How to Hole More Putts - Golf Pro Putting Tips
Hole Out More Golf Break Putts, Control Lag Putts, Hole Short Putts
Jun 9, 2009
Hole more putts to lower golf scores and save golf shots. Hole golf putts from short range and learn to lag putt. Stop three putt greens with a good putting stroke.
Hole more putts with a good stroke and develop touch with effective exercises. Learn how to putt better to save you shots with these putting tips.
Good Putting Stroke for Short Putts
- A good putting stroke has the minimum of hand action. Experiment with different grips that lock the left wrist. The reverse overlap grip is the most popular. Above all cut out the wrists from working. Try taping a pencil to the back of your left hand and forearm to help lock the wrists so the hands can’t move.
- To develop a good pendulum stroke with no hands, take up your putting stance, then slip a club under your arms and pin it to the chest with your upper arm. The shoulders arms and hands become a solid unit. Practice short putts with the club pinned to you.
- Find yourself a straight four-foot putt and take up your stance. Then, without a backswing, roll the ball at the hole. This is a great exercise to keep the putter face square to the target. Try to hold the finish of the stroke and then reproduce the same finish when you putt properly
- On all short putts listen for the ball to go into the hole, do not look up to see, keep the head still. If you find this difficult, practice with you head against a wall. This will give you immediate feed back if your head moves.
- Try this exercise at home or on the golf course. Hit the first of three balls across the green about twenty feet. Do not aim at a target, this is an exercise for distance control. Wherever the ball has stopped, hit the second putt so it goes past the first ball. On the third putt try to make sure it comes up short of the first. Keep practicing until it become easy. There is no better exercise to develop touch from distance.
- Put a dollar or pound coin down on the kitchen floor, then try to hit it with your putter. This is a very good exercise to develop a stroke that comes into the ball on a consistent level angle. Too steep and the bottom of the putter will bounce on top of the coin. Too shallow and the putter will contact the ground behind the coin.
- To read a putt well you must look from both sides of the hole. The break always looks different from behind the hole. Take your time to read the putt, most golfers hurry and never give themselves a chance of rolling up close or even holing out.
- Draw a line round the ball. When you have read the putt put the ball down so the line is vertical and aim it where you want to start the ball off. When you take up your stance, aim the line on your putter up with the line on the ball. The trick of this discipline is to ignore the hole and trust the lines. Do not look up to see where the ball has gone, keep the head still.
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