Grooved Golf Swing Series: Trouble Putting? Deal with them and improve your score by placing well
I talked about putting problems in my last article. I wanna
Continue with some more situations that you will surely encounter in
the Greens.
He was unable to keep his ball below the hole on a fast slope.
green.
You are facing a downhill position and you are full of
fear.
You hit your putt, and to your amazement, it’s too much
Shorts.
How could you hit such a short putt in such a downhill run?
The answer is that you tried too hard.
You slowed down a lot through the put
that you almost stopped the putter head.
OK, here is a solution that you can apply the next time you face off
with such a downhill setting.
The trick is to forget about the downhill aspect of the race to the top.
hole.
The trick is to find a spot well below the hole.
This way, you’ll continue to hit your putt with authority.
Calculate in your head how much further into the hole your ball will be
trip if you hit your post on level ground.
If you, for example, estimate that the ball will go six, ten,
twelve feet beyond the hole, then press your putt to stop this distance
short of the hole.
This may be only four or five feet in front of
you for a fifteen foot post.
You’re going to have to practice this because, boy, does this take any time?
courage!
Similarly, if you are going up a hill, estimate how far you are
it will be if you hit the hole on level ground.
Yes that’s how it is;
you hit your putt to reach a point beyond the hole at the same distance.
This also requires courage.
However, committing to these two situations
and distances, and hit your putts.
You will be very impressed with your efforts.
Similarly, if you are off the green, say 4 feet, and the grass is a bit
rough, but not too long, use your putter.
Hit your ball with enough power to stop in one spot, say five feet beyond the hole.
You will find, to your delight, that your ball comes to rest next to the hole.
This also requires courage.
Some friends and I won the club foursome once by doing just that.
It seemed that it was always up to me to bring the ball to the
hole from a few feet from the green and somehow forced myself to hit
to a place far beyond the hole.
The result was a foot set for my partner on most occasions.
After a hole of terror in the first, where
we had four putts, called the rest, and won the day.
Keeping the ball below the hole as much as possible allows you to
hit your putts firmly.
There are also a couple of things to know about this.
Because you are hitting your ball firmly, there will be
less rest.
Therefore, the ball will not curve as much as it would during a
put slow downhill.
A company put uphill will not go a long way
neither pass the hole and therefore will not face a long putt
back if you get lost.
