What is the key to mid-range and long-range deployment? One of the PGA Tour’s best from this length has a simple tip to guide your next practice session.
Max Greyserman has only 27 career PGA Tour starts under his belt, but in the 2024 season (where he made 26 of those starts) he finished runner-up three times and was a finalist for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (an award eventually won by Nick Dunlap). Grayserman didn’t win his first year on Tour, but he scored six top 10s and missed just six cuts all year.
His season ended at the BMW Championship (he was T28) but his year was good enough to finish 48th in the FedEx Cup standings, meaning he qualified for all of the lucrative 2025 Signature Events – is.
A key to his success was his determination. Greyserman ranked second on Tour last season in Strokes Gained: Putting, hitting .749 on the field. But it was his midrange and lateness that set him up for success. (If you’re a good late shooter, you’ll make three shots less often.)
Greyserman led the tournament in putts from 20-25 feet, and he placed second in putts from 10-15 feet. His secret? Speed control.
“I watch all these guys practice with the ball starting on the line, and I’m like, putting is actually 50 percent speed, 40 percent green reading and 10 percent starting on the line,” Grayserman said in a presentation of last in GOLF’s Subpar. podcast. “So I rarely practice initiation. I practice speed almost entirely. So I won’t even make a hole too many times. I just think a lot of guys have it backwards.”
And if you’re looking for a good late workout to get your speed on, there are many out there to help.
You can listen to the full episode with Greyserman hereor you can watch the YouTube video below.
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