New Post #19

Hi Friends

Just wondering, Does anyone actually like putting?

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.

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

(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.

Bye bye,