Eliminating Three Putts To Hole Out
If you need to shoot a lower number when golfing then you can not waste any shot. Nearly every single time that you 3 putt a green it is like you are giving shots away. Well, I’d like to help you stop doing that by making sure that it’s easy to get the ball near enough with your lengthy putts that you easily make your next one and save a stroke.
I know you do not have a lot of time to practice so the very first thing you have to do is stop wasting any time that you have. You need to focus your putting practice on making the close putts of 10 feet and shorter and then your distance control on the 25 foot and farther. Stop working from 10-25 feet because even with an ideal stroke you are not going to make a high percentage of these putts and you are not likely to three putt from here either.
Therefore to practice your distance step off 25 feet away from the cup and place a marker in the ground. Hit three balls toward the cup and then go up and ensure all of them are within a putter’s distance from the hole. When you improve you can worry about making sure all your balls stop behind the cup, since a short putt has no possibility of going in , but for now we need to make certain you eliminate wasted shots by getting these putts near the whole.
As you start to learn distance control from 25 feet, take another step back to 28 feet and repeat. If you can get all three balls inside a putter’s length move back to 31 feet. Add three feet each time you have three successful putts inside a putter’s length and in almost no time you will start to find out how hard you need to hit the ball.
One additional tip on picking up distance control. As you move further away from the hole and you need to hit it further, lengthen your stroke. Too many people try to hit the ball harder with the same length of stroke, this is tough to do.
Jamie Faidley offers weekly putting tips on his site Straightforward Pars. If you would like him to contribute golf instruction content for your internet site you can contact him there.
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