The best putters alive only make about half their eight-foot putts, and even at the best events of the year, the leaders average under five birdies a round. That gap between what golf looks like on TV and what it actually is might be costing you more strokes than your swing ever will.

This is episode one of a brand new five-part series based on Jon Sherman's book The Four Foundations of Golf, and today I get into his ridiculously simple happiness formula, plus exactly what a good shot actually looks like for a real golfer, not a tour pro.

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