Are you making as many putts as you could? I think all golfers would admit that they would like to make more putts. The first step towards filling up that cup is understanding what happens when you miss. Tangent Golf can help with that!
If you want to understand how good you are at reading greens, lets start by enabling 'Putt Details' in your Tangent Golf Preferences.
With Putt Details enabled, you will be prompted for additional information after you put in your score for a hole. In just a couple taps, you can track information that will enable your green reading to be analyzed to help you make more putts.
For each missed putt, you will be prompted to quickly record how the putt missed. You should go through the following progression to record your putt details:
Was my speed good? Did I hit the putt with the proper pace to go my intended distance (typically 0-18inches past the hole)? If not, was it
Long - hit the putt too hard to take the break and left yourself a come back putt.
Short - Any putt that does not get to the hole and could not have gone in should be marked short.
If the putt was the proper pace, then:
Was it on the intended line? Or was it a bad stroke:
Left - Pulled the putt from your intended line
Right - Pushed the putt from your intended line
If the putt was hit with the proper pace and on your intended line... then it was a bad read. Mark it as such.
High & Left - missed on the high side of a putt breaking left to right
(Over read the break)High & Right - missed on the high side of a putt breaking right to left
(Over read the break)Low & Right - missed on the low side of a putt breaking left to right
(Under read the break)Low & Left - missed on the low side of a putt breaking right to left
(Under read the break)
Quick note: if you 3 putt, you will be prompted for information on both your second and third putt consecutively.
After your round you'll get a Green Reading diagnosis (center) as shown above that tells you if you tended to miss short, low, etc. This information is used to give tips and recommend drills (left). This data is also aggregated in the 'Improve' section of the app and broken down for short, medium, and long putts so that you can focus practice on exactly the area you are struggling with.
Let's make more putts with Tangent Golf.