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@rwmccallum @LeBaronGolf That could well be the first hole in one on a par 3 as the first attempt in the history of golf!

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@KVanValkenburg Unlike soccer the ball doesn’t know what your feet are doing. He is the #1 player in the world despite being a below average putter. Tremendous hitter of the golf ball.

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@SkySportsGolf The best ball striker in golf. The ball has no idea what the feet are doing. In futbol the ball knows exactly what the feet are doing.

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

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If you want to improve your putting, you need to understand this.

You have a 25 foot putt.

Should you EVER leave it short of the hole?

THE DATA

The plot below is for the top 20 putters on the PGA Tour. These are putts from 24'0" to 25'11".

They are short of the hole 32% of the time from 25 feet.

From ~46 feet, they leave 50% short.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU

Us amateurs don't have the same speed control as a tour pro, so the distance where we should leave 50% short is going to be shorter.

The numbers below are for the typical putter at that handicap index.

You should leave about 50% of your putts short from the following distance:

0 index: ~42 feet
5 index: ~35 feet
10 index: ~28 feet
15 index: ~23 feet
20 index: ~20 feet

From that distance and longer, to optimize overall number of putts, you should be leaving 50% short.

WHAT ABOUT SHORT PUTTS?

For short putts that are makeable, you want to get most of those past the hole.

From 10 feet, tour pros get 95% of their putts to the hole.

What should the 95% distance be for amateurs?

0 index: ~9.5 feet
5 index: ~9.0 feet
10 index: ~8.5 feet
15 index: ~8.0 feet
20 index: ~7.5 feet

SUMMARY

For your skill level, you want to get 95% of your putts past the hole from the distance listed above.

Then as you get farther from the hole, you will want more and more putts to finish short of the hole, until you get to your 50/50 distance.

From that distance and longer, you will want 50% of your putts to finish short of the hole.

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@LouStagner Absolute gold here from @LouStagner

[Travis Fulton @travisfulton]

Vik caddying today for buddy in U.S. Open qualifier. What a guy

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

Tiger had a 10 year stretch (1999 to 2009) where he finished in the top three in 53% of his starts.

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[HotelPlanner Tour @HPlanner_Tour]

.@AndreaPavan89 wins his fifth Challenge Tour title, almost ten years since his last 🏆

#CzechChallenge

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@JamesRidyard Follow @JamesRidyard He provides excellent and correct information when it comes to the short game.

[James Ridyard @JamesRidyard]

DON'T FALL for these Short Game Myths!! PART ONE
https://t.co/l6Lg0iIutK

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

Dispersion for 10-index players.

Driver vs 3-wood.

The vertical blue lines represents a 35 yard wide fairway.

Remind me again how 3-woods are way more accurate than driver. 😀

Data from @ArccosGolf

[Monday Q Info @acaseofthegolf1]

How damn cool is this.

Kenyan Mutahi Kibugu makes a putt on 18 on the Euro Tour and will play the weekend, his first ever made cut in an owgr event, at his national open. There are just 36 courses in the entire country of Kenya.

📸 @Iona_Stephen

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@LukeKerrDineen Crazy thing is the ball would curve right with that face closing wildly.

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

10th hole at Riviera. Look how strategy has changed.

The dots shows where each tee shot finished.

Notice the last few years.

Nearly everyone going for it.

[Marty Jertson @jertybird]

The godfather of golf strategy has spoken @MarkBroadie

[CP @CarlPaulsonGolf]

“Pretty sure the caveman didn’t think about his backswing when he was clubbing dinner” Neal Lancaster when asked to look at another players backswing on tour.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The dash to the 16th hole at the Waste Management Open is WILD

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

There is something incredibly intoxicating about watching a ball compress off a clubface in slow-motion.

[Dylan Dethier @dylan_dethier]

this must be what it’s like to study ancient civilizations

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@LouStagner 5 footer