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ProfessorGAC

(69,745 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 04:11 PM Sep 2022

Ridiculous Day With The Putter Today

I wasn't hitting the ball well on the first 9, but my score was stupid good because of the flatstick.
I missed the first 4 greens in regulation but parked all 4. Made 3 putts 10-20 feet.
Then missed 6 & 7, but made a 5 footer to save par on 6 & chipped in on 7. After 7 holes, I had 7 putts!
Then, I started hitting it better & hit 7 of the next 8 green. But, had 2 more one putts.
I bogeyed 16, parred 17 with 2 putts and birdied 18.
24 putts in 18 holes. I was doing something a little different, but it wasn't enough to be 6 or 7 putts better than normal.
The hole just looked bigger today.

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Ridiculous Day With The Putter Today (Original Post) ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 OP
Congrats. Though, I will say with a smile, an avid golfer I know is always saying 'I tried somethi MLAA Sep 2022 #1
Probably Common ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #2
You know that you owe us a report next time you play, right? MLAA Sep 2022 #3
Sure! ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #4

MLAA

(18,585 posts)
1. Congrats. Though, I will say with a smile, an avid golfer I know is always saying 'I tried somethi
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 04:16 PM
Sep 2022

new today’. I always wondered how long before the something new turned out to be something old he had tried before.

ProfessorGAC

(69,745 posts)
2. Probably Common
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 04:25 PM
Sep 2022

But, not this time.
I tried holding my left hand low (not new, been doing that since college), but I'm holding that hand flat against the grip with fingers pointing down.
Seems to keep the left wrist flat, make me "swing the wrists" and not help with the fingers.
I thought of it a couple days ago, and seemed to be better, but I accidentally optimized it today.
When I say I made 12 putts, I mean I made them! Not one would have missed the stick with the center of the ball.
Even on the 2 putts, my misses were inches away. True kick-ins.
When I started hitting greens I had more 25-40 foot putts. Of course, my make rate went down.
The one good thing is that playing 6 of the first 7 holes poorly is less aggravating when one is making pars anyway!
Kept my BP down!

ProfessorGAC

(69,745 posts)
4. Sure!
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 04:39 PM
Sep 2022

I certainly don't expect to routinely have only 24 putts. But, I will say I haven't 3 putted since last Friday and didn't play Tuesday or Wednesday because I subbed.
Subbing HS math tomorrow too, so won't play until Saturday.
(Side note: a new high school called for tomorrow. I wasn't going to sub anywhere because I was planning on golf on my birthday. But, I have a personal policy to never say no the 1st time a school calls. So, off to school I go.)

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