Hi Friends
Just wondering, Does anyone actually like putting?
Sam Snead with the side saddle
As we can see from the last newsletter, Ben Hogan doesn’t even count putting as a fundamental!
But, in terms of our score, the number we write or these days type at the end of the round, the amount of putts we hit accounts for around 50% of our score.
In theory, it should be the easiest place for us to improve our golf scores; we don’t need any particular physical gifts, unlike hitting a 330-yard drive.
Bryson !!
I say this as I tallied up my season end stats last week and there wasn’t a single round of golf I played this season where I didnt have at least one 3 putt.
My Putting stats for the season are below,
Top row is me, Middle row are averages for a Scratch golfer, Bottom row is average across PGA Tour
Fairways % | GIR % | Putts # | PPGIR | 1 putts | 2 putts | 3 putts | 4 putts |
74.1 | 53.1 | 34.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
51.0 | 56.0 | 30.7 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 1.3 |
|
59.09 | 66.32 | 29.02 | 1.762 | 7.07 |
| 0.49 |
|
(PPGIR = Putts per Green in Regulation)
It’s quite obvious from that I need to improve my putting and this was highlighted in the stableford on Sunday, I shot +4 gross, hit 78% of greens but had 37 putts including 3 putting on the just the 4 occasions.
Enough about me and my putting woes.
I've talked about keeping stats before. I got the above from a very easy process I follow post-round that takes me 5 minutes. Add this to a basic spreadsheet, you get the data and can do with it what you will.
I will share how I do this in the near future I call it “SimpleStats” because its, well……….simple.
So will you see me on the practice green more often this winter?
Yes Sir, and that’s a promise.
Me practicing my putting
Bye bye,
