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several responses in this thread have been illuminating although not necessarily surprising. Part of what holds me back is something I think holds a lot of people back; elevated expectations of what is realistic. Latest stats seem to show the best putters in the world make 65% of their 6' putts, I think I really screwed up every time I miss one.
the best in the world average 23'9" to the hole and he is a crap-ton better, but I get disappointed if my 95 yard shot is not within 3'.
JB Holmes, the 187th best in the world at it, hits the fairway off the tee 51.27% of the time. I think I should be on every fairway.
I want to hit every green from 125 to 150. The 142nd best guy on tour is 51'4" from the hole. That is going to miss an awful lot of greens.
I am nowhere near the skill level of these guys. I don't put in as much practice time in a year as they probably put in during a week where they are playing an event. Yet I expect to be as good as the top 1 or 200 players in the world in every aspect of the game. If I could manage my expectations I would pleased with my scores. I have actually spent quite a bit of time studying the math and for the most part I play mathematically correct. I try to get further down off the tee at the cost of some accuracy unless it would put me in trouble. I select the club to get to the back of the green, I hit to the center of it rather than at the flag, I play for my most common miss. I try to lag the first putt to inside 3' to minimize my putts. And for the amount of practice time I put in I am actually pretty good at those things.
But I THINK like I am putting in 20, 30, 40 hours a week. I think I should be driving it 280 right down the pipe, sticking my 150 yard approach to 3' and birdieing every par 4, landing every second shot on the green on a par 5...
my biggest drawback is thinking I am better than the best with no practice.