Golf Tips – Putting – Avoid Bad 3 Putts
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Do feel like this golfer? Just want to break that dang putter into pieces? Putting is considered very boring for most golfers. Golf tips to avoid 3 putts on the other hand should be listened to like “EF Hutton”. If you want to shoot lower golf scores, these golf putting tips will help you get there! All you’ve got to do is apply them the very next time you go out and play.
According to short game guru Dave Pelz, high handicappers are not good at the long (lag) putts. Detailed analysis shows poor lag putting is the root cause of bad putting. You may have other problems, too, but getting your lag-putting skills in shape is the best place to start. Pelz also says that your putts are too long. You must chip and pitch the ball closer to the hole.
Tip #1 Working on short game will quickly improve your bad putting.
Tip #2 Practice 50 foot putts for 30 minutes once per week. Try to get them in a 5 foot circle or less. This will ensure you will make your second putt.
Tip #3 Whatever your “make” range is, practice that distance for at least 20 minutes once per week. This could be the 5-6 foot circle you were trying to get your 50 foot lag putts in.
Tip #4 Hold head still. This is a big one. You can rotate it to the side to watch putt, but not until after you stroke the ball. Don’t lift your head up, nor do I want you to move it side-to-side. Just rotate it after the stroke.
If you need further help with your putting, Scott Meyers has put together a very comprehensive putting ebook that I’m confident will shave many strokes off your golf score.
My name is Mike Pedersen, and not only am I a golf swing trainer, but I am a fanatic student of the golf swing. I have spent the past 15 years studying the game.
Good Information, thanks. After a life time of playing golf, it is still amazing how, just when you begin to get a little bit complacement and you think you have "cracked" this game..it comes back very sharply and bites you. One of the key elements which catches most people out is the grip pressure. In my experience, when I consciously think about relaxing the grip pressure to around 4 out of 10, (where 10 is a vice-like grip), that is when it I get a really great shot. Straight and long, as the unhinging of a RELAXED grip allows the club head to do what it is designed to do with the weight in the head being allowed to do the work, rather than "forcing" the downswing with the hands. What does anyone else think about this, I would really like to hear from you?