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Never 3 putt! I actually had that happen today!


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Sign me up to never three putt. Putting is by far the worse part of my game.


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I would prefer to never 3 putt. My driver mid to short game are good. my long irons and putting are my weaknesses. That's why I decided not to go pro and stayed amateur when I was in playing in college. My putting has always struggled when I matters not so much when practicing or playing with friends. I was the last group for winning a national title with a par 18 to go I drive the green and 4 putted to lose by one stroke. Most embarrassing moment of my life at that time.

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OK.....I voted earlier for 300 yard drives, I've changed my mind.  Since then  went out on an easy course in my area.  Through first 7 holes I had 4 pars, and 3.. 3 putt bogies.  I don't want to 3 putt anymore!!!!!

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How long is the course? 🤣 if I'm on a 6,000-6,500 yd course, 260 of the tee is perfectly adequate. Allow me a made up statistic that 70% of the game is played from 150yds and in... so if I 3 putt my score suffers whether I put it in the green side bunker of the tee, or stripped the fairway and have 50yds left. What separates the pros from amateurs is primarily number of putts. In short, I'll take zero 3 putts over 300yd drives any day. 

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11 minutes ago, DubiousPro said:

 What separates the pros from amateurs is primarily number of putts. 

That separation isn't because of putting ability but because of length.  It puts shorter clubs in their hands so they end up with smaller dispersion patterns when hitting approaches.  They also have much better strategy when establishing aim points for those approach shots. 

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Might need to update to 400 yard drives or no 3 putts.... Hooooooooly20201023_184719.jpeg

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Bryson of course lol.

I'd take 275 and one three putt myself, right now haha

I’ll take 275 and one three putt per round.  Seems like an even trade off?
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1 hour ago, FrogginBullfish said:

Might need to update to 400 yard drives or no 3 putts.... Hooooooooly20201023_184719.jpeg

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1 hour ago, Crowev01 said:

Good-ness. abf8e20e92eb371709ed831e2cbc4cb8.jpg.d572fda31645e4f539dc4b9cd4882d58.jpg

It’s only a matter of time.  The head dudes are not going to take to this very well.  Driver shaft limits or something will be addressed soon.  There’s 5-6 dudes on tour I can see getting to that 400 yard mark quite often, and a few more that won’t be too far behind. The 106-110mph swing guys will have one heck of a time keeping up when the big swarm of monsters comes up.

the game is evolving, and taking center stage is the ability to hit accurate... stupid long drives. At least for the PGA Tour.

Going to be an interesting few years.  They’ll ban gyms, and protein shakes next.

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14 minutes ago, Shankster said:

It’s only a matter of time.  The head dudes are not going to take to this very well.  Driver shaft limits or something will be addressed soon.  There’s 5-6 dudes on tour I can see getting to that 400 yard mark quite often, and a few more that won’t be too far behind. The 106-110mph swing guys will have one heck of a time keeping up when the big swarm of monsters comes up.

the game is evolving, and taking center stage is the ability to hit accurate... stupid long drives. At least for the PGA Tour.

Going to be an interesting few years.  They’ll ban gyms, and protein shakes next.

Yeah the "arms race" is already getting out of hand. They will probably bifurcate like MLB, but I'm starting to think it almost might be fun. 

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On 10/22/2020 at 7:52 PM, cnosil said:

That separation isn't because of putting ability but because of length.  It puts shorter clubs in their hands so they end up with smaller dispersion patterns when hitting approaches.  They also have much better strategy when establishing aim points for those approach shots. 

Very true. I'm not trying to argue that being closer to green doesn't help lower my score. I've driven greens and 4-putted. If I can't putt then doesn't matter how long I hit it in the game of golf. 

My point to the question was would I take length over being able to knock it in the hole in 2 strokes vs 3. Look up the average length of the first putt between pros vs ams, my source is a little loose; AimPoint creator. The take away from what I was trying to express is the make percent of pros vs ams from 15ft, 10ft, 5ft. We (ams) have some work to do on the greens over the driver. 

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The famous words have never rang more true. Putt for dough drive for show. The question is really relative to the person. Are you better at one or the other?? Me driving according to arccos is the best part of my game surprisingly. So for me like I have said before take my 3 putts away all day

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