How To Make The Golf Hole Bigger When You Putt, According To Science
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-04-20
By LUKE KERR-DINEEN, Golf.com
We’ve all been there. We know what it’s like. You’re standing over a makeable putt — maybe it’s for birdie, or for a clutch par — so you decide to give it a little something extra. You hit the putt firm, watch as it rolls towards the hole… and then groan in agony as it slams against the lip and bounces away. So unlucky!
Or is it?
Many golfers take it as a given that, if they really want to make a putt, they should hit it hard. “Never up, never in,” and all that. But that’s only true if you’re in danger of leaving your ball short of the hole. You want to make sure your ball gets to the hole, of course, but you don’t want be trying to smash your ball into the cup. Turns out that may actually make holing the putt even harder and causing more lip-outs, according to Trackman Golf.