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Putting Tip: Distance Control

• 1,417 Posts

  Wed, Mar 30 2011 8:25 PM

  It also depends on which distance meter you're using.  I think we all know that a 15 foot putt struck on the 15 foot meter goes a lot farther than a 15 foot putt on the 30 foot meter. 

  Putts outside 10 feet aren't my problem.  Last night I made 3 putts outside 20 feet, and missed 4-5 between 8-10 feet.  The 8-10 footers are killing me all of a sudden.  I'm sure it's at least partly psychological, but I also think something's gone haywire on the tourney greens.  A flat 7 footer struck at 9 feet should never come up short.. but I've seen it happen once a round lately.

• 1,417 Posts

  Wed, Mar 30 2011 10:54 PM

  ... and then I shoot 60 in an RG on tourney greens where I missed nothing inside 20 feet... go figure...   Maybe I need one of them sports psychologists... do they do that for video games?  ;)

• 1,417 Posts

  Thu, Mar 31 2011 9:06 PM

  well, that didn't last long... In the first 6 holes on Oak I had 3 birdie putts between 4 and 10 feet and didn't hit the hole with any of them... I love this game....

• bearclaw27 553 Posts

  Fri, Apr 1 2011 4:54 PM

  SGTBilko:

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  Please tell me are kidding...Is this an April Fool's joke?

  You stole that from your dad's "Big and Tall Shoestore' , right?

  (:o)

  --bear

• SGTBilko 1,686 Posts

  Fri, Apr 1 2011 6:53 PM

  bearclaw27:

  SGTBilko:

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  Please tell me are kidding...Is this an April Fool's joke?

  You stole that from your dad's "Big and Tall Shoestore' , right?

  (:o)

  --bear

  LOL! Nope just a little scale that fits the size of the putter, yes the idea came from the cloth tape measure but it is no joke it works quite well.

• RienkSw 1 Posts

  Sat, Apr 2 2011 1:23 PM

  nice

   

• ascoile 7 Posts

  Mon, Apr 4 2011 2:08 AM

  I have to add my thanks to the OP. Wish I had read this 3 months ago when I started. Since reading it I have just done my very first round with no bogeys. Thanks ever so much for taking the time to write the original post.

• TurkishTerror 2,177 Posts

  Tue, Apr 5 2011 11:22 AM

  LOOL, i use one too, yours is better, think i may print this one though....................thanks.................ps, this scale isnt copyrighted is it?  :)

   

• TurkishTerror 2,177 Posts

  Tue, Apr 5 2011 11:30 AM

  PPS to the scale, easy to copy paste on paint and stretch as necessary

• TracyMax 2,361 Posts

  Thu, Apr 7 2011 1:12 PM

  Well, while not tearing up the courses, I shot a 1 over on Kiawah and St.Andrews with the white "free" balls (.Ran out of the other balls so had to make do) Feeling pretty good about that.  :-)