[shemadagaswer]

Me and a friend actually have a cool little competition on the putting green. We stand on opposite sides of a hole with 2 balls each and see who can make it. If one of us gets both putts we move back a couple of feet if not we go again.

We also pick a hole 30 or so feet away and play closest to the pin.

It's good fun to have a little competition before your round, it sets you in the right frame of mind for your round

[Phywhewashect]

I concentrate on speed.

Speed is everything in putting...you can get the line all day long but without the right speed you won't make anything...and even with the proper speed and a line that was just a little off, then you leave easy 2 putts.

I line up three balls about 4 feet and roll them...I am looking to gage the speed...I want the ball to get to the hole put not more than a foot past, if they go in great...but that's not important.....once I have that speed I move out to 10 feet and do the same thing...and then finally I will take the three balls and place them a various spots and hit 20-25 footers....with these, I putt them out, because the last thing I want to hear when I walk off the green is the ball going in the cup.

[yazetaw]

I normally just putt a few from 20 - 25 feet to get a decent feel of the green. Then I'll put several from 5 feet or a little closer just to get the confidence of making a few putts before I go out. I don't spend a lot of time on the green before a round.

[Amerworma]

I find a flat putt, and hit 6-8 from 4 feet or so, then hit two from each side of a sloped hole. When I've made a few of those, and have a good feel, I'll move out to some 25 footers and some 40 footers to find the speed of the greens

[TodeImmabbedo]

At my home course I will usually bypass the range and the practice green and head strait to the first tee, unless there's a wait. When I am at an away course, I will start out putting some long lag putts in the 30'+ range to get a feel for the speed. I then look for a few lines with some significant slope to try to gauge the breaks. Finally I will move up close,

[WournGona]

I just focus on speed (10-60 feet) and make sure I'm rolling it straight. I don't putt towards a hole inside the should-make-range of 8 feet or thereabouts.

[invasuant]

I concentrate on speed.

Speed is everything in putting...you can get the line all day long but without the right speed you won't make anything...and even with the proper speed and a line that was just a little off, then you leave easy 2 putts.

I line up three balls about 4 feet and roll them...I am looking to gage the speed...I want the ball to get to the hole put not more than a foot past, if they go in great...but that's not important.....once I have that speed I move out to 10 feet and do the same thing...and then finally I will take the three balls and place them a various spots and hit 20-25 footers....with these, I putt them out, because the last thing I want to hear when I walk off the green is the ball going in the cup.

Listen to this man, he's pretty good with the flatstick.

[opergolon]

3 or 4 balls, short 3 to 5 footers to groove it, then 15 to 20 feet up/down hill and back to a few more 3 to 5 footers.

[Grieryaliny]

I just focus on speed (10-60 feet) and make sure I'm rolling it straight. I don't putt towards a hole inside the should-make-range of 8 feet or thereabouts.

To clarify then... for putts inside of ten feet you putt towards a tee in the green? Or you avoid these putts entirely before a round, concentrating exclusively on longer lags?

[Sandvikla]

To clarify then... for putts inside of ten feet you putt towards a tee in the green? Or you avoid these putts entirely before a round, concentrating exclusively on longer lags?

I putt towards nothing. I line up the ball and want to see it rolling straight (ie the line on the ball going end over end). That's the "rolling it straight"-part. If I do that I know I've got those 4-6-8 footers down...and if you find the pace at 10 feet you've got it at 4, 6 and 8 too.