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From: Frank Ketchum on 13 Mar 2010 09:41 "Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC(a)ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote in message news:h7ydnXGA4uloCQbWnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > > > ps. I average a little over 1 stroke per round worse than this (am not a > good putter against my index which bounces around in the 4 to 6 range for > the most part). If I were to do this all over again I would drop to 3' > increments for distances over 20' and might add the 'infamous 3 1/2 foot > putt to the table). > > 1' - 1.0 > 2' - 1.0 > 3' - 1.1 > 4' - 1.35 > 5' - 1.5 > 6' - 1.6 > 10' - 1.74 > 20' - 2.0 > 30' - 2.08 > 40' - 2.16 > 50' - 2.25 > 60' - 2.35 > 70' - 2.44 > 80' - 2.5 > 90' - 2.57 > 99' - 2.64 Dave, Interesting stats. Have you plotted them on a graph to see if the trend is more or less a straight line or if there are some steep dropoff areas? Also, how do you measure the distance for each putt? Pace it off? Eyeball?
From: Dave Lee on 13 Mar 2010 11:02 "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote in message news:ToNmn.18253$ND2.12359(a)newsfe05.iad... > > "Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC(a)ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote in message > news:h7ydnXGA4uloCQbWnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> >> >> ps. I average a little over 1 stroke per round worse than this (am not a >> good putter against my index which bounces around in the 4 to 6 range for >> the most part). If I were to do this all over again I would drop to 3' >> increments for distances over 20' and might add the 'infamous 3 1/2 foot >> putt to the table). >> >> 1' - 1.0 >> 2' - 1.0 >> 3' - 1.1 >> 4' - 1.35 >> 5' - 1.5 >> 6' - 1.6 >> 10' - 1.74 >> 20' - 2.0 >> 30' - 2.08 >> 40' - 2.16 >> 50' - 2.25 >> 60' - 2.35 >> 70' - 2.44 >> 80' - 2.5 >> 90' - 2.57 >> 99' - 2.64 > > Dave, > > Interesting stats. Have you plotted them on a graph to see if the trend > is more or less a straight line or if there are some steep dropoff areas? > > Also, how do you measure the distance for each putt? Pace it off? > Eyeball? > If you look at the graph it is (roughly speaking) two different slopes. One for putts of 3' to 15-20', and another for the longer putts. I eyeball everything inside 10 feet. I pace off the longer putts starting typically 3 paces from the pin (and will often eyeball a starting point not in a straight line with the cup to avoid walking on some else's line). I am happy with whatever my 'eyeball' accuracy is and, as I said, the nearest 3' is fine for the longer putts. There are times when for whatever reason it isn't convenient to 'pace it off'. As the 'Geico Ed Too Tall Jones ad' says, I just guestimate on those - no big deal. I would probably do this even without my stats as I ALWAYS practice knowing the yardage to my target and prefer to 'play as I practice'. dave
From: Dave Lee on 13 Mar 2010 13:02
"Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote in message news:8CCmn.28749$sx5.17665(a)newsfe16.iad... > > "crapyking" <crapyking1(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:b658053e-3e2b-4c0f-91c4-6a35c3fa2c3c(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >> No ground breaking revelations there. Better putting lowers scores. >> How do we putt better? Drive longer & set up shorter chip shots thus >> leading to shorter putts and higher percentage putts. > > That is exactly the measuring methodology they are trying to get away > from. It tells little about putting. That really is the issue that prompted me to create my own putting table. I wanted to know how good I was putting - not how good I was chipping/approaching/etc. dave |