Stop Taking 3 Putts To Make It In The Cup
If you would like to shoot a lower score when golfing then you can not give away any shot. Almost every single time that you three putt a green it is like you are giving strokes away. Well, I want to help you stop the bleeding by making absolutely sure that you can get the ball close enough with your lengthy putts that you easily make your next putt and save yourself a stroke.
I know you don’t have plenty of time to practice so the first thing you have to do is stop wasting any time that you have. You want to focus your putting practice on making the close putts of 10 feet and under and then your distance control on the 25 foot and beyond. Stop practicing from 10-25 feet because even with an ideal stroke you aren’t about to make a high proportion of these putts and you are not likely to 3 putt from here either.
So, to practice your distance step off 25 feet away from the hole and place a tee on the ground. Hit three balls toward the hole and then go up and confirm each one of them are within a putter’s distance from the hole. When you improve you can stress about making sure all your balls stop behind the hole, since a putt left short has no chance of going in but for now we need to ensure you eliminate wasted shots by getting these putts near the whole.
As you start to learn distance control from 25 feet, take another step back to 28 feet and repeat. If you can get all 3 balls inside a putter’s length move back to 31 feet. Add 3 feet every time you have 3 successful putts within a putter’s length and in virtually no time you will begin to learn how hard you want to hit the ball.
One extra tip on picking up distance control. As you move further away from the hole and you need to hit it further, lengthen your stroke. Too many folks try to hit the ball harder with the same length of stroke, this is tricky to do.
Jamie Faidley offers weekly putting tips on his site Simple Pars. If you would like him to contribute golf instruction content for your internet site you can contact him there.
