Green reading

October 8th, 2024

10 smart strategies to improve your green reading – you’ll make more putts

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April 8th, 2024

Masters 2024: Green-reading expert reveals the fascinating way Augusta National tricks players’ eyes

There are optical illusions all over Augusta National, according to Ralph Bauer, a PGA Tour putting coach to multiple players in the Masters field and co-founder of the popular Tour Read putting app.

September 23rd, 2023

The basics of reading grain on greens: A 3-step explainer

Grain is a big factor on courses with Bermuda-grass greens, which is a warm-weather grass that you’ll usually find in Queensland or America’s south.

September 6th, 2023

A new green-reading formula is catching on with pros. Here’s how it works

Judging what the green around you is doing – and how best to navigate along it – is the essential ingredient for good putting. It’s why good players sweat over it – and recently, a new system has emerged on tour that is helping players do it.

October 14th, 2020

Jeongeun Lee6: A Different Perspective

Green-reading is not a science, but it helps to use logic.

October 16th, 2018

USGA/R&A ease back on limits to green-reading materials, new rules set to go in effect January 1

August 1st, 2018

USGA and the R&A announce plan that limits scope of green-reading materials starting in 2019

Specifically, the proposal calls for a “minimum slope indication limit” that would allow green-reading books to continue to use numbers, lines, arrows or other indications to identify slopes on greens, but only in areas of 4 percent slope (2.29 degrees) or greater.

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Valero Texas Open - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Keith Mitchell	-7	11	1
2	Brian Harman	-6	14	1
3	Taylor Dickson	-4	10*	1
T4	Chan Kim	-3	16*	1
T4	Sam Burns	-3	14*	1
T4	Tommy Fleetwood	-3	14*	1
T4	Tony Finau	-3	13*	1
T8	Matti Schmid	-2	14	1
T8	Ben Silverman	-2	15*	1
T8	S.W. Kim	-2	14	1
T8	Cam Young	-2	14	1
T8	Zach Johnson	-2	11*	1
T8	Matteo Manassero	-2	10*	1
T8	Rikuya Hoshino	-2	9	1
T8	Will Chandler	-2	9*	1
T8	Kevin Velo	-2	9*	1
T8	Kaito Onishi	-2	9*	1
T18	Ryo Hisatsune	-1	16	1
T18	Bud Cauley	-1	14*	1
T18	Justin Rose	-1	13*	1
T18	Denny McCarthy	-1	12*	1
T18	Patton Kizzire	-1	12	1
T18	Alex Smalley	-1	12	1
T18	Aldrich Potgieter	-1	9	1
T18	Hayden Buckley	-1	9*	1
T18	Quade Cummins	-1	9*	1
T27	Sam Stevens	E	16	1
T27	Padraig Harrington	E	16*	1
T27	Eric Cole	E	16*	1
T27	Beau Hossler	E	16	1
T27	Chad Ramey	E	15*	1
T27	Patrick Cantlay	E	13*	1
T27	Adam Svensson	E	12	1
T27	Camilo Villegas	E	12	1
T27	Seamus Power	E	11*	1
T27	David Skinns	E	10*	1
T27	John Pak	E	10	1
T27	Anders Albertson	E	9	1
T27	Braden Thornberry	E	8	1
T27	Steven Fisk	E	8	1
T27	Isaiah Salinda	E	8*	1
T42	Andrew Putnam	+1	16	1
T42	Patrick Rodgers	+1	16	1
T42	Martin Laird	+1	16*	1
T42	Bronson Burgoon	+1	16*	1
T42	Lanto Griffin	+1	14	1
T42	Nate Lashley	+1	11	1
T42	Vince Whaley	+1	10*	1
T42	Ryan Gerard	+1	9	1
T42	Noah Goodwin	+1	9*	1
T42	Antoine Rozner	+1	9	1
T42	Tim Widing	+1	8*	1
T42	Blaine Hale, Jr.	+1	8*	1
T54	Mark Hubbard	+2	16*	1
T54	Ben Kohles	+2	14	1
T54	J.T. Poston	+2	13	1
T54	Chris Kirk	+2	13	1
T54	Adam Schenk	+2	13	1
T54	Chris Gotterup	+2	13	1
T54	Jake Knapp	+2	12*	1
T54	Tom Kim	+2	12*	1
T54	Matt Fitzpatrick	+2	11*	1
T54	David Lipsky	+2	11	1
T54	Harry Higgs	+2	10*	1
T65	Rickie Fowler	+3	14*	1
T65	Trevor Cone	+3	10	1
T65	Austen Christiansen	+3	8	1
T68	Aaron Baddeley	+4	17	1
T68	Preston Summerhays	+4	10	1
T68	Jared Jones	+4	10*	1
-	Daniel Berger	E	-	1
-	Ben Martin	E	-	1
-	Rico Hoey	E	-	1
-	Trey Mullinax	E	-	1
-	Patrick Fishburn	E	-	1
-	Chandler Phillips	E	-	1
-	Sam Ryder	E	-	1
-	Henrik Norlander	E	-	1
-	Ryan Fox	E	-	1
-	Ryan Palmer	E	-	1
-	Jimmy Walker	E	-	1
-	Mac Meissner	E	-	1
-	Charley Hoffman	E	-	1
-	Ben Griffin	E	-	1
-	Kevin Kisner	E	-	1
-	Doug Ghim	E	-	1
-	Car Young	E	-	1
-	Hideki Matsuyama	E	-	1
-	Keegan Bradley	E	-	1
-	Jordan Spieth	E	-	1
-	Luke List	E	-	1
-	Lee Hodges	E	-	1
-	Matt Kuchar	E	-	1
-	Ludvig Åberg	E	-	1
-	Maverick McNealy	E	-	1
-	Akshay Bhatia	E	-	1
-	Emiliano Grillo	E	-	1
-	Nick Hardy	E	-	1
-	Webb Simpson	E	-	1
-	Corey Conners	E	-	1
-	Max Homa	E	-	1
-	Gary Woodland	E	-	1
-	Peter Malnati	E	-	1
-	Matt Wallace	E	-	1
-	Kurt Kitayama	E	-	1
-	Rafael Campos	E	-	1
-	Erik van Rooyen	E	-	1
-	Tom Hoge	E	-	1
-	Harry Hall	E	-	1
-	Brice Garnett	E	-	1
-	Francesco Molinari	E	-	1
-	Andrew Novak	E	-	1
-	Justin Lower	E	-	1
-	Sami Valimaki	E	-	1
-	Joel Dahmen	E	-	1
-	Greyson Sigg	E	-	1
-	Victor Perez	E	-	1
-	Kevin Roy	E	-	1
-	Danny Walker	E	-	1
-	Jeremy Paul	E	-	1
-	Max McGreevy	E	-	1
-	Frankie Capan III	E	-	1
-	Mason Andersen	E	-	1
-	Michael Thorbjornsen	E	-	1
-	Niklas Norgaard	E	-	1
-	Ben James	E	-	1
-	Takumi Kanaya	E	-	1
-	Paul Peterson	E	-	1
-	Ricky Castillo	E	-	1
-	Paul Waring	E	-	1
-	Cristobal Del Solar	E	-	1
-	Hunter Logan	E	-	1
-	Alejandro Tosti	E	-	1
-	Kris Ventura	E	-	1
-	Jackson Suber	E	-	1
-	William Mouw	E	-	1
-	Matthew Riedel	E	-	1
-	Thomas Rosenmueller	E	-	1
-	Thriston Lawrence	E	-	1
-	Jesper Svensson	E	-	1
-	Philip Knowles	E	-	1
-	Thorbjørn Olesen	E	-	1
-	Vince Covello	E	-	1
-	Patrick Pockels	E	-	1

Green reading

10 smart strategies to improve your green reading – you’ll make more putts

Masters 2024: Green-reading expert reveals the fascinating way Augusta National tricks players’ eyes

The basics of reading grain on greens: A 3-step explainer

A new green-reading formula is catching on with pros. Here’s how it works

Jeongeun Lee6: A Different Perspective

USGA/R&A ease back on limits to green-reading materials, new rules set to go in effect January 1

USGA and the R&A announce plan that limits scope of green-reading materials starting in 2019

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