Green reading

March 27th, 2026

This two-thirds green-reading formula is simple genius

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March 20th, 2026

Three principles for better putting, from the world’s best putting coach

Master your putting with three essential skills: start line, speed and green reading—plus simple drills to help you improve fast.

October 8th, 2024

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

The reason why most of your putts don’t go in is because you’re misreading them. Unlike mashing a drive 320 metres, you possess all the tools to avoid these kinds of judgment errors. You just need to learn a few things that’ll help you along the way.

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

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

The proposed limitations on green-reading materials, detailed by the ruling bodies in an announcement in July, will not be so limiting after all.

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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Charles Schwab Challenge - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Eric Cole	-12	13	4
2	Ben Griffin	-11	F	4
T3	Michael Brennan	-10	15	4
T3	J.J. Spaun	-10	13	4
T3	Alex Smalley	-10	13	4
T3	Mac Meissner	-10	13	4
T7	Steven Fisk	-9	F	4
T7	Gary Woodland	-9	16	4
T7	Michael Thorbjornsen	-9	15	4
T7	Mackenzie Hughes	-9	14	4
T7	Russell Henley	-9	13	4
T7	Ryan Gerard	-9	13	4
T13	Jordan Smith	-8	F	4
T13	Hideki Matsuyama	-8	14	4
T15	Justin Thomas	-7	15	4
T15	Nico Echavarria	-7	14	4
T17	Rico Hoey	-6	F	4
T17	Michael Kim	-6	F	4
T17	Andrew Putnam	-6	F	4
T17	A.J. Ewart	-6	F	4
T17	Ludvig Åberg	-6	17	4
T22	Max Homa	-5	F	4
T22	Brice Garnett	-5	F	4
T22	Zach Bauchou	-5	F	4
T22	Matt Kuchar	-5	F	4
T22	Pi Coody	-5	F	4
T22	Akshay Bhatia	-5	17	4
T22	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	16	4
T29	Brandt Snedeker	-4	F	4
T29	Keita Nakajima	-4	F	4
T29	Brian Harman	-4	17	4
T29	Doug Ghim	-4	16	4
T33	Garrick Higgo	-3	F	4
T33	Lanto Griffin	-3	F	4
T35	J.T. Poston	-2	F	4
T35	Keegan Bradley	-2	F	4
T35	Max McGreevy	-2	F	4
T35	Kevin Yu	-2	F	4
T35	Davis Thompson	-2	F	4
T35	Lee Hodges	-2	F	4
T35	Johnny Keefer	-2	F	4
T42	Kevin Streelman	-1	F	4
T42	Joel Dahmen	-1	F	4
T42	Emiliano Grillo	-1	F	4
T42	Adrien Saddier	-1	F	4
T42	Ricky Castillo	-1	F	4
T42	Jeffrey Kang	-1	F	4
T42	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-1	F	4
T42	Austin Smotherman	-1	F	4
T42	Sam Stevens	-1	F	4
T42	Robert MacIntyre	-1	F	4
T42	Billy Horschel	-1	F	4
T42	Chandler Blanchet	-1	F	4
T54	Seamus Power	E	F	4
T54	Luke Clanton	E	F	4
T54	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	4
T54	Patrick Fishburn	E	F	4
T54	Andrew Novak	E	F	4
T54	Tom Kim	E	F	4
T60	Mark Hubbard	+1	F	4
T60	Patrick Rodgers	+1	F	4
T60	Nick Dunlap	+1	F	4
T60	Matt McCarty	+1	F	4
T60	Sahith Theegala	+1	F	4
T60	Taylor Moore	+1	F	4
66	Ryo Hisatsune	+2	F	4
T67	Thorbjørn Olesen	+3	F	4
T67	Jackson Suber	+3	F	4
T67	Austin Eckroat	+3	F	4
70	Erik van Rooyen	+4	F	4
T71	Tom Hoge	+5	F	4
T71	Lucas Glover	+5	F	4
T71	Davis Riley	+5	F	4
T74	Kevin Roy	+6	F	4
T74	Adam Schenk	+6	F	4
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	-1	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	-1	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	-1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Kisner	-1	F	2
CUT	Zac Blair	-1	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	-1	F	2
CUT	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-1	F	2
CUT	William Mouw	-1	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	-1	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	E	F	2
CUT	Beau Hossler	E	F	2
CUT	Ben Kohles	E	F	2
CUT	Tony Finau	E	F	2
CUT	Keith Mitchell	E	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	E	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	E	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	E	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	E	F	2
CUT	Sam Ryder	E	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	E	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	E	F	2
CUT	Zecheng Dou	+1	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+1	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+1	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	+1	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	+1	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	+1	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+1	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	+2	F	2
CUT	Webb Simpson	+2	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	+2	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	+2	F	2
CUT	Harry Hall	+2	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	+2	F	2
CUT	Hank Lebioda	+2	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	+2	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+2	F	2
CUT	Rickie Fowler	+3	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	+3	F	2
CUT	Trace Crowe	+3	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	+4	F	2
CUT	Dan Brown	+4	F	2
CUT	Rasmus Højgaard	+4	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	+4	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	+4	F	2
CUT	Max Greyserman	+5	F	2
CUT	Chris Kirk	+5	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	+5	F	2
CUT	Sungjae Im	+6	F	2
CUT	Albert Hansson	+7	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+7	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	+8	F	2
CUT	John Parry	+8	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	+9	F	2
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+10	F	2
WD	Stephan Jaeger	-	-

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Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Joaquin Niemann	-12	18	4
2	Talor Gooch	-12	18	4
3	Bryson DeChambeau	-11	18	4
4	Dustin Johnson	-10	18	4
5	Scott Vincent	-9	18	4
T6	Brendan Steele	-8	18	4
T6	Harold Varner III	-8	18	4
T8	Travis Smyth	-7	18	4
T8	Marc Leishman	-7	18	4
T8	Charles Howell III	-7	18	4
T8	Lucas Herbert	-7	18	4
T12	Ben Campbell	-6	18	4
T12	Branden Grace	-6	18	4
T12	Younghan Song	-6	18	4
T12	Laurie Canter	-6	18	4
T16	Cameron Smith	-4	18	4
T16	Ian Poulter	-4	18	4
T16	David Puig	-4	18	4
T16	Jon Rahm	-4	18	4
T20	Jason Kokrak	-3	18	4
T20	Anthony Kim	-3	18	4
T20	Thomas Pieters	-3	18	4
T23	Sebastian Muñoz	-2	18	4
T23	Dean Burmester	-2	18	4
T23	Tom McKibbin	-2	18	4
T23	Victor Perez	-2	18	4
T23	Doyeob Mun	-2	18	4
T23	Richard Bland	-2	18	4
T29	Abraham Ancer	-1	18	4
T29	Bubba Watson	-1	18	4
T29	Adrian Meronk	-1	18	4
T29	Danny Lee	-1	18	4
T29	Sergio Garcia	-1	18	4
T34	Charl Schwartzel	E	18	4
T34	Cameron Tringale	E	18	4
T34	Josele Ballester	E	18	4
T37	Byeong Hun An	+1	18	4
T37	Luis Masaveu	+1	18	4
T37	Lee Westwood	+1	18	4
T37	Louis Oosthuizen	+1	18	4
T41	Thomas Detry	+2	18	4
T41	Yosuke Asaji	+2	18	4
T41	Richard T. Lee	+2	18	4
T41	Anirban Lahiri	+2	18	4
T45	Martin Kaymer	+3	18	4
T45	Max Rottluff	+3	18	4
T45	Caleb Surratt	+3	18	4
T45	Graeme McDowell	+3	18	4
T45	Elvis Smylie	+3	18	4
T50	Miguel Tabuena	+4	18	4
T50	Michael La Sasso	+4	18	4
T52	Carlos Ortiz	+5	18	4
T52	Peter Uihlein	+5	18	4
54	Minkyu Kim	+6	18	4
55	Sam Horsfield	+9	18	4
56	Björn Hellgren	+14	18	4
57	Matthew Wolff	+21	18	4

Green reading

This two-thirds green-reading formula is simple genius

Three principles for better putting, from the world’s best putting coach

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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2	OKGC	-20	18	4
3	RIPPER GC	-15	18	4
4	4ACES GC	-14	18	4
5	HYFLYERS GC	-13	18	4
6	TORQUE GC	-10	18	4
7	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-7	18	4
8	FIREBALLS GC	-4	18	4
9	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-2	18	4
10	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-1	18	4
T11	LEGION XIII	E	18	4
T11	MAJESTICKS GC	E	18	4
13	RANGEGOATS GC	+19	18	4