If you are a beginning golfer, it is useful to understand the basic layouts of the golf course. The major components of a typical golf course include the tee box, the golf fairway, rough, fairway and greenside sand bunkers, "hazard" areas, and finally the putting green that contains a flagstick inserted into the cup. This cup is the target destination for the golf ball on a particular hole.
This article defines the putting green.
The putting green is an area of closely cut grass that surrounds the golf hole (or cup) on the golf course. For a regulation 18-hole golf course, there will be 18 putting greens where the golfer hits his or her final golf shots to close out the hole before moving on to the next golf hole.
Putting greens can vary in speed and slope depending on the complexity of the golf course. Tougher golf courses usually have faster putting surfaces and varying slopes that require a good deal of skill to gauge properly. Easier golf courses usually have slower and straighter putting surfaces.
Putting green "slope" is the degree that the golf ball "breaks" left or right toward the hole. For many beginner golfers, this is the toughest aspect of putting, especially on longer golf putts. For example, a golf ball that starts to the left, but rolls right once struck is said to break "left to right" and vice versa. On tougher golf course putting greens, it is often difficult to gauge the degree that the putt will break which often results in extra putts per golf hole.
Another difficult aspect of putting is putting distance control. This is another area that beginner golfers struggle with and is combated by developing the proper "feel" for the golf stroke and resultant distance. Developing this feel (and touch) come from a lot of practice on the putting green.
The act of putting the golf ball in the golf hole is critical to a good golf score. In fact, putting accounts for over 50% of most golfer's golf shots during a regulation round.
Golfers typically take two putts once their ball lies on the putting green to get the golf ball in the cup. Though "three-putts" are fairly common, they are highly disregarded as several three-putts in a round can have a big impact on the final golf score.
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