# Lag and Short Putting · Golf Level 4: Intermediate

Golf · Level 4: Intermediate · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-4/lag-and-short-putting/)

Lag and Short Putting in Golf (Level 4: Intermediate) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: lag putting; short putts; and more.

Putting in more depth: pace on long putts, holing short ones, putters and the stroke, and what the statistics say.

## Test 1: Lag putting

- A good line at the wrong pace still leaves a long second putt. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Like looking at a target before a throw. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A dying ball can fall in from the edges. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Seventeen inches, enough to get through footprints round the hole. (Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999) and Putting Bible (2000))
- A one-metre circle is a common picture. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A mistake in pace costs less uphill. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Good lag putting avoids most of them. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The goal sharpens as the putt shortens. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Pace feel comes from seeing the length. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Uphill putts can be struck firmly. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 2: Short putts

- A still body keeps the face square. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- It strikes even top players under pressure. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Long putters are still allowed if not anchored. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 10.1b)
- Legal, because the forearm is not 'the body' for anchoring. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 10.1b)
- The lead hand sits low on the grip. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Less time for the slope to act. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Peeking pulls the shoulders open. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A near spot is easier to aim at than the hole. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The make rate falls fast after about one metre. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- A bad start clips a tee. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 3: Putters and the stroke

- The path curves slightly inside on both sides. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- It suits a straighter stroke. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- It suits a stroke with more arc. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A ball at rest sits slightly down in the grass. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Good contact cuts the skid. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- It changes the feel and sound at impact. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The weight spread makes it stable on off-centre hits. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- More hang suits more arc. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Good contact shortens the skid. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The more the toe hangs, the more arc it suits. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))

## Test 4: Putting statistics

- It compares each putt with what an average pro takes. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- A professor at Columbia Business School. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Poor approach play leaves long, hard first putts. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- About eight feet. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Written by Mark Broadie. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Well over 95 percent. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Negative means worse than the benchmark. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Longer first putts need more strokes on average. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Holing a putt the tour average misses gains strokes. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- About 2.5 metres is the halfway point. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))

Sources: PGA coaching and general teaching guides, named short-game, putting and statistics books (Pelz, Broadie), motor-learning research as used in golf coaching, tour statistics, and the Rules of Golf where a rule is named; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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