Really struggling with putting

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Read this and then read it again. Commit to it and practice everyday.

It works and it will take the pressure of if the easiest part of the game:

Ok here is the technique. Shown to me by a teaching pro when I lived in Nashville:

If you don’t have an alignment mirror get one.

Set up, eyes over ball, hips and shoulders square to your start line.

Feet should be shoulder width apart.

This set up should never change going forward.

Get a tape measurer and lay it on the green( or practice mat. Another must have).

Place a ball on level line preferably without grain or at the least, into the grain. ( if you don’t know how to read greens for grain, learn to)at 4’, 8’ and 12’

Step up to first ball at 4’. Set up square to start line with ball just forward of center.

Take putter back to the instep of your back foot and smoothly accelerate to instep of front foot. The whole stroke should be in tempo and smooth. On a level surface with no grain in greens that run at around 12, the ball will roll 4’ give or take a few inches.

Repeat set up for the next ball at 8’. Take putter back as describe above but this time, stop at big toe of back foot and stop at big toe of front foot. The ball will roll approximately 8’ give or take a few inches.

Repeat for 12’, same setup and take putter back to middle of toes back foot and stop at middle of toes of front foot.

Now as you practice this drill, grain will affect the rollout accordingly. So if you have an 8’ putt into grain, using the stroke for a 12’ putt or in between the 2 will give you the speed needed.

Conversely, an 8’ down grain, will be like a 4’ flat putt.

Again, this technique like everyone has said demands practice and commitment.

You must learn to read slope and grain to be an excellent putter.

But I promise you that if you implement what I have described here, your speed control will never be a weakness.

Speed+Grain+Slope = start line

Personal testimony which let to my encounter with the teaching pro that helped me.

Playing my home course in Nashville and I had arguably the best ball striking day ever. Hit 95% fairways and every green in regulation.

I shot an 81 with 42 putts.

My putt now average between 28-30 putts a round.

Report back after you try this.

Good luck!

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