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.
The thing is, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this drill. Do it the wrong way, and it can make your putting stroke a lot worse without you even noticing.
Todd Anderson, Zhang’s coach and top-10 ranked Golf Digest teaching professional, says that to practise making longer putts, you should try the 100-foot drill.
The main benefit of the Fitz Grip is that it locks the putter into your left palm, which means your left arm and putter move as one. It can also improve the alignment of your forearms.