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garethw

 
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  1. Spent a hour on the putting green yesterday with our club's pro. Trying to build some consistency into my putting. Ball position had crept back in my stance coupled with a lot of shaft lean. We moved the ball forward and straightened up the shaft at address. Hit putts to tees instead of holes to narrow the focus down. My biggest issue is now decelerating as I hit the ball. Its a mental issue, when I think I've hit it to hard the ball was within a 12 inch circle, when I hit what I thought was a good distance I was 4 - 6 feet short.

     

    Its frustrating as I was putting a lot better. Practice, practice, practice.

  2. We have the same problem on green speeds. Front may be fast, back slow or vice vera. Irritating.

     

     

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    Yep it makes more difficult especially when having speed issues. It also makes chipping on interesting as your never to sure whether the ball is going to run or stop. Guess that's just another challenge to overcome.

     

     

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  3. Just curious... how much time do you spend on the putting green?  On days you don't play, try to spend at least 30-40 minutes working on putting to various distances.  Don't putt a bunch of balls to one hole; mix it up.  You want to train your brain to recognize differences in distance.  The more you do this, the better you will become at judging the speed of a putt.  Make it a game, and have fun with it.

     

    On days you play, do the same for 5 minutes to feel the speed of the greens that day, then focus on making 3-4 footers.  Those are the putts that you will have to make during the round after a long putt.  Try to make several in a row before you head to the tee, even 2 footers if you have to.  Your brain likes to see putts go in.  It will carry over onto the course.  

    Thanks for those ideas. I spend very little time practicing putting, I'll hit the range and short game area but rarely the putting surface. The bolded part makes a great deal of sense.

     

    On short putts I tell myself the ball will go in and hit the back of the cup, this seems to work more times than not. Longer putts I try and get within a two foot circle. Our club has 27 holes and none of the 9's have the same speed, in fact the practice putting green is a completely different speed to the course's green. I did a Aimpoint Express course a couple of years ago when I first started playing, when I use that concept my misses are smaller.

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