I just wanted to let you know that even though I received the glasses sometime back, today was actually the first day I had a chance to try them out on a golf course. To say I was pleased would be an understatement. For the first time in over a year I was able to follow the flight of my golf ball off the club head without asking a playing partner "did you see where that went?" In all honesty, I was ready to give my clubs away and give up the game I truly love so much. Thanks to you, all that has changed. I plan on playing again tomorrow and even though I am no threat to Tiger, golf has once again become fun....and isn't that what it should be? Thanks again for a great product. Sincerely yours,
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Distance Control for Long Putts = Fewer 3-putts
How is your putting from over 30 feet? Do you 3-putt too often? How often?
The intent of this article is to provide some statistics from the professionals as a comparison and then provide some tips and strategies for improvement.
As a start, below are statistics for professional golfers, the best in the world. P1 are the probabilities of one putting from the various distances. P3 are the probabilities of three putting from various distances.
Note that from 30 feet, the pros only sink 7.6% of their putts and 3-putt 5.4%.
35 ft putts have about the same likelihood of 1-putts and 3-putts at about 6%.
A great study on putting to read is "How to Catch a Tiger: Understanding Putting Performance on the PGA Tour" by Fearing, Acimovic & Graves. Click on the title for a link where you'll find it if you have interest. Some of the mathematics is pretty deep but you'll still get a lot out of the graphs and explanations.
The study revealed that professionals tend to get all of their first putts within 3 feet of the hole up to about 30 foot lengths. This explains why they tend to 2-putt these lengths and rarely 3-putt them. They have excellent distance control. For longer putts, their distance control is not as good. For those putts that miss, the average distance-to-go after the first putt increases as well as the range of distances (short, long and wide of the hole) increases. I can explain this best using the chart below. All values are in feet.
putt length
10
20
30
40
50
60
average distance-to-go
1.8
2.1
2.6
3.4
4.5
5.2
std deviation dist-to-go
1.2
1.9
2.0
2.8
3.2
4.2
So, for a 30 foot putt, 7.6% of pros would sink and 93.4% of pros would miss. Of the 93.4% that miss, on average, the 2nd putt is 2.6 feet long. 68% of the misses would finish between 0.6 and about 4.6 ft away. The 5.4% of pros that 3-putt from 30 feet would be the ones that miss the hole by more than 3 feet.
Those putters that are better at sinking short putts (6 feet and under) can still 2 putt if there distance control is not the best. So, just because a player rarely 2-putts from long distances doesn't necessarily mean his/her distance control is excellent. He/she might be an excellent short putter to compensate.
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How to Improve Your Long Putting
The average PGA Tour Pro hits way more greens and hits it closer to the hole than amateur golfers. As I've pointed out before, Riccio did a study some years back and found the following:
AVERAGE SCORE
CATEGORY
71
75
79
81
85
89
91
95
99
GIR
12
10
8
7
5
3
2
0
0
% Fairways
81
71
61
56
46
36
31
21
11
Putts per Round
29.0
30.3
31.7
32.3
33.7
35.0
35.7
37.0
38.3
For example, a 90 shooter (about a 20 handicap) will only hit about 3 greens per round. Usually, this golfer then has a longish putt for birdie. Isn't frustrating that it's highly likely that he/she will 3-putt for bogie?
You can improve your long putting game by improving the following:
1. Your Distance Control (hit the ball the distance required more consistently reducing the average distance the ball falls short or long)
2. Improve Your Green Reading (reduce the amount you miss your putts left or right)
3. Improve Your Putter Alignment and Stroke Mechanics (so you start the ball off on the right line)
4. Improve How Solidly You Hit Your Putts (more contact off the center of the putter face)
Below, I'll provide you with some instruction/tips on distance control and will follow-up with the others in my next newsletter.
Distance Control
Improving distance control requires practice. It's all about feel. The distance a putt rolls is highly correlated with the length of the backstroke. The longer the backstroke, the greater will be the speed of the putter at impact and thus the farther the ball will roll.
I strongly recommend you do a little experimenting to determine how distance is correlated to the length of your backstroke as it all depends on the amount of acceleration you have with your forward stroke which depends on how much forward force to exert on the putter.
Before proceeding however, I do advise that no matter what the length of your stroke, you try to maintain the same tempo (time from pulling the putter back to the time of impact). Research of the best putters in the world has shown that tempos remain the same and the length of the backstroke is about twice the length of the forward stroke to impact.
I like to use a count 1-2-3-4. I count 1 at the beginning of my backstroke, and then 2-3 to complete my backstroke and transition to my forward stroke and then 4 is impact. So, if the time between counts is 0.5 seconds, the total stroke to impact takes 1.5 seconds (count1 = 0 sec, count 2 = 0.5 sec, count 3 = 1.0 sec and count 4 = 1.5 sec). The exact time depends on your natural tempo (this is related to the length of your arms and putter, the weight of you arms and your muscular build). The total time and tempo should be the same for a 10 foot putt as it is for a 30 foot putt; the with which the putter moves is just faster.
Go out to a flat putting green with a tape measure. Measure out putts of 20 feet, 30 feet, 40 feet and 50 feet if you can. The putts should be relatively straight (no severe breaks).
Place the tape measure down in line with your target line so that you can measure the length of your backstroke. For the 20 foot distance, start hitting balls with the focus of tempo and solid contact only. Take note of the length of your backstroke for the ball to roll 20 feet. For instance, if it appears to be 10 inches (depends on the speed of your putter and the speed of the green), place a tee at the 10 inch mark as a guide. Then, hit some more putts focusing on tempo, solid contact and taking the putter back to the tee. If the ball consistently falls short, then you need to increase the backstroke and move the tee back to say 11 inches. If the ball falls long, then adjust the backstroke shorter.
Do the same for 30 feet and then for 40 feet. You should now have 3 pairs of backstroke lengths and distances. You can test these by choosing a distance in between the distances, like 25 feet, 35 feet and 45 feet. The length of your backstroke for 25 feet should be about half way between the length for 20 feet and 30 feet, etc.
This will give you a gauge for the length of the backstroke and the length of the putt. You could even modify it to be in terms of an object instead of length, such as a putter head length, a dollar bill length, a cell phone length, etc. That way you don't need the tape measure to practice.
In your practice sessions, you could put down two one dollar bills end to end and determine how far the ball will roll, then three bills, four bills, etc
You could even produce your own gauge on a piece of cardboard or make purchase like the one below.
Golf Ball Trajectory Rules
Last week, I found an excellent explanation of the different types of trajectories you can get with your golf ball and what causes them.
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