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The next few lessons concentrate on putting,the game within a game.
If I asked you to rate your putting over the last 10 rounds out of 10 I wonder
how many of
you would score higher than 8? Do you know how may putts you average per round?
Do
you have a benchmark or a standard that determines a successful putting round?
Two putts per hole over 18 holes equals 36 putts but if you look at the average
putts per round for the pros on the tours you'll find they average well under
30. OK, you're not a pro, but if your average is over 30 then putting is one
part of your game that could stand improvement.
You are probably sitting back in your chair thinking that I'm going to
recommend you spend at least two half hour sessions on the putting green each
week, time permitting. I'm not, at least not in this lesson.
What I am going to suggest is that you can improve your putting by doing some
simple visualisation exercises. And you don't even have to move to do them.
To start - think of your own course or the course you play most of your golf
on. Now think which hole has the green with the most slope. Are you picturing
it in your mind? Take a piece of paper from your printer and draw the green
from a birds eye perspective. Draw an H where you think the highest part of the
green is and an L for the lowest. Now, can you answer these questions about the
green - does it slope from front to back and, if it does, is the slope
consistent the length of the green? Is there a flat part of the green? If there
is,
draw a hole on your plan showing where it is. Now shade in an area on your
green where you think the most slope or break is. Put a hole in the middle of
the shaded area. Imagine a ball is 8 yards or metres or 25 feet from the hole
in the shaded area. Draw the ball on your plan. Picture the putt on the green
and then draw a line from the ball to the hole.
The end result - you have drawn a line based on your experience and knowledge
of the green you've chosen.
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