Okay Geoff ... let's cut the crap and just confront the unrealistic expectations of most golfer, who think that all their putts should be one-putts from any distance.

Please provide us with you valued opinion on which distances golfers of varied abilities can reasonable expect to one-putt using your putting principles.

Tour pros
Top national amateurs
Club champions
Single digit rec golfers
80's players
Boogie golfers
Can't honestly break 100 "golfers".


Perhaps you could divide the distances into:

Probable one-putt expectation
Possible one-putt expectation
Obvious lag-putt expectation


Also you can differentiate between bent and bermuda greens.


Thanks thanks thanks ....

Okey dokey! What COULD these players expect if they knew more about better technique:

Tour pros

Probable one-putt expectation 1-20 feet (current 1-15)
Possible one-putt expectation 20-45 feet (current 15-30)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 45 and over feet (current 30 and over)

Top national amateurs

Probable one-putt expectation 1-15 feet (current 1-10)
Possible one-putt expectation 15-35 feet (current 10-20)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 35 and over feet (current 20 and over)

Club champions

Probable one-putt expectation 1-12 feet (current 1-8)
Possible one-putt expectation 12-35 feet (current 8-20)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 35 and over feet (current 20 and over)

Single digit rec golfers

Probable one-putt expectation 1-10 feet (current 1-8)
Possible one-putt expectation 10-35 feet (current 8-20)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 35 and over feet (current 20 and over)

80's players

Probable one-putt expectation 1-8 feet (current 1-6)
Possible one-putt expectation 8-25 feet (current 6-15)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 25 and over feet (current 15 and over)

Bogie golfers (90s)

Probable one-putt expectation 1-6 feet (current 1-4)
Possible one-putt expectation 6-25 feet (current 4-15)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 25 and over feet (current 15 and over)

Can't honestly break 100 "golfers".

Probable one-putt expectation 1-6 feet (current 1-3)
Possible one-putt expectation 6-20 feet (current 3-15)
Obvious lag-putt expectation 20 and over feet (current 15 and over)

I think these estimates are fairly good for greens that roll pretty true, regardless of green speed. bent rolls truer than Bermuda. The effectiveness of putting skills on Bermuda greens is probably 10-15% less than for bent greens, across the board of handicap levels and putt distances.

Cheers!

Geoff Mangum
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