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• Heath021 378 Posts

  Thu, Mar 6 2014 2:04 PM

  WTF! why does the green speed change on me all the *** time!  Holy ***! If you don't want me to *** win just say so!  How does someone make every *** putt if this *** happens?  It can't possible happen to those who win all the time. Whenever I think they made the greens slower I add a little, then the *** ball goes off line and past the hole.  This is so *** aggravating.  I would love one of these so called leaders to play on the same computer that I am playing on and see what they shoot.

   

• 893 Posts

  Thu, Mar 6 2014 8:42 PM

  Could do it easily if you paid for me to come to where you live. Had a case where someone said the same exact thing then i found out we were only 20 mins from each other and i shot 54 on his pc on kia never used his pc before. He has not played wgt since but was a good player in my eyes.

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Thu, Mar 6 2014 11:41 PM

  notonthis:

  Could do it easily if you paid for me to come to where you live. Had a case where someone said the same exact thing then i found out we were only 20 mins from each other and i shot 54 on his pc on kia never used his pc before. He has not played wgt since but was a good player in my eyes.

  I'm in Alabama (20 miles from Auburn). How far are you from me? ;)

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Fri, Mar 7 2014 12:51 AM

  With practice ( and the right formula) you should be able to get the ball within 2ft of the pin, (preferably past the pin as it won't go in if it is short but it might if it's long).

  The green speeds do vary, sometimes in the same round, but not usually by more then 0.1, so if you're using a factor of 1.3 ( which I use for Tournament Greens) you watch that first putt carefully then if it goes in did it slam in or just drop in and judge and adjust to 1.25 or 1.35, if it falls short or goes past then adjusting is easier. However you also need to take into account the lie of the green of that shot, if its 5 inches downhill on Merion going 5YARDS past does not ALWAYS mean your maths is wrong, just 'welcome to Merion'.

  Finally don't worry about it, putting is easy, it only takes a player about a lifetime or two to master it! ;-) (and I'm NOT saying I've mastered it).

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Fri, Mar 7 2014 6:56 AM

  notonthis:

  Could do it easily if you paid for me to come to where you live. Had a case where someone said the same exact thing then i found out we were only 20 mins from each other and i shot 54 on his pc on kia never used his pc before. He has not played wgt since but was a good player in my eyes.

  LOL!!! Best post I've read here in a long while.

• slillico 393 Posts

  Sat, Mar 8 2014 6:09 PM

  It is really hard to see, a TL, 57 average, there might only be a handful of "Leaders" that could even take you up on your offer. I could come down and shoot 66, but I'm not sure what that would prove. So your list is likely fairly small.

  Maybe you are having issues adjusting to the new and improved game, I find the game in RG's likes to hand me 3 holes per 9 of what i would call, let's see if you can make this birdie chance shots, sometimes I will make 1 out of 3, sometimes 2 out of 3 of those, others I'm sure are more capable then me likely up that to 3 out of 3 far more often. These are shots that I thought were going to be perfect and end up lets say a little bit outside of what i would think as a relatively normal deviation. Seldom do i ever make the 3 out 3, the third after making the 2 is like, Ok Lets see you make this then, seldom do I as it's usually, let me just say to far outside my pay grade.

  It's been a few weeks without now but i was also suffering from the 2 and 3 inch short putts. Maybe this sounds familiar, in the throat 2 or 3 inches short. Miss outside because I was putting to much speed on the benders to avoid the 3 inch short putt would run me by 6 7 or 8 or more feet.

  Let me give you a hint, if that sounds familiar to your game. The putts are going at exactly the line and the distance you are aiming, you just are not aiming them, you may think you are, but you are not, you need to trust me there.

  Watch the video's of the greats, notonthis, fmagnets, Lizard69 and watch how they aim their putts, emulate that aim, and the 3 inch short putt will disappear and you wont have to aim the 4 feet by anymore to ensure you get to the hole. It's a pain if you were used to aiming like I was, but it works. I also received some tips from another great, but i got the impression he likes to remain in the shadows, but suffice it to say, you will get some equally good tips carefully watching those above videos.

  Imagine a low life Legend such as myself giving advice to a TL with a 57 average. Believe me I did not want to post this, but I so much feel your pain.

  I hope this helps, take care.