>>After a 14-GIR round with 5 three putts ... and my putts per round are only down to 33 off of an 8-handicap.
my comments:
Jeff, if you are averaging 33 putts per 18-holes, that is 1.833 putts per hole...which is about consistent with your handicap. I have just begun to break 80 with some regularity myself, mainly because of my extra work on my putting game over last off-season. My typical stats lately are 60-65% fairways, 50-60% GIR, and about 29-33 putts AND I very rarely ever 3-putt anymore (maybe once in 36 holes, or 3% of the time).
Are you asking how to almost eliminate 3-putts from your game? If that is what you are looking for, I can probably help steer you in the right direction by letting you know what key info I have discovered in my research and how I have applied it to my game. Just let me know, because as I always say, "treatment without diagnosis is malpractice".
I responded in the original post about making significant improvements to your putting. I didn't immediately recognize that you were responding to me in this new post. Looking forward to hearing from you.