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Putting - Feet & Inches.. ???

• CrazyHorses 16 Posts

  Fri, Jul 24 2009 2:57 PM

  I haven't seen a thread in relation to this, so apologies if there's one open elsewhere...

  My problem is with the putting, particularly slopes...

   

  If Ive got a 10 foot putt with a 1ft Up-Slope, It tends to stop 1-2 foot short of the hole if I play an exact 10 foot putt.

  However, if Ive got a 10 foot putt with a 1-inch Up-Slope, it tends to stay much shorter than one would expect. Alot more shorter than 1inch.

   

  Its even worse when putting downhill...

  A 2inch Downhiller runs well past the cup... wheras a 1 foot downhiller runs about 1 foot past... based on a 10 yard putting distance.

  Has anyone else experienced this, or am I gone completely dillusional??

   

• Snaike 3,678 Posts

  Fri, Jul 24 2009 4:40 PM

  Please find and read the Putting Distance thread... you will see that on AVERAGE you need to add 1 foot of power for every 1 inch uphill... therefore... 1 foot of uphill = 12" inches = 12 feet more power.

  The reverse is true for downhill.  When you see elevation changes in FEET, calculate for INCHES.

  Good luck.

• CrazyHorses 16 Posts

  Sat, Jul 25 2009 3:34 AM

  Tnx Snaike, but this I know...

   

  Maybe it isn't clear what Im trying to imply...

  Why does 1 inch need the same lee-way as 1 foot?

  Up or downhill..

   

   

• scoresby 158 Posts

  Sat, Jul 25 2009 6:17 AM

  CrazyHorses:

  If Ive got a 10 foot putt with a 1ft Up-Slope, It tends to stop 1-2 foot short of the hole if I play an exact 10 foot putt.

  However, if Ive got a 10 foot putt with a 1-inch Up-Slope, it tends to stay much shorter than one would expect. Alot more shorter than 1inch.

  A 2inch Downhiller runs well past the cup... wheras a 1 foot downhiller runs about 1 foot past... based on a 10 yard putting distance.

  Depending on break:

  If you have a 10 foot put and 1 foot rise, your putting power should be strong enough to cause the ball to travel about 22 feet +/- best guess for tolerance.

  If you have a 10 foot putt and a 1" rise, your putting power should be enough to cause the ball to travel 11' +/- best guess for tolerance.

  10' putt with 2" downhill is an 8' putt +/- best guess for tolerance.

  10' putt with 1' downhill is about a 3' - 4' putt +/- best guess for tolerance.

  Are you sure you were on the correct putting scale?

  Cheers,

  *edit* removed rehash of prior post.

• Snaike 3,678 Posts

  Sat, Jul 25 2009 11:18 PM

  CrazyHorses:

  Tnx Snaike, but this I know... 

  Maybe it isn't clear what Im trying to imply...

  Why does 1 inch need the same lee-way as 1 foot?

  Up or downhill.. 

  Gravity....

• CrazyHorses 16 Posts

  Sun, Aug 2 2009 5:02 PM

  Ok.. tnx