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Nike Method Putter Chart w/ Power/Distance

• Braidan1218 101 Posts

  Mon, Apr 8 2013 9:51 AM

  I use WGT caddy and the percentages don't help me, however, it gave my a chance to be a math geek.

  This is what I came up with:

  Slow greens Distance +/- incline x 1.2 = strength needed

  Standard greens Distance +/- incline x 1 = strength needed

  Fast greens Distance +/- incline x 0.9 = strength needed

  Very fast greens Distance +/- incline x 0.84 = strength needed

  Tournament greens Distance +/- incline x 0.77 = strength needed

  Legend greens Distance +/- incline x 0.72 = strength needed

  Championship greens Distance +/- incline x 0.67 = strength needed

  Round up and you should be ok.

• Braidan1218 101 Posts

  Mon, Apr 8 2013 10:11 AM

  Question about putting, if you need 18 feet are you better off using the 20 foot or 50 foot putter?

• BeachedMulligan 1,238 Posts

  Mon, Apr 8 2013 11:02 AM

  courteneyfish:

  Isn't this just simple arithmetic, just double the distance hit it twice as hard, or am I missing something?

  Its obvious your missing something.

• BeachedMulligan 1,238 Posts

  Mon, Apr 8 2013 11:03 AM

  Braidan1218:

  I use WGT caddy and the percentages don't help me, however, it gave my a chance to be a math geek.

  This is what I came up with:

  Slow greens Distance +/- incline x 1.2 = strength needed

  Standard greens Distance +/- incline x 1 = strength needed

  Fast greens Distance +/- incline x 0.9 = strength needed

  Very fast greens Distance +/- incline x 0.84 = strength needed

  Tournament greens Distance +/- incline x 0.77 = strength needed

  Legend greens Distance +/- incline x 0.72 = strength needed

  Championship greens Distance +/- incline x 0.67 = strength needed

  Round up and you should be ok.

  Yes. Your calc is basically creating a stimp. Just doing it a diff way is all.

  BM

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Apr 8 2013 11:11 AM

  BeachedMulligan:

  courteneyfish:

  Isn't this just simple arithmetic, just double the distance hit it twice as hard, or am I missing something?

  Its obvious your missing something.

  That's why I asked. I've never used this putter but I've used just about all of the others and I've never known a putter to be that linear. All the ones I've used use a larger percentage for small putts and a smaller for long ones.

   

• b0geybuster 2,574 Posts

  Tue, Apr 9 2013 10:36 AM

  Braidan1218:

  Question about putting, if you need 18 feet are you better off using the 20 foot or 50 foot putter?

  Many players choose even a higher meter, for me that putt i know is 20% of my 90ft meter. 

  The reasoning is that the longer your pull back your meter, the more chance it has to stutter. I putt with my 90ft meter most of the time, regardless of length, as it seems the most stable and I am generally 0-15ft to pin so i know it inside and out.

  Cheers,

  b0gey

   

• borntobesting 9,695 Posts

  Tue, Apr 9 2013 12:39 PM

  Braidan1218:

  Question about putting, if you need 18 feet are you better off using the 20 foot or 50 foot putter?

  For me with the max putter and a female avatar, I would use 1 avatar movement with the 200 foot scale. Higher scales for putts makes for a shorter meter travel making it easier to ding. Many of us putt this way.