Richard4168:
YankeeJim: I challenge anyone to deny that you've all missed short putts and made the return with the exact same putt, missed ding and all.
You couldn't be more right Jim. The par putt seems like a automatic putt that one can't miss.
I always play a double break putt as a straight putt. If I get the speed right and hit ding, it's a birdie putt every-time.
thats what i'm on about, you can have 9 foot putt for birdie, miss ding slighlty putt sails up to a foot wide, you can have same putt, from same position (different round, but same place as the birdie putt you missed) miss ding by loads up to a cm, but that putt sails straight for the cup. SO that shows me that a birdie putt has to be spot on, but there's room for error in a par putt (More forgiveness).
cycle1979: So you really think the computer programmers
decided to make 2nd putts easier than 1st putts and write that into the
WGT software? Doubtful fellas..... just play the game and stop thinking
so much.
Why not? They've written "deviation" into the program, (or is it just a word to cover up the bad shots you might get out of the blue, i.e 30 mph wind not effecting shot, it happens...)