Skills Games
PuttingCore
Two-Putt Test
Five putts from 15, 30, 45 and 60 feet, all holed out.
Set up
- From one hole, mark 15, 30, 45 and 60 feet.
- Tape or paced steps — close enough is fine.
- Same ball, same putter throughout.
- Record each first putt's leave: short, level or past.
How to play
- Five putts per length, holing every ball out.
- Record the result under the right length, and the leave.
- Do not retake a putt.
Full notes
launch monitor · retesting · benchmark · equipment
If you are using a launch monitor or radar
- No technology scores this game. The score is putts to hole out.
Retesting
- Warm up first — ten to fifteen balls with the club you will use. Same set-up, same ball, same conditions every retest. One run is a snapshot; two or three averaged is a standard.
Benchmark
- The benchmark is the three-putt rate at your handicap (Shot Scope data): 3% at scratch, 6% at 5, 7% at 10, 11% at 15 and 13% at 20 and 25.
- Your number is the share of your 20 putts that took three or more.
- On the course the average first putt is 16 to 18 feet. These putts are longer, so matching the benchmark here is a stretch target.
Equipment
- Putter · a ball · four marks at 15, 30, 45 and 60 feet. No specialist technology is required.
Scoring
- 5 Holed in 1
- 4 Two putts
- 0 Three or more
Three-putts at each length
Benchmark gap
Your three-putt rate against golfers of your handicap. Full notes explains how it is worked out.
Save the round and your Skills Rating sheet picks it up. Or enter it by hand: Game score 0, band —.
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