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Golf Tips - Tips To Improve Your Putting
If you are seriously considering lowering your scores, then you
must take your putting seriously, as roughly half the strokes
you play in a round of golf are likely to be on the putting
green. However good you are at driving, pitching and chipping,
if your putting is not up to standard, you will never make the
next level. My Dad told me the famous quote when I was probably
about 12 or 13, 'Drive for show putt for dough', this says it
all! That is why it is quite incredible that putting is not
often concentrated on.
Tips for setup:
First of all I'd just like to say that there is no one correct
putting grip/posture/stroke, there are wide variations, so if
your technique is different, don't worry, some of the top
golfers have very different putting actions e.g. Bernhard
Langer, Ben Crenshaw and Tom Watson all have very different
techniques. These are basic tips that can be applied to most
techniques to help improve your game.
An ideal putting stroke should strike the ball on the up, to do
this the ball should be placed opposite the inside of the left
heal (for a right hander), this results in the ball being hit on
the up and top spin is generated.
In relation to setup, the hands should be either inline with the
ball or ahead of the ball, if the hands are behind the ball,
then a clean consistent strike of the ball is not likely, and
the common result is the ball popping up in the air.
Tension on the green is one the most destructive things that can
happen to your putting, especially with the short putts, this is
known as getting the 'yips', this is caused by moving during the
stroke. This causes you to 'fluff' your shot and miss your putt.
To avoid this happening, concentrate on the spot where the ball
was after impact rather than following the ball. This ensures
that you do not move your head during impact and will help give
you the clean smooth impact you require.
A simple technique to reduce the tension in the body and the
stroke is simply to let your arms dangle in front of you before
you
putt and gently shake them. This should relax your muscles
enabling an enhanced sensation of feel and touch, both vital for
reliable consistent putting.
Tips for the swing
Your grip should not be too tight, and your arms should be
relaxed. Gently and smoothly in a one piece action, sweep the
putter backwards. It is important to keep the triangle formed
between your arms and the line joining your shoulders consistent
through the whole shot and the shape should not change. The move
backwards should be like a pendulum movement with your arms,
while your wrists remain stiff. A good tip for making sure that
this is correct is by starting the action by dropping your left
shoulder; this will get the pendulum motion started.
Keeping the triangle mentioned before in tact, in a pendulum
motion, accelerate the putter smoothly through the ball; the
ball should be hit on the up. Throughout this whole period, keep
your eyes fixed on the ball to avoid fluffing the putt and keep
the eyes fixed on that spot after impact.
It is vital after impact that the left wrist remains firm and
does not break; the follow-through should go inline with the
direction you were aiming and should be the same length as the
backswing.
Key points
Try and relax before playing the stroke, this will help enhance
your feel and touch and help avoid the yips due to excess tension
The stroke should be a pendulum action swinging with your
shoulders and arms while the wrists remain stiff.
Don't move your head during the swing.
Swing in a relaxed smooth fashion with a smooth and constant
rhythm.
Keep the wrists firm throughout the stroke.
Play the ball from underneath the eyes.
Have the ball in the front of the stance to ensure that the ball
is hit on the up.
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