| Need golf putting tips? Are you getting to the green | | | | which will again help you to gradually hone your skills. |
| with few problems but once there you always seem | | | | Conversely, if you are erratic then it will become |
| to be hitting far too many strokes? Putting is not | | | | very difficult to develop the close control that you |
| easy, even for the pros, but you can make quick | | | | are seeking to help you improve your overall putting |
| progress with your putting game with just a few | | | | game. |
| good tips. | | | | Striking With Upstroke |
| Be Square | | | | Something that many people never notice from |
| One of the most important concepts to understand | | | | watching golf on television is that you must learn |
| and then try and get right from the beginning is to | | | | how to deliver an appropriate type and magnitude of |
| make sure that the blade of the putter is square on. | | | | upstroke when you connect your putter to the golf |
| What you do not want to do is to create an angle or | | | | ball. This will deliver a bit of extra zip to your putts. |
| else you will end up slicing or swerving your putt. | | | | One Unit |
| What we do want to achieve is a totally square-on | | | | When you swing, you want your hands, arms and |
| putt. This way, the only thing we need worry about | | | | shoulders to move as one fluid unit. Do not start |
| that might influence our putt is the topology of the | | | | flicking the risks. Also, do not move your head as |
| green. | | | | soon as you think you have completed the putt. Just |
| Be Smooth | | | | like in tennis and other games that use tools of the |
| Your putting game will not become brilliant overnight. | | | | hand, follow through is extremely important. By |
| But it will develop in leaps and bounds as time goes | | | | planning to follow through in the first place (and then |
| on. But the only way that this can happen is if you | | | | actually executing it), you will automatically assume |
| have a smooth action. The smoother you are, the | | | | the best technique. If you look up too quickly then |
| better control you will develop over accelerating the | | | | your motion before striking the ball will be somewhat |
| ball and putting to the appropriate distance. It also | | | | stunted. |
| means that you can quickly develop consistency, | | | | |