dhartmann34
Well-known member
Ever since the Iowa meetup and even before that...I've been thinking about a golfer's approach to putting.
Seems that more often than not, putts that are being made for birdie or better are usually sent past the hole. This aggressive form of course makes perfect sense because leaving those short doesn't do one any good.
But then when the putt is being made for par or worse, it seems the golfer is more timid and less aggressive and ends up leaving the par putt short. It happened at least 8 times that I can remember today. Seems to me that leaving these short doesn't do anyone good either yet the less aggressive approach seems to appear.
I feel like golfers take a different approach to putts for birdie or better than they do for par or worse...even though in my opinion the strategy should probably be the same since the end goal is to get the ball in the hole.
What is your putting approach in general? Do you think you take a different approach to each putt depending on what the stroke is for?
Seems that more often than not, putts that are being made for birdie or better are usually sent past the hole. This aggressive form of course makes perfect sense because leaving those short doesn't do one any good.
But then when the putt is being made for par or worse, it seems the golfer is more timid and less aggressive and ends up leaving the par putt short. It happened at least 8 times that I can remember today. Seems to me that leaving these short doesn't do anyone good either yet the less aggressive approach seems to appear.
I feel like golfers take a different approach to putts for birdie or better than they do for par or worse...even though in my opinion the strategy should probably be the same since the end goal is to get the ball in the hole.
What is your putting approach in general? Do you think you take a different approach to each putt depending on what the stroke is for?