MBaggese:I shut'er down after the 3rd putt...I'd aassumed you were trying to putt off-ding, but reality is you are just not playing enough break...re-watch your vid...learn from it...
Actually, I've never tried to be an off-ding putter, I just seem to miss the ding quite a bit despite the relatively slow meter of the Versa. The only time I'll intentionally try to miss a ding is if the hole is a REAL bear, like say the 15th at Bethpage or the 13th at Olympic or the 9th at Oakmont or the 6th at Merion, etc.
MBaggese: Plus, you're playing way to much speed...
Yeah, that kind of goes along with the theme of the video. If I recall correctly, I had very few lip outs here.......either I didn't play enough break and the ball slides under the hole, or I hit the damn thing too hard and it doesn't break until it has already passed the hole. Unfortunately you have to find the exact line and speed, and the margin for error is so thin that its practically immeasurable. That makes the game extremely difficult for a 'hit and hope' n00b like me.
Jimbog1964: Do you have a good understanding of all the speeds??
Prior to the introduction of the stempmeter, I thought I had everything figured out. Very fast, the default for my current tier, pretty much stays the same always. Many of the free weekly or monthly's I enter often play on Tournament greens. I thought I had those figured out as well, but the new stimp meter seems to have changed things. The Open qualifier at Pinehurst is really the only time I've ever played on Championship greens, so that was just a lot of blind guessing LoL. I may need to just go out and hammer out some practice rounds on each course to find the magic touch again.
fatdan: on the other hand some great approach shots....
And this is the other theme of the video. Because I struggle with aim, wind, power, carry distance, post land rolling and etc, it is quite rare that I can 'throw a dart' at the pin. And because most of my rounds are with the starter ball, it is even rarer still. But despite my struggles with the irons, occasionally I can get one to stop 3 yards away or less from the pin. But even when I do manage a good approach, just as we've seen in the video, I rarely have the skill to take advantage on the green. Here is another perfect example, taken just a few days ago during the final round of the Criquet Championship......
And earlier tonight, I shot a bogey free 64 at Oakmont........but I still missed a 6 footer for Bird on 1, and I even missed a 3.5 footer for Bird on, uh, that par 5 on the back 9.........3.5 damn feet and I missed. Unbelievable. IIRC, all of the putts in that video were inside of 10 feet....many of them were inside of 8 feet, and I think a few were even inside of 6 feet!!!!!! Although none of them may have been easy, I still considered each of them to be 'makable.' I'm defining makable as any putt 8 feet or less with more break than the 6th at Cabo (if you miss long) but less break than say, the 9th at Oakmont or the 5th at Merion or the 4th or the 18th at Whistler (god I hate those holes). But right now, because of my struggles on the greens, not even 50% of my 'makable' putts are finding the cup, and I tap in for par rather than flipping the Bird. That is certainly no way to lower your average and advance to the next tier.
MainzMan: Try allowing as much break as you feel necessary, then add another foot and see how that works.
And this right here is one of the biggest problems. No matter how many times I look at the putt in any view available, I NEVER know how far left or right I need to aim in order to compensate for the slope and the break. Unless we are talking about a 'tap in' from inside 3 feet, 99% of the putts that I do make are the result of simply 100% dumb luck and 0% skill. That is something that has to change if I am ever going to improve at this game.
oneeyedjohn: Try playing when ur drunk - it works for me.
Never much been a fan of the drink myself, but set me up with a Shirley Temple and I'm all over that thing harder than a nerd at a Star Trek convention!!!!!