When we are faced with a quick, and severe, downhill putt our hope quickly becomes pretty simple “please don’t let it fly way past the hole!” The thought of making it, doesn’t even enter our mind – an easy 2nd putt would be greatly appreciated. There are a few different schools of thought, but the
by Mike Dero No one is afraid of an uphill putt. But everyone I know dreads a downhill five or seven footer; the steeper the slope the greater the dread. And rightly so, because that downhill seven footer can easily become a 10 footer coming back . That happens because most of us don’t really