# Three-putts, priced

A three-putt from 40 feet costs 0.94 strokes against the tour average and one from 20 feet costs 1.12, which makes it one of the few ordinary mistakes worth a full stroke. The cure is the lag: from 40 feet a first putt to 3 feet leaves 1.053 expected putts, and one to 8 feet leaves 1.515.

## Key figures

- A three-putt from 40 feet costs 0.94 strokes and from 20 feet 1.12 against the tour average.
- From 40 feet a lag to 3 feet is worth +0.01; a lag to 12 feet -0.63.

## Scope

- All figures are the published tour expected putts table; the three percent tour three-putt rate is the widely reported figure.

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