Putting Secrets

CONCEPT: Use a pendulum stroking motion from your shoulders.

1. Place ball in middle front part of stance.
2. Keep your eye on the ball not the putter blade as you stroke the putt.
3. Use the “reverse over lap” grip; all top tour players use this grip.
4. Keep the putter blade low on your back swing and low following through.
5. Accelerate through the ball; if you take the putter back one foot then follow through one foot.
6. Keep your left wrist moving toward the hole after striking the ball.
7. Keep your head very still while making your putting stroke.
8. Your eyes should be directly over the ball when putting.
9. Have the brand of the golf ball on line to the hole to help your direction.

Common errors:

1. Using too much wrist action in your putting motion.
2. Moving your head too much during your putting stroke.
3. Not following through toward hole after making contact with the ball.
4. Not practicing distance control on your putts.

Pre shot routine:

1. Stand behind the ball and “see the line”.
2 Take your putting stance and make one practice stroke to “feel the distance”, then stroke the ball.

Quote “In golf like in life it is the follow through that counts!”

Patrick Livingston, PGA, CEO, National Golf Schools
PGA “2003 Teacher of the Year” North Florida
Editor PGTA’s Professional Golf Teacher Magazine