Free Look Available Today - Click Here !
What Impact Putting Instruction Means To Us As Golfers Is Complete Mastery Of The Most Difficult Putting Variable - The Speed Of The Putt
IMPROVE YOUR GREEN READING WITH THIS SIMPLE PUTTING TIP
Whenever you the wrong speed on a breaking putt, it is difficult to judge exactly where the correct line of the putt should have been. This can have a negative effect on your overall ability to consistently read the greens properly, especially if you don’t play as often as you would like. And for newer players this will extend the learning time taken to skillfully read the greens.
Try this on your next few of rounds of golf.
Whenever you miss a breaking putt, and you are sure you hit the correct speed, i.e. the ball will stop at a point roughly 15-18 inches past the hole, make a note whether you have missed the hole on the high side or the low side. Mark it on your scorecard, e.g. “H” &”L” Keep doing this for a few rounds.
After a short while you will have built a record and you may find there is a definite error pattern in your break reading abilities.
Most amateur players do not allow enough break, and they will nearly always miss on the lower side of the hole (when the ball is hit at the correct speed).
This also means as the putt slows down, it has a tendency to be moving AWAY from the hole and when the putt speed is wrong it can leave a longer than desired putt to, or back to the hole, with a danger of missing that one too.
If your record indicates you are missing MOSTLY on the low side of the hole, do this:
On future putts pick your normal line as you have always done, and then ADD SOME MORE BREAK and adjust your line to that.
Keep doing this until you start making the putts you know you have hit at the correct speed. Do the opposite if you mainly miss on the high side.
You will also find, if originally you were guilty of not allowing enough break, even if you now hit some putts at the wrong speed the ball will end up closer to the hole, thus giving you the maximum chance of holing it on the next putt.
You are still going to miss the putts you hit at the wrong speed, but at least you will make a few extra putts when you do get the speed right.
Over a period of time you will gradually adjust to picking the correct break and will automatically pick the best line first time.
Give it a try, you will save strokes.
