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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141
On the pace of play subject, I pretty much insist on playing ready golf with whatever group I'm in. I probably play slower on the greens than a lot of golfers, but I think the lower your handicap, the higher the % of time you spend on and around the greens (I'm a 6.8 at the moment). I agree with LFC that everyone should be lining up putts when their partners are putting. I personally don't mind if someone places their ball on the mark while I'm standing over a putt or it's on the way to the hole, as long as it isn't within a couple feet of my direct line, everyone should be free to do that.
I'm quick everywhere, but I do tend to stand over lag putts longer than others while I think about speed, but even then, certainly no more than five seconds, and I always line it up before it's my turn.
On an only partially similar note, one of the guys I play with regularly has an odd putting style/routing: he has a hitching motion, and repeatedly stops his stroke right before actually striking the ball. Sometimes it's two hitches, sometimes, three, sometimes four. When I play with him I'm constantly starting to walk right when I think he's about to make contact and have to stop myself.
He's a surprisingly good putter, and an 8 handicap. On putts shorter than four feet he does this one-handed side putt, and he does it quite well.