Originally Posted by Bagger Lance
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Seven from six today.
I enjoyed this game. Started putting well when I went from thinking, "This is for the championship and $1M" to "Gotta beat MikeO on this putt".
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Since the addition of the new emoticons- I'll be changing my signature as soon as I get a new inspiration.
I'll assume the Seven from Six- is Seven in a row from Six feet. Most likely you meant that you had a 7 on the par 3 6th hole today!
Glad you joined the thread. Hey if you can use me as motivation great! But seriously- and just for clarification, this thread isn't about beating everyone else or anyone else- we'll keep the ego out of it as much as possible.
Here are the reasons that I had for starting the thread.
A) I need to be a better putter- so that's number one for me starting the thread
B) It allows one way of measuring how good you are
C) gives you a goal (more in a row than your previous best) to shoot for when you practice - that should make you better by merely having that goal/motivation (of course, mechanics are important- that goes with mentioning). Not to mention that it harkens back to those basketball days and seeing how many free throws in a row I could make- I can relate to this based on previous training.
D) The reason I wanted to know what your handicap, was to see how much better, a lower handicap player is with the putter. But again that's more optional than required. I just would be more motivated if three plus 3 handicaps posted that they all had 25 in a row- and I only have 11, as opposed to a 30 handicapper that was a great putter who had 25 in a row- because I'm looking for specific motivation to lower the handicap.
My current handicap is a 1. So I've had 11 in a row from a flat six foot putt 3 days ago (I'd suggest you also put a date on your post- at least I'll start to do that for my own records), then 15 in a row from a down hill slight right to left (figured the down hill putt might be easier- so not really an official record), and last night never came close in my 1/2 hour practice session session to my record of 11.
I'm sure others will feel this way- I'm not happy with most all of my numbers- say I make five in a row and miss the 6th putt- The thought/feeling I have is "Come on! This isn't that hard! That's pathetic!" Yet, it evidently isn't that easy either!
During the process you do learn things about your stroke and also about the subtle changes in the green!!!- Specially, if you are not putting on some really nice greens- if it is just slightly off- it can move a different direction- depending on imperfections in the green, etc. UGH!
Finally, I'm certainly not saying that this should be your only practice method for putting. I personally like to throw in some competitive putting on the practice green - that puts me into more of an on course pressure situtation.
Thanks,
