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Realistic Performance Goals

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The 1994 PGA Tour statistics show the top players hit an average of between ten and thirteen greens in regulation. More specifically, the top Tour player in greens in regulation was Bill Glasson with 73 percent. Billy Ray Brown was near the bottom of this category with 55.8 percent of greens hit in regulation.

The top putter in 1994, Loren Roberts, averaged 1.737 putts per green in regulation. Ben Crenshaw wasn't far behind at 1.739. What are realistic expectancies for you if the top players on tour hit ten to thirteen greens and average just under 1.75 putts per green in regulation?

Other statistics show that the average tour players make:

  1. Forty-five to fifty-five percent of 6 foot putts.
  2. Fifteen to thirty percent of 10 foot putts
  3. Ten to twenty-two percent of 15 foot putts
  4. Six to sixteen percent of 20 foot putts
  5. Less than ten percent of 25 foot putts.xx

The best players in the world make about one-half of their putts from six feet. What would you think if you missed two in a row from that distance?

Do you have realistic expectancies? As I said, I want you to expect to make every putt-be determined and confident. However, when you miss, place that miss within a realistic expectancy. Resist decay! Stay focused in the present and your next shot.

Once again, if you hit what you perceive is a bad shot, stay where you are. Set up and make another swing. Your nervous system will store your last swing for a brief period. You want to groove memories of good swings, not bad swings. Secondly, taking another swing will help you deal with the emotional discharge of frustration.

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