I was on the course with my friends today and i had about a 6 foot putt that was dead straight. It was to win our friendly match and all my friends asked me how i missed it? I even admit it was dead straight. But how do i hit a dead straight putt. Im a 6 handicap and have a great long game and game around the green. Putting has always kept me back from being really good. btw im 17 so i still have alot to improve. But the one thing no one has taught me is how to hit a straight putt. How do i line up? What do i look at? Any thing will help. Thanks
You can still putt straight at the hole, and still miss. There are factors that is present within the last 3 feet of the hole that will play a role in the outcome.
The reverse donut…in which, the surrounding 6" around the hole itself will be elevated ever-so-slightly due to the constant pressure of those before you and yourself that has stepped up to the hole and taken the ball out of the hole…if the pin placement been the same throughout the week, expect such a condition to be present.
The things that work for me, is lining up the ball arrow with my target line…trust in my judgment and just provide a untempered putting swing…keeping the larger muscles in the hand & arms out of the equation.
If it is a straight putt as you say, even at 8" away, my stroke with the putter will follow through towards the path of the hole, no arc.
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July 5th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Light grip; smooth stroke; watch the ball, don’t watch the club. Good luck.
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July 5th, 2009 at 6:54 am
just line up like you would any other shot. Find your comfortable position/grip. Make sure you are looking at the ball the whole time (throughout the whole stroke). just keeping your eye on the ball while putting will greatly improve your skills. other than that, watch the breaks on the green and try to anticipate the movement of the ball before hitting it. (common sense stuff i know…but many people dont even take it into consideration)
well…good luck, just keep practicing and youll get it
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July 5th, 2009 at 7:19 am
You can still putt straight at the hole, and still miss. There are factors that is present within the last 3 feet of the hole that will play a role in the outcome.
The reverse donut…in which, the surrounding 6" around the hole itself will be elevated ever-so-slightly due to the constant pressure of those before you and yourself that has stepped up to the hole and taken the ball out of the hole…if the pin placement been the same throughout the week, expect such a condition to be present.
The things that work for me, is lining up the ball arrow with my target line…trust in my judgment and just provide a untempered putting swing…keeping the larger muscles in the hand & arms out of the equation.
If it is a straight putt as you say, even at 8" away, my stroke with the putter will follow through towards the path of the hole, no arc.
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July 5th, 2009 at 7:33 am
1. read the greens 2. proper set-up 3. light grip 4. follow through (move shoulders, not wrists) 5. watch it roll 6. Plunk!
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July 5th, 2009 at 7:58 am
One of the biggest problems players have is the inability to hit putts straight. They just can’t get the ball started on line and the reason is simply because they do not release the putter head. Starting putts on line and having them roll true is the key to becoming good at reading breaks and making more than your fair share of those tricky little short ones. Take a page from Tigers practise regimen and start to practise those short putts with your right hand only. This will quickly lead to a stroke that starts the ball on line and keeps it there. If Tiger has a secret as to why he is the best putter that ever lived it is that he starts it on line every time and has become the best greens reader ever. It is no secret that he hits a lot of one handed putts before every round to keep his stroke pure with the perfect release of the putter head.
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July 5th, 2009 at 8:32 am
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