I have to hand it to the ground crew at my club, they don't have an easy job. All winter/spring it was nothing but rain, that the greens held up as well as they did is remarkable. It's been bone dry the last couple of weeks and above normal temps, so the greens are lightning fast, which I normally wouldn't expect until early fall.

That said, I'm also thankful the ground crew does such a good job keeping them rolling true, you don't get a lot of hopping and skipping. I deal with the speed as it comes and know if I strike it well, the rest will take care of itself.

Hitting the practice green before a round with the hope that it is running the same as the greens on the course. If the first green on the course is either faster or slower, then I try to adjust as quick I as can.

If you have a Scotty Cameron with weight adjustment you could go heavier weights with slower green speeds and as they get faster during the year reduce the weight. Little thing that helps.

Also agree with the putting green being the same speed as the greens on the course is key. There are plenty of putting drills to get used to the current green speed.

Thanks guys these are all great ideas.

If I'm playing a new course, I always hit my first putt what I think would be dead weight. It's usually enough to get you within 2 foot. This allows me to adjust my head to the green speed if that makes sense.

Putting greens are good, but I'd still advise a cautious approach on the first as the putting green and the course can vary a lot.

I usually play the same putter,(Scotty Cameron GOLO 5 black) except when the greens are dead slow, then I'll use a Rife Barbados, Island series. Its a really heavy putter, but it allows me to keep my same stroke when the greens are slow.

My coach showed me this trick: go to the practice green pre-round and toss some balls from various distances to get the arm swing feel right. Then putt a couple to try to hone in on green speed. When on course, you can simulate tossing the ball on the green to approximate arm and shoulder speed.

Only been a few weeks, but I like what it's doing for my longer putts.

Thats what I'm looking for man, thats interesting Roger! I appreciate all the thoughts, but some are pretty obvious or basic. Im looking for thought processes and tricks to overcome the adjustment! Outside the box stuff! Thank you

I hate when you are use to one speed and the course changes it. Always throws me off for at least 3 rounds. Its mental for me knowing what they normally are

I have two Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Select Notchback putters 35". One is the first edition that came out in black and the loft on it is 4.5* and is weighted 15 grms for slower greens. The other is the last edition in that series in chrome and the loft on it is 3* and is weighted 10 grms for faster greens. If the greens are extremely fast (12) I play in tournaments, I just adjust by moving the putter closer and lessening the grip. I do not have that much of an issue with adjusting to the speed of the greens. I spend a little extra time on the putting greens and less time hitting my driver on the driving range.

for any hole I always want the ball at speed where if I miss the putt the ball rolls a foot past the hole(no more than that, uphill or downhill. does not matter). Before every round, and in this order, I drop 5 balls on the practice green, (I look for for the longest/flatest putt I can find) I hit 10 putts,( 5 uphill, 5 downhill), my goal is to find the speed for that day(do not care about accuracy at this point) . I watch the ball but I am not really putting towards any particular target, more of did I get a foot past the "goal line". I then ask my self do I feel good about my speed if "no" I start over if "yes" I move to the next step. Next step is 10 more putts (again 5 uphill 5 downhill) , but its not for speed its for break. I assume I have the speed down at this point and I find a hill on the putting green, if my speed is correct then it should break "X" amount and end up "there", if I learned step one correctly I should be close with the break and where it stops, if It didn't, back to step one. If its good then I move to the knee knockers (for me 5 footers) and here is where accuracy comes into play. 5 more putts, 5 out 5, or 4 out of 5 ok, anything less and I start again. if all that is a success, The very last thing I do is I take one last putt, from 4 foot, I will not even consider going to the first tee without the last thing I see is the ball falling in the hole on my last putt.

A cool drill I like that has some similarity to this is putting an alignment stick down and putting toward it from various lengths with the goal being to touch the alignment stick, but not allow the ball to travel with enough pace that it jumps over the alignment stick.

I have chose to not join a club because I like playing different courses. As a result I see everything from super fast to extremely slow greens. I'm talking leave it short on down hill putts slow.
I always warm up putting before every round by standing on one end of the practice green. I put to the closest pin than the farthest then to any pins inbetween to help get a guage of the green speeds. I never worry about making them just getting them to tap in range.
Then after I get the speed down I start trying to make the normal range putts.

Nice, thats a pretty good recommendation!

Why do green speeds differ from course to course? The more rounds, probably the slower the greens. Really has to do with the type of grass and the number of rounds played annually. Some grasses cannot withstand 50-60,000 rounds when cut low consistently. Just ensure that you spend some time on the greens before hitting the first tee. Warm up on the range, not time to practice you game. Haven't been in a while, go to the range the day before you play. As to adjusting to the speed on the greens. I adjust the length of my swing. Shorter for fast and longer for slow. All feel and try not to think about.