Reflecting on this experiment.
First, a recap. You can read the first post to see my plan, how it actually played out: The first 12 days or so I was getting 1000 putts in nearly every day. I knew my schedule would get busier after that, and I was only getting in 5-700 for the next 10 days or so. Towards the end of the 30 days, I was at 3-500 per day, focusing on more quality putts than quantity. 70% of my putts were 20' and in, the other 30% never exceeded 30'.
Results.
Much smoother release - each tourney I've played recently, somebody will mention how smooth and natural looking my putting motion is. I've heard through the grapevine "There's this guy with a beard, Hawaiian shirt, and a fedora that has this incredible putt, he makes it look so easy." They're usually talking about my step through jump putts, or my lay-out diving putts.
I never practiced those. But the putting motion is the same that I have been practicing, just more exaggerated. And it works, I've hit so many putts in recent tourneys in the 25' - 45' range. It's those 20'ers that get me, but I can see that it's a completely mental thing, I go into it with a attitude of "this should be easy, I hope I don't miss." not consciously, inevitably I miss. My mental game still needs work, but I'm getting there.
I've gone from middle of the pack ma1 935 rated player to lead card ma1 player throwing consistent 970+ golf, much due to the work on my putting and mental game.
I still have lots of work to do, but I can see it now, I know exactly where I need to focus to improve.
Would I recommend it? Yes, if you're looking to seriously improve your game - 1000 putts a day was worth it, each day I would notice little things, work on little things, make small improvements, and see small results. It was a lot of work, I was so sore in the mornings, there was times I wanted to quit. I'm sure smaller quantities would show results, but I'm convinced that there's something in the number 1000, it truly was worth it, it helped.
Now to work on my mental game and win some more tourneys