Sunday, December 5, 2010

Putting Techniques

By David James


How often have you been frustratingly near to making a putt only to come up short? Or perhaps you have only just missed the golf hole to check out your ball go sailing past having an excessive amount of length to make the next golf putt.

Lots of golf games are lost on the golf putting green and in most instances it has been due to wrong distance, rather than the direction of the golf ball.

A large number of beginners quickly obtain a feel for the direction the ball is going to travel, even on sloping greens.

You perhaps viewed it your self when a beginner to the game hits the ball within a few inches of the hole on a sloping green time and time again.

What we will not likely observe quite so often is the ball stopping a couple of inches past the hole whenever they miss.

There are various elements that come in to consideration as you're deciding the length a ball could travel on the green, from the slope, with preparation of the green and also whether it is wet and slow or dry and fast.

It can have a very big difference with respect to the time of the day with the greens becoming quicker while they dry off from the afternoon sun.

Therefore understanding the length of the golf putt is actually what you really should concentrate on to get your ball to go in that hole.

Once more all this comes back again to practice and there's simply no more suitable practice than on the day of the tournament in the conditions that you will be playing in.

Don't forget to take a moment to have a few practice putts before you begin play to 'dial in' your length.

A very important factor you need to always remember; the golf ball will not fall if it does not reach the hole.

Seems way too obvious to even need mentioning doesn't it, but more often that not putts will come up short.

Always aim for the back of the cup so that, as long as you have your path right, you will have a possibility of making the putt.




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