Hi Earth Walker,
to lower your number of put, go into the search box in the forum search for 'home made putter pal' , you will find different way to make one , it is useless to buy the WGT (World Golf Tour) putter pal
Since the trick is to shoot your first put as close as possible to hole, you will have to get your calculator and use some formula.
I presume that other good player do the same thing, because with a put of 50 or 30 or 18 feet we usually come 8 to 20 inches close to hole almost every time.
for very fast speed green:
((distance to hole in feet) + (up in inch)) x 0,9
((distance to hole in feet) - (down in inch)) x 0,9
so if distance is 15 feet , 3 inchs up : (25 + 3) x 0,9 = 25,2 feet to shoot
but if distance is 25 feet instead of using a factor of 0,9 use a factor of 0,86 for very fast green
For standard speed green the multiplying factor is 1,1
For a fast green speed it will be:
((distance to hole in feet) + (up in inch)) x 1,0
or ((distance to hole in feet) - (down in inch)) x 1,0
so if distance is 15 feet , 3 inchs down : (15 - 3) x 1,0 = 12 feet to shoot
but if distance is 25 feet, instead of a factor of 1,0 you will use a factor of 0,95 for fast green
For a distance of 40 to 60 feet on fast green, or very fast green, you will lower your factor.
Now , my way to calculate all those number: I have a second monitor on my computer with a big spreadsheet and all formula ready to receive distance and 'up or down'
Then, practice time, on the main window of WGT, go to WGT community, select golf courses, select Congressionnal, select 'play hole 2' , it is an easy one with no water around, hit for certer of green. When ball will fall in hole, press Continu, then press, play again. This could be your today practice green.
Ok, there is also a slope, crap ( the moving dots when you are on a green). On the same window as the spread sheet (on my second computer screen) where I have all formula, I also developed a table (not a formula) with all distance in increment of 2 feets, and 3 column : slow slope, fast slope , very fast slope ...
... for exemple at 28 feets with fast slope I will move my aim 2,5 feet in the direction where comes the dots. One square is 2 feets. I probably used 4 weeks to find the numbers for those 3 colums. Those 4 weeks were not an issue because internet golf is not a sprint, it is a long run. An all winter hobbie.
Finally, you presently are at level 26, in 2 more level, you will be allow to buy the putter ''iwi Anser'' at 400 credits which give a precision of 3. Do not buy the Spider (level 19) at 400 credits, that Spider as only a precision of 2. Another good thing about the ''iwi Anser'' , it as a putter scale beginning at 15 feet instead of 25 feet for the Spider.
Hope this will help , Daniel.