If you’re struggling with three-putting, learning how to judge putting distance should be high on the list of priorities. Getting your first effort close to the hole from long range is vital if you want to score well. So, how do you get distance control down to a fine art? Advanced PGA pro Katie Dawkins has some advice in the video and article belowâŠ
For golfers prone to the dreaded three-putt (or worse), leaving a putt short or smacking it long is the most common mistake. All of a sudden what should have been a routine par is now in jeopardy and hangs on whether you can slot a six-footer.
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How many shots a round would you save if you could just two-putt every time youâre faced with a long-range effort? Some might get close to double figures, yet conventional wisdom is to have a swing lesson rather than address issues on the greens.
How to judge putting distance
Letâs start with the basics and first thing’s first, a change in putting grip could provide some answers. And if that doesn’t help, you want to try and take the hands out of it as much as possible by loosening your grip.
Softer hands will enable you to stroke the ball along the green rather than bashing it. If you were going to roll a ball as if playing lawn bowls then you certainly wouldnât be gripping it hard, and the arm swing would be free flowing.Â
Imagine rolling a ball to the hole. This will help you get a much better feel for a long putt
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There would be more through than back as you smoothly accelerate before releasing. Try and practise this along your putting green, or better still, out on the course one evening.Â
Choose a green or a putt that bugs the heck out of you – maybe it cost you a bad score recently – and take a few balls onto the green when nobody else is on the course. Now, simply roll them from different places.Â
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Then add a putter into the equation and try to recreate that length of arm swing and tempo. Itâs essential that you keep the tempo of your…
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