The Resourceful Coach's Green Reading Method | 100th Video

[@hjlamb]

This a fantastic simplification of vector putting! Congratulations on 100 episodes! Your videos on course management are some of the best I've ever seen. Easy to understand and apply regardless of skill level. Thanks for all that you do!

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Thank you for your kind words and feedback

[@Artie308]

Congratulations on 100 videos David! I have never watched every video that a content creator has posted, but I look forward to every Tuesday and Friday for your new content. I love what you are sharing! I have watched every one!!

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Thank you for watching all my videos

[@seanbaines]

Congrats on 100 videos. Ah, that putting chart method you started explaining a few videos back, and you promised you'd do a breakdown on. I've really been looking forward to this. I LOVE it. Right up my alley. I love charting and measuring things. Not surprising. I used to do Accountancy, or Accounting as we call it over here. Data and measurement works for me. No wonder I love your approach to Golf. A lot of the principles behind this are similar to Aim Point. Find the slope. Figure out the strength of the slope. Measure you aim-off to allow for that break and your distance to the hole. You do it a bit differently, (I think I like yours a bit better), but it's applying the same sense of the slope and how it works. i REALLY like this. Can't wait for golfable weather over here, (there's very little if any golfable weather just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in most winters), so I can go try this out.

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos, the green reading makes such a difference because it gives you key focus points

[@seanbaines]

@@TheResourcefulCoach In my case, it builds on a strength. I already putt better than my level, which is higher handicap. My pace and accuracy are pretty good. If I can tighten up green reading to get closer to the hole on my initial putts and sink a few more, I can take more pressure off the rest of the game. Always looking for ways I can improve anything I can.

[@markmay184]

A fantastic video to celebrate 100 videos, congratulations David! I only took up golf in May of this year and don’t have an official handicap, as such. But have been using the Arccos system to track my progress. Bench marking my progress (data) against the Arccos world average 20 handicap’er, the highest handicap that Arccos collects data on. I think I’ve watched all your videos (all good) but particularly your series on green reading and putting - which I’ve adopted to my own game. Prior, to this my putting was pretty much just guess work. At present, and since taking up your technique, I’m making 0.6 less 1-putts per round than an average 20 handicap. But significantly, I’m making 3.1 less 3-putts than an average 20 handicap per round. The greatest gains have been in the 10-40 foot range, and particularly the 15-25 foot area. The 3-putts that I am still making are mostly after leaving the ball 2-4 foot short of the hole due to either not quite getting the speed or line right. Then me, not taking into consideration that the break is most near the hole, and duffing what should be a straightforward putt - my fault and frustrating 😀 Thanks from Downunder 🇦🇺 for all the help

[@markmay184]

As far as I can see, there is one important caveat to this system. Every persons length of stride “pace” is different. My average length of stride/pace is two feet. Therefore, 20 feet = 10 paces. If I apply this formula (3%/degrees slope x 10) = 30 inches of break, which is incorrect. Put this way, which ever method a person uses to determine the distance of the putt, they then must divide this by 2.5 to arrive at the correct distance of break.

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Yes, 2.5 feet times the % of slope to give you the maximum break, and then use the chart to determine the break wherever you are on the clock face

[@merkyr354]

@markmay184 I had the same "issue" as I know my stride is just about 3 feet. That means my stride is 20% longer (3ft ÷ 2ft = 1.2) so if I firstvfollow the calculation (call it 7 strides to make to maths easier) I would have 7 strides × 3% = 21 inches, and then I add 20% (or more easily two lots of 10%) which gives my 25 inches. (If I could 1 inch different at 20 feet on an uneven grass surface...) In your case, your stride is 80% shorter (2÷2.5) so you need to take away two lots of 10% to get the correct aim.

[@phildowling9723]

Great video David it's a really useful tool to assist reading greens. Phil D

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JGEyeDoc]

Well done on 100 David 👏👏can’t wait for weather to improve to have some more lessons and hit the ground running in 2025 - keep up the awesome content 👍

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Thank you for watching the channel

[@FelixPerez-ts3lx]

Congrats David, wonderful achievement and another super helpful method

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Skippy-do]

Thanks for another great video David. I have found them very helpful and had my first ever round of 90 recently. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I look forward to further advice in 2025!

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Merry Christmas, lots of new videos coming in 2025

[@willemflach9834]

Congratulations on video 100 David! 👏🏼 I know how much time and effort it takes, so well done! Thank you for this detailed video. I have already been using the “water flow” idea with the 3,6,9 and 12 positions and have found an increased confidence in my putting. I am committing to learning your technique as becoming a good putter is key to being a good golfer.

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Thank you, glad to hear of increased confidence and improvement

[@merkyr354]

A very interesting video with a thorough explanation of your method. One (multi-part!) question: Given we are currently in winter with slow greens, would you be able to explain if green speed (stimp) affects your calculation and, if so, how? Or is it accounted for through the slower speed of putt required in summer on faster greens? (Personally, I use AimPoint Express (after a lesson with a qualified AimPoint instructor) and have had great success with it - I think it is the 'best value for money' I have spent on coaching.)

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Aimpoint Express is excellent and would encourage you to use and develop your skills My data is used for a stimp reading of 8, if the greens are 7 reduce the amount by 10% if they are 9 increase the amount by 10%

[@merkyr354]

@@TheResourcefulCoach Thanks, very helpful.

[@anandshah71]

Is there a green slope app fir iPhone pro that has a lidar lens to show slope iPhone is always with us and much easier

[@willemflach9834]

Excellent question! Hope an app developer sees this!

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

I have found an app called Slope, this is very simple easy to use. The key thing is the case your iPhone is in must sit flat

[@davemurray9533]

You consistently said 3 degrees in this video, when I know you meant 3 percent. A 3 percent slope id equal to 1.71 degrees. For us AIMPOINT users, it has to be read in percentage of slope. And, as you know, most greens are between 0 and 3 percent slope, with some more extreme greens getting up to 4 or 5 percent is some areas. Just thought this should be clarified on future putting videos. Thanks for your great instruction!

[@TheResourcefulCoach]

Thank you for the feedback

[@markmay184]

Im fairly certain David meant to say degrees. As clearly highlighted and instructed in the video, @minute 5:06. Where the instructions were if you are using a system that utilises percentage for slope reading add 10% to give an approximation of percentage 🤷‍♂️

[@Skippy-do]

I have found a phone app which measures degrees of slope and I look forward to trying this technique based on degrees, paces and inches. I think that degrees are easier to use than percent as most greens will be 0 to 3 degrees so we have a smaller choice than the range of possible percentages! In most cases it will be a quick visual assessment and a quick calculation to maximise our chance of finishing close to the hole.