times. Not to brag to much, but I am quite a good player around the green.

[BallCrusher]

It really depends on the player. For me, definitely putting. Even though I only hit about a third of the greens in a round, I am usually close to the green. Since I two putt a lot, draining every putt would lower my score more than hitting more GIRs.

[RX Phoenix]

I voted putt but on second thought if you're talking about 18/18 GIR, that might feel real good, hmmmm.

[jeffhale08]

Fairways and greens pardner....

[Intgolf72]

Make every putt!!!

I hit about 70 percent of greens in reg.

including about 30 percent of par 5s in 2 so.....

making every putt would be awesome and rich.....

[iacas]

Make every putt!!!

You're a 10 handicap, and you hit enough greens in regulation to be ranked inside the top 10 on the PGA Tour???

Call me skeptical... you'd be right.

[bflat450]

I'd rather make every GIR. Putting is putting I could putt great when I was 8 years old. If I could hit every GIR I could probably sink at least 4 birdie putts... with another four 3 putts and the rest 2 putts thats an even round. Not bad at all. What good is sinking a putt that is for bogey or double.

[ERC7.5]

Every green in regulation would be huge! Not making every putt doesn't mean that you won't be making some putts.....
Even if you didn't make any first putts, you're still looking at an even par round. (Every GIR leaves you with two putts for par)
I'll take that!

Wow....this is probably going to induce some dreams of 18/18 GIR! lol