Golf Putting Lessons
Your Natural Putting Stroke Is Technically Correct - For a lot people, putting is a problem they can't seem to solve. Most of them set off on a search for technical improvement. Often this causes more harm than good. Most young golfers are good putters. Have you ever wondered what happened to that teenager you used to be that holed out everything?
Putt Better By Allowing Your Putting Zone Find You - Life in the zone is simple. The correct line jumps out at you and the feel for the speed on every putt is automatically set in your mind and easily translates to the body with no extra effort. Your routine just happens without thought, and every putt comes off just as intended.
The Top 3 Reasons You Miss Short Putts - If you hit every green in regulation and three putted them all you're still a bogey golfer. If you miss every green but make every putt you are a scratch golfer. Obviously nobody putts that well or poorly, but it shows a mathematical possibility that putting improvement alone could turn a bogey golfer into scratch. No other shot has that power.
The Top 3 Ways To Miss A Short Putt - The average weekend golfer doesn't make nealy as many short putts as they should. But making 90% from three feet is well within the reach of a non practicing putter. There are really only three ways that short putts are missed.
Better Putting And A Clear Mind - It never seems to fail. Every time a golfer gets a little out of sorts with the putter, the first thing they do is start looking for some problem with their putting stroke. Sometimes the golfer will try a different putter. Some resort to major grip changes. Many do both.
Putt Better Starting Right Now - How many strokes could you knock off your score if you never missed a putt inside of ten feet? Fact is, you will never make every putt you hit, but once you get inside of ten feet every putt you look at is one you should make.
Looking At The Hole When Putting Is Crazy And Just Doesn't Make Any Sense - Now there are some people who are starting to advocate looking at the hole when they are putting. Johnny Miller won a tournament late in his career doing just that. Now I have just read that Colin Montgomery was looking at the hole on longer putts.
What Is All This Talk About Visualizing A Putt? - I was watching a golf tournament on TV a few weeks ago and all of the announcers kept talking about how important it is to "visualize" the shot. One even made a comment about Tiger visualizing his shot.
What Can Science Do To Improve My Putting? - You see it everywhere. Golf technology taking the world by storm. A gadget for every problem. New balls that fly forever with little spin. Drivers that make the old wooden ones look like Fisher Price toys. The list just goes on and on. But what has science been able to do to improve your putting? Well, the balls are more balanced for longer. They have a little more feel to them than the old models.
Why Don't You Have A Putter That Is Easier To Aim? - When you miss a putt, you had one of three things wrong. You missed on the speed, you missed on the line, or you did everything else right and you had your putter aimed wrong.
Three Green Reading Tips For Putting On A Strange Golf Course - Playing a new golf course can be a great experience. But it can also be a big disappointment when you shoot way over your average because you can't figure out the nuances of the greens.
Good Putting Gone Bad And How To Correct It - Often a normally good putter will lose it on the greens. They miss putts they used to make all the time. Their confidence takes a nose dive. This is the ultimate test of strength for a golfer.
Putting Instruction Is Obsolete - Putting instruction today is obsolete. The modern PGA Professional teaches the same things that have failed golfers for decades. They will continue to fail golfers for decades to come.
The 3 Steps To Short Putting Success - A missed short putt cost you one stroke every time. You may be able to recover from a bad drive or a less than great iron shot. There is no such luxury on a short putt. That is what leads a lot of people to make them more difficult than they need to be.
Why You Should Always Line Up Your Golf Ball When Putting - Noting in the game of golf is easier than lining up a line on your golf ball to the intended starting line of your putt. Being able to put a tee in the ground pales in comparison to the advantage of placing a visible line of reference on the otherwise invisible line.
Why Putting Ain't Golf In Slow Motion - It takes a reasonable amount of physical skill to propel a golf ball 300 yards or more. Not very many average weekend golfers have that kind of skill. But it takes even more skill to take basically the same mindset you have with the driver in your hand and slow it down to control a three foot putt.
Can A Golfer Putt Better Without Practice? - When it comes to putting, most people don't have time to practice. Still others just don't like to practice putting and will spend their time hitting balls on the range. Is it possible to get better at putting without practice?
Short Putting Is All Or Nothing - I love short putting. No other shot in golf is like it. You must hit a specific target at a certain speed to be successful. And if you fail, there are no second chances and no recovery. You add one to your score and (hopefully) tap in.
A Golf Putting Tip For Finding Your Putting Zone - Every golfer has had them. Those days when every putt the golfer looks at goes in dead center at perfect speed. The lines are so clear they may as well have had them painted for you. How do you find that putting zone?
12 Putting Tips For All Golfers - These tips combine to provide the reader with one comprehensive putting lesson. Your putting improvement is guaranteed if you follow tip number 12.
Should The Shoulders Turn In The Putting Stroke - You often hear about the turning of the arms through impact in the golf swing. It is referred to as supination, a term that was introduced by Ben Hogan. Pronation is used to describe the turning of the arms on the backswing.
Open Your Stance When Your Putting Goes Awry - Putting touch can come and go. In other articles I have addressed some possible on the course corrections for when your touch is off on any given day. But what about when your distance is pretty good, but you can't seem to get the ball started on the right line?
Only Two Things Matter In Putting - The root problem for anyone who suffers from putting woes is they forget how easy putting really is and try to learn and use a technically perfect stroke. The pros have time to practice and make just about anything work. The average guy has no such luxury.
Quit Tinkering With Putting Technique And Start Building Confidence On The Putting Greens - It never ceases to amaze me at how difficult most people make putting. Short putting, in particular, is very easy. When we are young, putting is a breeze. A three footer doesn't even get a second thought. Have you ever wondered why that is? I did for a long time while I fought the yips.
In Putting, Speed And Break Are Inseperable - As I frequently say, in putting speed is king. In reality, you cannot properly judge the line of the putt unless the speed you intend to hit it has already been determined.
Make at Least One Putt a Hole - Each time you don't hole out on the green you are costing yourself a chance to build confidence. You are depriving yourself of the opportunity to watch the ball go in the hole.
In Putting There Are Only Two Things That Matter - Putting, being the most important part of golf, need not also be the most complicated. It is a simple target game, no more difficult than pool when there is a single ball on the table and a straight in shot of 12 inches. If you can make that shot, you can putt.
Master One Distance for Better Putting - If you spend some of your practice time mastering one distance, say 15 feet, it makes adjusting for different length putts a whole lot easier.
Going to New Lengths for Better Putting - When it comes to putters, there is no shortage for designs. If you can imagine a design in your mind, somebody has probably made something pretty close to it. There is a perfect looking putter head for everybody.
What is the Perfect Putting Speed - I'll say it one more time. When it comes to putting, speed is King. A putt hit at the perfect speed has the greatest chance of going in. But what is the perfect speed? Should you hit it 12 inches past the hole? Six inches?
Release Your Putting Mind, Not Your Putter Head - It never ceases to amaze me how people who are having putting problems always follow those who have also had putting problems. Some poor soul who has totally lost it on the greens tries out some new grip that seems to work for them, and the next thing you know everybody with a putting issue is trying it.
A Quick Putting Warmup - How many times have you gotten to the course with just a few minutes left til your tee time. You rush into pay, then if your lucky over to the range to hit a few balls. Maybe, you go to the green for about two minutes, then race off to the tee. That is no way to start a round of golf. But if you only have five minutes to warm up, oh well...
Why You Should Practice Putting By Hitting Two Footers - I was a great putter in my teens and early twenties. Then I struggled with yips from my mid twenties to the mid thirties. Then I became a great putter again and have been for several years now. Not a sign of the yips and I always have soaring confidence on the greens.
How to Find Your Putting Feel - When it comes to putting, speed is king. Always has been and always will be. If you hit a putt too hard or leave it short, it won't go in even if it is on line.
Putting Is No Fun If You Make It A Matter Of Life And Death - One thing that I learned in the putting struggle was that I, and most other golfers too, have a tendency to try to find something wrong with what they are doing. The search always begins with a technical analysis hoping to reveal some correctable technical flaw.
How to Select a New Putter - Many times when golfers are putting poorly, they will look to their equipment. Whether or not that is the cause of the problem is doubtful. It is more likely the golfers lack of belief in the putter than it is the club itself.
How to Putt From Off The Green - Most golf courses that I have played have had little rough around the greens. Many courses use the same machines for cutting areas around the greens as they do the fairway.
How to Line Up Your Ball to Putt - As simple and obvious thing as it is to do, I still see most average players fail to line up their ball. I don't care if you you use the brandname or make a line on it, if you don't have your ball lined up you are putting blind.
Are Putting Yips Really In Your Mind? - A search of the internet shows a general consensus that the putting yips are a mental affliction caused by fear and a lack of confidence. As is normally the case when considering conventional wisdom, the symptoms are confused with the cause.
Two Putting Tips For Downhill Putts - You probably can't play a round of golf without having at least one scary downhill putt. The kind that if you don't make it you feel like you are doomed to have a five footer coming back.
Never Take Putting Seriously On Slow And Bumpy Greens - If you have to play a golf course that has really slow and bumpy greens, I feel for you. Whether it is the result of poor conditioning (or maybe the greens have been aerated), it can wreak havoc with your putting confidence if you take it too seriously.
How to Find the Right Putting Grip Pressure for You - Look for a moment at the fact there are so many different kinds of grips used by the PGA Tour pros. It makes it quite obvious that the position of the hands on the club while you are putting is irrelevant.
Play More Break On Fast Putts And Less Break On Slow Ones - There are many factors that influence the break of the ball on a putting green. Sidehill slope plays a significant role, as does the grain of the grass. Then you have the uphill or downhill grade.
Is There Such A Thing As The Perfect Putting Grip? - What you are seeing when someone makes major changes to their grip in an unconventional way is the last gasp of a desperate player who has lost all confidence in themselves. The only more desperate measure they can take is to go to a long putter.
How To Survive Putting On A Strange Golf Course - But sometimes, a golfer may venture out to a totally new place, one they have never seen. Greens they have never putted on. The advantage of local knowledge is lost. Often times the experience is totally ruined by poor putting.
Putting Tips Defined And Explained - Putting tips are easy to find. You get them on the course, on the TV, in magazines, and of course the internet. But what is a putting tip anyway? Is it the words on a page or computer screen? Is it the words spoken by a golf professional?
