Saturday. You hit the green from 160, which never happens. Two putts later you're writing down 5 and cursing your stroke.
Here's the part nobody tells you. The 6-footer you missed didn't cost you that hole. The 30-footer you left 8 feet short did. Most three-putts are speed errors, not line errors. The read was fine. The pace was the crime.
Every fall at the college program I help coach, the new guys make a beeline for the 6-foot circle. Nobody volunteers for 30-footers. So I have them chart their tournament rounds, and the three-putts almost never come from bad reads.
So this week, flip your putting time. Give 10 of your 15 minutes to putts from 25 to 40 feet. The hole is not the target. A 3-foot circle around it is. Roll 10 and count how many finish inside. Beat that number next session.
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Isaak