Putting - Don’t get wristy and choose the right club
A lot of golfers use their wrists to putt which is one of the worst things you can do. Although you need a light grip, your wrists should be totally locked when putting to stop the club head moving all over the place during your swing. When you set up to hit a putt, you will create a triangle which goes from your grip to your shoulders. You should keep this triangle rigid and slightly tensed at all times during the swing. You can then rock that triangle back and forward by moving only your shoulders left and right. Practice this and get it right, it will knock a lot of shots off your round.
Set-up some tees
To make sure you are swinging correctly, you can use this simple practice technique. Place the putter club head on the ground and place two tee pegs in the ground on either side of the putter. Leave around 2/3mm gap on each side. Then try swinging back and forth without hitting the tee pegs at all. If you get good at this, you’ll be putt perfect in no time.
You can extend this tip by placing tee pegs in the ground both in front of and behind your other pegs, in the same way as above. This will ensure that both your backswing, downswing and follow through are all exactly in line as they should be.
Club selection
It may not sound important but when you’re buying a new putter, look out for the ones that allow you to line up easily. I had a putter once and the only marking on it to help me line up was a mark like this “<” I just could not line my putts up properly no matter how hard I tried, the marking was just too small.
Make sure you take that into consideration when you’re buying your next putter. I got over the problem by scoring two lines down the putter like this —– it helped me to line up better and saved me buying a new one! The Callaway tri-ball putters are particularly good to line up and can help out greatly.
Remove your golf glove
Another simple tip when you’re putting is to remove your golf glove. Why? Becuase you can feel more with your hand out of the glove. That will help you to better guague your putts. Simple!
Good luck practicing and let me know how you get on with these tips!
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