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Post by MK-M-GOBL on May 17, 2012 15:00:54 GMT
My putting sucks  Playing a new course in league and the greens are touchy. When the greens are touchy, it makes me even more nervous standing over those 1 to 3 foot putts and I'm missing them. Lost two matches now that came down to me missing 1.5 foot putts and it's pissing me off On a good note, I missed a birdie putt on the 3 handicap hole which has been causing me a ton of trouble lately. I also missed a eagle putt on another hole that I drove the green with a 3 wood! 235yds uphill! So my driving is not an issue  |
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Post by soccerref on May 17, 2012 16:29:13 GMT
Chances are (he says without ever having seen you with a golf club), you are decelerating as you putt, this is the death sentence for accurate putts. Many tend to do this as their confidence goes down. Speed on a putt should be controlled by a smooth back, then accelerate forward, vary the speed by varying the length of the backswing, not the tempo.
One of the best drills I've ever seen for this is to putt without any backswing (not legal on the course). Put the putter up to the ball and just push the ball to the hole. You HAVE to accelerate to get it to roll.
Or, do what I do. Drink! It helps calm the nerves, straighten the drives and take the jitters out of putts. However to much "swing oil" seems to have the opposite effect, so you have to find your sweet spot :-)
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Post by ecgreen on May 17, 2012 16:35:26 GMT
YOu should be fishing, thats the problem
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on May 17, 2012 23:11:55 GMT
Chances are (he says without ever having seen you with a golf club), you are decelerating as you putt, this is the death sentence for accurate putts. Many tend to do this as their confidence goes down. Speed on a putt should be controlled by a smooth back, then accelerate forward, vary the speed by varying the length of the backswing, not the tempo. One of the best drills I've ever seen for this is to putt without any backswing (not legal on the course). Put the putter up to the ball and just push the ball to the hole. You HAVE to accelerate to get it to roll. Or, do what I do. Drink! It helps calm the nerves, straighten the drives and take the jitters out of putts. However to much "swing oil" seems to have the opposite effect, so you have to find your sweet spot :-)  It was about the time my T&T was gone that my putting and short game started to fall apart. Next week I'm not leaving the 1st tee without 2 T&T's  I know ec! But if I break out the fishing gear right now, Jake will definitely not get another chance at a gobbler. Once I get started, I'll switch all the gears and do nothing but fish  |
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