bigreece:
The only tip that needs to be given is to the programmer-there are so many glitches in this game, putting is sssssooooo inconsistent: aim, slope, speed are a joke and strictly a guessing game. One example, on BPB while putting downhill from 27 feet, came up short and the next shot was uphill? Not very realistic, to say the least.
Drive for show and putt with a rabbits foot!
Putting IS a guessing game. Especially the longer ones. I've found the game's putting element to be very realistic. But if you'd like to look at it more scientifically... more analytically... you can, but some effort and knowledge of the lie is required.
What may be happening when your putts come up short, is a misunderstanding of the slope of the green along the path of the putt. I think it has been mentioned earlier, but bears repeating, that the "slope arrows" ( v and ^ indicators) show the overall difference relative to the height of the spot where the golfer's feet are placed.
For example, let's look at a putt that could easily be misread and that could easily come up short...
I am faced with a 20ft putt that shows v3in in the display while the aiming tool is placed at the cup. If I determine that I need enough power taken away from my level 20ft putt to adjust for this reduction of 3 inches of drop, I could be wrong. I must first "survey" the putt's path with the targeting tool to determine the true rises (^) and drops (v) along that path.
Even though the target display initially shows v3in, the green along the path of the putt may rise to ^1in or ^2in or more. It might also show v1in or v2in which would also indicate a rise along the putt's path, because v1in and v2in is higher than v3in. These changes along the path must be accounted for to determine my true adjustment in power.
Back to the 20ft example... I survey the path of my putt and find that, indeed, there are rises and drops along it... in fact, with the aiming tool placed 3 feet before the cup, I see v4in displayed in the aiming tool. So now I know that, for the last 3 feet of the putt, the ball will actually be rolling uphill. Knowing this, I realize that I need to account for it, and add enough to overcome this last inch of rise. If I didn't take the time to check it, the putt could easily have come up short, leaving an uphill putt.
I hope this makes sense to you (bigreese) and others, and not just to me. If further explanation is needed, just ask, and I'll be happy to try to make it clearer.
Good Luck. ;^)