When you are out there trying to play golf, it can really be poetry in motion.  You end up utilizing a variety of physical skills as well as techniques.  But the primary thing that is used is the brain.  The brain is what is going to make all the final decisions.  It is going to tell your motor system what to do and when to do different things.  Hopefully this is going to be accomplished with some sort of harmony.  But actually what it comes down to first and what determines where the ball is going to ultimately go, is where did you align that golf ball.

Alignment is the start of everything in golf.  There are 3 tips that are going to help you to hole more putts, so lets get started on them.

Golfers align to a Spot

There are golfers that like to align to a spot, a couple to a few feet in front of the ball.  The next thing that is going to happen is when they place the putter behind the ball, they are going to align the face of the putter or the lines on the putter to the spot that they picked in front of the ball.  When you are aligning to a spot one foot or two in front of the ball it is much simpler than trying to align to the golf hole.  The real golf hole can be many feet farther, so the spot strategy will help to get the ball started on the intended line.

Bowlers try to do the same thing

Bowlers will use this same type of alignment scheme.  If you have ever bowled, you have observed that there are marks on the lane for you to align to.  The bowler will pick one of those marks, and then try to roll the ball over the spot that they chose.  Once I learned about this and what those spots were used for, my score skyrocketed up to 104!

Logo Alignment

A couple of other strategies that you can use to get the golf ball started on the right line so you can start to make more putts or you could even stop 3 putting.  Just take the logo of the golf ball and set it on the intended line you want the putt to follow.  This will give you a better visual reference to the line when you are standing over the putt.

Use a Sharpie to Mark Your Ball

There are some golfers, in fact most golfers, including a golfer named Tiger Woods that will use a sharpie pen to mark a straight line on the ball about one inch long on the ball.  You can use this method the same as using the logo technique.  Place the line that you drew on the ball on the line that you need the putt to begin on.  Hopefully you chose the proper line to start on, and if you did, you should watch the ball descend into the hole more often.  This sharpie method is going to also give you a better visual reference for directing the ball down the intended path.  When you are standing over the ball, it is already aligned for you.  This will make it easy to make the putt.

Those are just a few idea’s to help get the ball into the hole more often.  These idea’s work for me, so they should work for you too.  Enjoy, and may your scores start to get lower and your handicap begin to come down.

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