What if you could make lasting improvement with less than an hour of putting practice each week? Sports biomechanist Dr Sasho MacKenzie says it’s possible, as long as you practise the right way.
You could have the best putting stroke in the world, but it’s not going to help much if you’re not aiming correctly so you should double-check what you’re doing is working.
This putting game was so difficult that a PGA Tour winner actually got a little heated when he was doing it. But he got hooked, and if you do it, it’ll make you a better putter.
One thing I love about mallet putters is how easy they are to align with your intended start line. Knowing this, I scratch my head when I give a lesson on the green and see a golfer step into their putts in a manner that makes it harder to get aligned properly. Let me explain. Read more…
If you prefer the look of a blade putter over a mallet, that’s fine, but I’ve always felt that blade models are more challenging to align. A mallet offers more of a straight-back and straight-through feel to the stroke, but a blade seems to move on a slight in-to-in arc in relation to the line Read more…
The reason why most of your putts don’t go in is because you’re misreading them. Unlike mashing a drive 320 metres, you possess all the tools to avoid these kinds of judgment errors. You just need to learn a few things that’ll help you along the way.
Unless it’s noticeably strong, the direction the wind is blowing is more of an afterthought on the green for most golfers. Though maybe it shouldn’t be.
Why are the players so worried about Pinehurst’s greens? It’s a combination of severe slopes and the USGA’s willingness to place hole locations on the edges of those slopes.
Australian Golf Digest
