subject: Putting Tips - All Putting Success Starts With These 2 Things [print this page] The 2 Most Important Things to Know About Putting
Putting Tips can be great and very helpful, but no improvement will happen until the two key factors in making putts are learned and practiced. It may seem simplistic, but here goes:
1. A Consistent Putting Stroke
You need a consistent putting stroke. There's no way around it. Without a consistent stroke the ball will take a different direction and speed every time. You cannot be a good putter without a consistent stroke. Your stance, grip and alignment may be wrong, but, if you use the same stroke every time, you will be better off than changing that stroke. I see many golfer using different strokes, grips and stances during the same round. It show in the inconsistency of their putting.
Achieving a consistent stroke will allow you to take advantage of putting tips and advice, one step at a time.
2. Reading Greens Well
Reading putting greens is as key as a consistent putting stroke. Even if you hit the ball in the same way every time, with a consistent stroke, without reading greens well you will miss many putts. Most occasional golfers will read too little break on big breaking putts and read too little on putts with a little break. Knowing how the ball will break is important. If you play the same course frequently, you should know how the greens break from experience. This is not learning to read greens, it's learning to read greens on one course. If you believe you've master greens on your home course, then go to a a different course you haven't played before. You'll know a lot more about your green reading skills after that.
These putting tips may seem simple, but they're the basis for all that you will do in putting. Master these and you will be on your way to keeping those putts per round under 30.
Putting Tips - All Putting Success Starts With These 2 Things
