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Originally Posted by PokerHero77
Exactly. The science of putting is in its infancy compared to the other aspects of the game, IMO.
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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141
For sure. I think the key difference is that people have figured out how to be consistently better than the field at Driving, Approach, and Around the Green but nobody has done it with putting. If someone could figure out how to gain 2 strokes per round on the field putting year over year they'd win a lot of tournaments
Just off the top of my head, I think it’s the opposite. I tend to think Pelz showed what putting was all about 30 years ago. And quite frankly, in the short term there’s a ton of luck involved.
Pelz showed that putting on even the best of greens is nothing like putting on a pool table where you can easily make 9 foot putts over and over. On a green you can hit a perfect 9 foot putt that doesn’t touch the hole. Or you can hit a great approach shot to 9 feet where the putt is brutal.
I think it’s next to impossible to win a tournament while below average in ball striking because you can’t make up that many strokes on the greens. But there have been some great ball strikers over the years and now Scottie that can putt average and still win.