As soon as you read the title of this post, you immediately said ‘DUH’ – of course it is important. Most amateurs, including myself, have experienced rounds where we seem to putting from 30 plus feet from the pin more often than not. It is frustrating because we are getting to the green reasonably, however we are not in a position to sink putts that will lower our scores. Actually, we are placing ourselves at distances where three putts are just as likely as two putts. And one putts are a rare commodity. Over the years I have practiced the skill of long putting and have my own technique which has drastically reduced the number of three putts I make over any given round. This is no big secret, but the fundamental aspect of my distance putting relies on only one thing; lets explore that today.
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A Quick Tip To Read A Green
Reading the greens is a tough skill to develop for most amateurs. There are many factors to consider which change for each putt. I wish I could give you a 100% guaranteed process for sinking more putts, but I cannot. It is a skill that is developed over time as you develop more experience reading greens. There is, however, a quick overview of the five aspects of putting that every player should know. I realized there are a great deal more as you skill improves. However, this is a great place to start.
Continue readingFinding Your Aim Point When Putting
There takes a bit of imagination to be a great putter in golf. Understanding who our ball will react to the conditions of the green is something gleaned through experience. I have played golf for 50 years and I still find it challenging sometimes on the short grass. I often wonder why after all this time I still find it challenging to hit my ball into the hole from a relatively short distance. Often my misses are a result of choosing the wrong aim point. I make solid contact and my ball rolls over where I chose, but it still misses the hole. Why is that and can it please stop!
Continue readingFixing Poor Contact With Your Putter
I will not use the dreaded words – the yips – because that is a complete lost of confidence with the flat stick. We can still struggle making poor contact with our putter without losing out confidence. Many times, it is something that we are suddenly doing or not doing with our putter stroke that is causing poor contact and more missed putts. It happens to me from time to time and I have found a way to fix this challenge is short order. It is not difficult and everyone can do it; but, it does require a bit of focus.
Continue readingReading The Break On The Green
One of the greatest challenges faced my golfers happens on the green. Reading the break is a challenge at the best of times and understanding how the ball breaks in relation to your putting style and speed is vital to a great short game. When playing with others, we always watch their putt (or at least we should) in order to garner any information of what happens around the hole. Unfortunately, many players do not process this information well because they are not processing the proper data in order to apply it to their golf game. It is this oversight that causes players to misread their putt on a consistent basis. I know this this is a challenge for many amateurs and I think I can help.
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