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Thu, May 22 2014 2:05 PM (3 replies)
  • bshipley55
    6 Posts
    Mon, May 19 2014 6:00 PM

    Can anybody tell me why, putting on a "Fast" green, I had a 16 foot uphill putt. Being a little afraid of the greens, I hit the putt 14 feet. the putt went 6 feet past the hole. Hitting it back I was putting downhill, and after the 1st putt uphill I was a little gun shy so I hit the putt approx. 4 feet. It went approx. 1 1/2 feet downhill. Can someone please explain to me what was happening and how you can ever learn to judge your putting speed ?????

    My e-mail address is smokeeater55@yahoo.com

    Thanks.

  • JFidanza
    1,676 Posts
    Mon, May 19 2014 6:41 PM

    Can you give any more info, like:

    How many inches UP was the incline? and was it a constant angle, or something like a bump (up but then down) before the hole?

    How many inches down was the other hole? Was that a bump, also?

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    Constant inclines up will act different than a green w/ a 'bump' or undulation.

    Also, I've noticed that shorter putts need a little more consideration than longer putts perhaps because of the difference of inertia of getting the ball rolling,

    a little more power maybe 'for inertia' to get moving 

    On a long putt the ball has something like momentum so I usually have to shave off a percentage.

    For example, (not exact) on a flat green, for a 12 ft putt on a fast green I may use 12 ft of power. But on a putt that's 100 ft, I may hit it with 88 ft of power.

     

  • alosso
    21,073 Posts
    Mon, May 19 2014 9:58 PM

    Fast greens should react less than "one foot per inch of elevation" (from VF greens).

    @b: I assume you have used wrong putting scales twice - a long one uphill and a short one downhill. Sometimes it appears as if it changes without a touch!

  • tincup1962
    25 Posts
    Thu, May 22 2014 2:05 PM

    Hey all just found an example of putting on slight elevations just for fun :-)

    http://www.wimp.com/golflegend/

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