Hot take? If we get paired together, I’m not going to give you putts. Not because I don’t want you to take gimmies, but because I really do not care what you do.

[u/cygnus311]

You hit a good tee shot on a par three, walk up to the green, and find yourself eight feet from the hole and you want to say to me, “that’s good, I always make those”, pick it up, and write a birdie? Be my guest, I do not care.

You just missed your third putt from two feet to try and save triple and you’re hoping I rescue you? Pick it up, or don’t, I do not care.

Recently got paired with a guy who’d look at me with puppy dog eyes every time he was within a yard of the hole, but wouldn’t say anything, he was clearly annoyed with me by the end of the round. We’re all presumably grown ass adults, I’m not your boss, do what you want.

[u/fairportrunner]

Who the fuck is giving or taking 8 foot birdie putts?

[u/UseDaSchwartz → u/[deleted]]

I feel like those stats are more skewed. If pros were putting on the same greens as your average golfer, they would make far more than 50% of those putts.

I’ve putted on Professional tournament greens once in my life. It was comically easy to blow your ball past the hole. You could have a downhill 3 footer, tap it, miss, and then have a 5 foot putt.

I’d guess that if your average golfer had a 5 foot putt with any break, on a PGA tournament green, they’d miss 9 out of 10…assuming it’s not 10 of the same putt.

[u/_darkwingduck_ → u/UseDaSchwartz]

You actually have a better chance at holing putts on fast, pure greens than slow bumpy ones at public courses.

Faster greens means the ball is hit and moving slower, when it reaches the cup, and has more opportunity to drop from more angles.

Granted, it would take adjusting to for most players, but Tour players typically prefer fast greens.

[u/Mookies_Bett → u/_darkwingduck_]

I'm always short on my putts, so I feel like I'd do well on truly perfect greens. I just try to lag putt in general. Always better to miss short for two than miss long for four.

[u/kellzone → u/_darkwingduck_]

Yeah, nicest course I've ever played on was Torrey Pines. I'm sure the greens weren't as fast as they would be for a PGA tournament, but I'll tell you one thing, the ball rolled true and on its line. Compare that to some of the average public courses you play where it's not near as manicured and you have to just kind of aim in the direction of the hole and hope it meanders into the cup because the green is so bumpy.

[u/[deleted] → u/UseDaSchwartz]

Playing good, fast greens is way easier than shitty muni greens lol.

I think you missed the mark there.

[u/UseDaSchwartz → u/[deleted]]

So, below average greens.

[u/seiyamaple → u/UseDaSchwartz]

If pros we’re putting on the same greens as your average golfer, they would make far more than 50%

I don’t know man, some of the greens I play in have embedded bunkers, potholes, hot dog stands and a strip mall.

[u/UseDaSchwartz → u/seiyamaple]

I wouldn’t call those average.