More time = better putts?

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55 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Your post caused me to remember something. Years ago I read an article authored by a Tour pro who said, basically, to Hell with putting for a 3' circle on lag putts! Try to make everything! He felt that putting for the 3' circle allowed sloppiness into your technique.

I also do archery, and this thinking also resonates there. In archery you are taught "aim small, miss small". And if you hunt with a bow, and are drawn down on a whitetail deer, you are not taught to "aim for the big middle", you are taught to "pick a hair" where you want that arrow to hit.

I agree with you on aiming for the hole. Never understood that 3' tip. If you you aim for the hole and miss, your ball will most likely be in that 3' circle anyways. Aim for the 3' circle, and your ball might stop out side that circle. 

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I was thinking about this topic in the last round I played and there were some putts that I rushed and didn't really read the break - so if I had spent the time to get the first read properly I would have made a better putt.  But that is just remembering a routine and getting the first read done right rather than spending a lot more time once I have it.