The topic of golf expectations...putting expectations is a touchy one.

Noyone wants to play with an asshole who gloats about draining putts all day long.

I talk with my players about when they have made putts and they usually say something like "three years ago there was a day when I made 3 putts over ten feet." They say it in a tone like the day they met their wife at the lake or when the Bengals last won a playoff game…..

I think that the correct expectation is to know that you've done the work around putting (easiest organized way is to practice what you learn in my 8 step putting camp). You have a yardage book of your favorite course and know the straight putt sections of each green. If you know that you know the break of every putt on the green and you can study it at night on Google Earth. You know the sections and then you can fiddle with your approaches to take MANY feet out of the total break of your putts in a day. Easier putts mean more putts drained. Your putter aims at exactly the target you want and you tell stories about how far off it was when you were tested. You learn your putter "willingness" so the putter itself wants to arrive in front of you without your help. You practice with your eyes closed and make a huge majority of your practice putts. You learn about grip size and how it effects the geometry of your hips when the putter is in motion. After that your body feels super stable. You start making a lot of putts. The putts you miss are tap ins.

The correct expectation in putting is to think you might make 4-6 putts a day that aren't "short." I think its important to be low key about it as most of your buddies don’t make that many in a month. I try to be helpful and chill and keep the utter pleasure of great hunting inside me every day.

Making putts is a daily thing and should not be revered like a special occasion.