Putting Lessons
First practice putting exercises by incorporating putting drills in order to improve your golfing skills. Putting drills will help you focus you on routines that become second nature and ingrained as a skill set.
'Drive for show putt for dough' as the popular adage implies. The prime focus when you have your line figured out and not to move your head while you putt. When standing over your putt with your eye on the ball and form the mental image of the path to the hole. Visualize - don't think speed, think distance. (
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Some pros even teach putting with your eyes closed to get a consistency feeling to your stroke. A simple drill of hitting a number of 10-foot putts with your eyes closed. This will help focus on the feel and off the mechanics of the stroke.
Don't lift your head to see where it wants to go and what line it's on. Concentrate on the spot where the ball was after impact rather than following the ball with your eyes. When you're not looking and pulling your body up you'll make more putts. After you hear the ball rattle around in the cup, then you can lift your head.
Practice Your Aproach Address
A minor yet important part of golfing instruction is your stance. Spend a little time during your practice session making sure you have a solid putting stance. Don't just go out there and start putting, but take time to positions yourself.
The simplest putting method is maintaining a straight back when your hands hang and swing directly under your shoulders. (
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If your hands are outside your shoulders (that is, farther from your body), it will take on a different stance resulting in an inside-square-inside stroke. Your stance should normally be the narrowest of any shot that you play usually no wider than your hips.
Get A Grip
Always check your grip. A consistent grip is important. Like the address position, this is an important part of putting that often gets overlooked and cause inconsistent results.
Your club works similar to a pendulum motion. Your arms should be relaxed and your grip light. A smooth one-piece action should be your stroke. When you move your arms backwards, the triangle created by your shoulders and the club work like a pendulum keeping your wrists stiff. Dropping your left shoulder gets the motion started.
Be sure that when you are closing your fingers you don't force the club into some angle of lie, of loft, other than its designed one. Experiment if you must by trying a lighter version of your normal grip.
Go With The Short Putts
How to break 80. Since your score is affected most by your putting skills, take time to master the short putt. After you have gained mastery of the short putt, put those same mental skills to use on longer putts. (
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Carpet Putting
Sam Snead said, "I figure practice puts brains in your muscles," and so by practicing your putting gives you a reliable consistent putting stroke. - Sam Snead won a record 82 PGA events and about 70 others around the globe. One can really be adept with the use of club following credible a golfing instruction.