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Long Putts

• jbrady85 4 Posts

  Thu, Dec 19 2013 11:39 AM

  I am a Tour Pro using a Daytona Putter Lvl 55+. I consider myself a pretty good miss ding putter but have trouble using the higher scale putters i.e. 90, 150, and occasionally 300. Typically this is not an issue although I am putting within 30 feet or at least 60 but occasionally I am driving greens and having long putts. I find these putts either come up well short or fly by at least 10-20 feet sometimes even more. I don't know why I can be so accurate at shorter distances and so off on long putts. Is there some trick to figuring out distances on long putts, and does the ball matter? I am using free balls.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Dec 19 2013 7:04 PM

  The longer putts get, the more they roll. No doubt overall uphill or downhill also affect the length of the roll.

  Once wind gets up to the 16+ mph range you also have to take wind into consideration. A tail wind will lengthen a long putt, and a head wind will make it stop sooner.