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Longest Putt Made

• Valrec 70 Posts

  Thu, Jul 15 2010 5:00 PM

  Nice one on the 91 ft putt, pappylon.

  I agree anything over 90 is pretty darn good : )

  I made an 83ft putt early in my career here, much to my surprise, using tour starter putter on tourney greens at St Andrews 8th.

• Tben 11 Posts

  Fri, Aug 6 2010 8:26 AM

  153 feet on St Andrews #5.

• IrUSANA 6 Posts

  Mon, Aug 9 2010 7:45 PM

  Shot a 34yd putt for an eagle (par 5) on St Andrews on 4/2/2010.

• shtebs 38 Posts

  Mon, Aug 9 2010 8:21 PM

  198 feet - in a match against gooberziggy back in 2004 in South Dakota

• claremoreblue 2,322 Posts

  Mon, Aug 9 2010 9:36 PM

  AvatarLee has made one from 222. He is the man!

• BolloxInBruges 1,389 Posts

  Mon, Aug 9 2010 10:17 PM

  I got a 236 footer in my replays, wouldn't be surprised if someone else had longer.

• CharlemagneRH 1,054 Posts

  Mon, Aug 9 2010 11:47 PM

  claremoreblue:

  AvatarLee has made one from 222. He is the man!

  Usually good players don't end up that far away from the hole pretty much ever.  You're really talking about a one-in-a-thousand chance to be that far away from the hole (AvatarLee probably sticks 95% of his approach shots within 15 yards, even if he does miss by 220 ft, only maybe 5% of holes have a green large enough to make room for a 220 ft putt, etc.), and from there, it's probably a one-in-fifty chance to sink the putt.

  Most of the replays like that were probably intentionally attempted multiple times.  It's impressive, but I'm a little skeptical that many people have sunk putts over 150 ft during legitimate stroke play.

• BolloxInBruges 1,389 Posts

  Tue, Aug 10 2010 12:12 AM

  I tried it hundreds of times before finally making it...back when st andrews front first opened any time my round wasnt going very well I would attempt it until i max out on shots.

  fwiw, it's entirely possible to end up with that putt legitimately.  A number of times with a tailwind I have driven that green.  Sometimes on the extreme left portion of the green on mishit drives.

• CharlemagneRH 1,054 Posts

  Tue, Aug 10 2010 12:27 AM

  Yeah, that's the one hole I'd say a good player would legitimately be facing a 200 ft putt, but to be honest, I've never driven the green.  I usually just hit 85% if there is a strong tailwind... and 93% or so if there is no wind.  You saying that the green is drivable is a little enticing, but I think I can probably stick 80-yard iron shots better than 200 ft putts, so I don't think I'll ever end up being in that position.  :P

• BolloxInBruges 1,389 Posts

  Tue, Aug 10 2010 1:43 AM

  You could also have a 200+ ft legitimate putt on the front pin on 5.  Drive into rough/fescue, attempt to run a punch onto the green, catch a downlope on the landing and end up near the back of the green.