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Hack It Out Golf

SMS - 3 Putt Percentage from 35 Feet, Tour Pro, Scratch, and 20 Index

Hack It Out Golf

Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner

Sports, Education, Golf

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The dreaded 3 putt. You know the odds of it increases the further you get from the hole. How often, from 35 feet, will a Tour pro, a scratch golfer, and a 20 index take three putts to finish the hole? Lou poses this question to Mark and Greg, and two of their answers are off by shocking margins. This might help manage expectations, but it's also a wake-up call: here's an element of the game that investing a little practice could bring big benefits. Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap. Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee! Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database.  Check them out at: https://www.arccosgolf.com/  Use code DATALOU15 for 15% off! Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/subscribe Mark Crossfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4golfonline Mark Crossfield on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/4golfonline Lou Stagner's weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.loustagnergolf.com/subscribe Lou Stagner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouStagner Greg Chalmers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregChalmersPGA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Saturday. It's stat time. And Lou is ready. Locked and loaded with a stat to fire away

0:07.0

for me to look like an idiot and Gregi to just champion on like he is. Look at him smiling.

0:13.3

Yeah. To be fair, Lou's not working that hard to make you look like an idiot.

0:38.3

That's wonderful. I think I'm helping a bit, aren't I? That's the problem. I'm getting cocky now. I'm getting cocky, you are. You've so changed, Greg. You've so changed. Yeah, I love it. We're going to do something. I don't know that we've ever done this before. Maybe we have, but we don't do it often. We are going to mix, we're going to mix tour pros and amateurs today.

0:45.3

Yeah, definitely. We've done that. Yeah, we don't do that too often. And this is the chances that they three putt from 35 feet. Chances they three put put from 35 feet.

0:56.9

Chances they three putt from 35 feet.

1:03.6

And we're doing it for a Tor Pro, a scratch player, and a 20 handicap.

1:07.4

So a Tor Pro, Scratch Player, 20 handicap.

1:16.5

What percent of the time will they three putt from 35 feet? Okay. All right. This is.

1:20.7

Yeah, this will be a good one. I'm curious to see how you guys handle that because you're scaling between two very different groups here. Yeah. And I gave you some scratch players to start

1:25.7

with. So it's going to be, this is going to be a tough one. Is it pro, then scratch? Pro scratch and then 20 handicap. Your favorite? Yeah, love those 20s. What percent of the time do they three putt from 35 feet? All right. I am ready. I think I'm ready, but I'm not ready. If you know what I mean. Yeah, it's a tough one. It's a tough one to make, to, it's a lot easier to go scratch, 10 handicap, 20 handicap. You guys can scale that a little bit easier. It's tough to make that. I'm still not that confident with those numbers. Yeah. Well, you're not Greg is. I was talking to Greg there.

2:05.7

It wasn't the handicaps in the system that was really making it difficult. It was just difficult.

2:11.8

It was just difficult. All right, Greggy, we're going to start with you with your peers, Tor pros.

2:13.2

I went 3%. And this is the best of 3, by the way, because there's 3 questions here.

2:17.4

I went 1.7%. Is that work or do I have to go to?

2:21.1

No, that's right. You can say 1.753. It doesn't matter. It's up to you.

2:26.7

So you want her answer. All right, Mark, you get to go now for the scratch players.

2:29.6

6.5%.

2:30.8

6.5%. Gregi?

2:33.0

I went 7.5.

2:34.5

And finally, Gregi, with the 20 handicaps.

2:38.4

17%.

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