Grooved Golf Swing Series: Having Trouble Putting? Here are some solutions for you
Here are some things about putting that will probably give you some
issue.
You are playing a round of golf and the greens are nice and dry and
the ball runs well on the greens.
you got the trick
how hard to hit it and how far it will go for a certain launch force.
Now it starts to rain.
At this stage I used to have
uncertainty about how the ball would run on a wet green.
Do I hit the ball harder? Will it break less? Will it stop sooner?
It totally depends on how much rain has fallen and how wet the weather is.
the greens have become.
If they are very wet, the ball will not roll as much, it will not break
so much and you’ll have to hit your puts a little harder meaning
a longer backstroke.
However, the usual thing is that the greens remain firm but the
the grass is wet from the recent shower.
Believe it or not, wet grass will have very little effect on
your position
The break and roll will be the same and the put will not.
it has to be hit differently than a stand on a dry surface.
This is because the grass is so short that it cannot hold much water.
The ball may stop a few inches shorter if rain has made the green
wetter than a light rain, but the difference will be very small.
Some greens you will find, especially in tournaments, will be
very fast indeed.
I have played on greens where if the ball was laid
moving, he did not stop until he reached the other edge of the
green on a downward slope. Quite impossible.
The trick here is to try to keep the ball below the hole.
times so that you have an uphill post for all your posts.
You have to keep this thought well in your mind at all times.
Make sure of your two puts and play for this.
You’ll find that sometimes you’ll put your ball in the hole
without really trying to hole out.
The important thing is to avoid very fast descents.
A put across a slope is preferable to a downhill put.
As I have said, keep this factor in mind at all times while you are in
or near the greens.
This means that you leave your chips under the
hole too.
Also your long puts.
Play your long putts and your chips to position yourself at all times.
You will be pleasantly surprised at the day’s results.
Because you have that plan and you stick to it,
you will find that your confidence will skyrocket.
You approach your first place thinking about the position
and don’t hit it in the hole and a lot of pressure goes off.
I know I’ve said this before, but put twice every time you’re in the
green.
Not for the one foot puts, of course, but for the middle and
long distance putts
Having remembered a five-foot birdie post, and because I tried
to sink the put, I was too aggressive and put my first put too far
not the hole.
Result: a three-place green and instead of a low one,
I was one more.
Terrible feeling!
It’s funny how one remembers these painful lessons.
Of the many, many positions that one does in a
lifetime, one or two remain in the mind forever.
Rarely are the put options really good.
The really painful ones always remain
not?
