Control is key when it comes to perfect putting. From setup positions to the latest and greatest equipment, improve your game with the putting instruction articles below.
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The top 5 mistakes you should avoid in your putting game
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By Jay Larscheid, PGA, with Ryan Noll
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If you look at any great player, he or she has a routine for every
shot. And when it comes to putting, better players know that sticking
to a routine is necessary for making consistent strokes. Now, what kind
of routine should you have? That’s up to you. Just try and incorporate
what I’m doing here, which is looking at the putt from behind the ball,
about halfway down the putting line and one more look from behind the
hole. This helps to get a clear picture of the slope and speed. All
that’s left here is for me to make a couple practice strokes and hit
the ball. Just remember, this is my routine because it happens to work
well for me.
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Can’t knock it in from five feet? My tips will cure your yips!
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By Jeff Ritter, PGA, With Charlie Schroeder
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 Why do people get the yips? From a lack of confidence they feel after missing short putts and from anticipating poor impact.
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By Todd Sones, PGA; Photography by Warren Keating
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 Unlike the golf swing, there are almost no centrifugal forces at work
in the putting stroke. Therefore, whatever you do at address pretty
much determines what you’ll do with the putter during the stroke. In
studying the best players on Tour, it’s easy to find common
denominators in both their setup positions and strokes. Obviously,
there are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part, common
traits run rampant in the setup positions of great putters.
Specifically, they establish four key setup lines. |
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Nine easy ways to lower your score
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By Jeff Ritter, PGA, with Charlie Schroeder, Photography by Warren Keating
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 A quiet body, a ball at rest, a short back-and-forth motion—how could
something so simple cause so many headaches? It’s a question that
occupies the minds of touring professionals and weekend warriors alike.
Wouldn’t it be great if putting was as simple as it sounds, where every
round was as automatic as the clinic Aaron Baddeley put on at Harbour
Town this year (97 putts over 72 holes)? Jeff Ritter, director of
instruction at the ASU Karsten Golf Academy in Tempe, Ariz., believes
putting isn’t complicated. And to help solve your putting woes, he has
put together his No-Frills Putting Drills—nine straightforward,
no-nonsense exercises intended to be practiced on your own, without the
aid of an instructor. Practice these drills and, before you know it,
you’ll actually look forward to working with the flatstick. |
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By T.J. Tomasi, Ph.D., PGA
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 The secret to consistently putting well is to match your posture to
your stroke type. However, the conventional wisdom applied by most
recreational golfers is that while putting, anything goes (witness the
claw grip, the left-hand low technique and the belly-anchored stroke).
And while many a Tour victory has been fueled by an unorthodox method,
one fundamental shouldn’t be ignored: How you stand to the ball
conditions how you stroke it. |
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A tried-and-true method for becoming a lights-out putter
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By Steve Mitchell, Photography by Sam Greenwood
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 For most golfers, finding time to practice putting is difficult. In
fact, it’s no easy task to find time to improve in any area of the
game. Therefore, it’s essential that players not only create practice
opportunities whenever they can, but also budget practice time to
maximize effectiveness and create better habits. |
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