Many amateur golfers feel lost on the putting greens, struggling to find the secret to unlocking their full potential in this crucial area of the game. It’s all well and good buying a brand new putter, studying the best putting tips and testing out a range of putting drills, but if you don’t choose the right flat stick for your game it could all add up to more misery and confusion.
In this article, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Gary Alliss shares a simple drill that will help you determine which type of putter is best for you, as well as sharing a few expert tips around fundamentals to boost your progress on the greens…
Gary Alliss
With more than 40 years experience in the game, Gary Alliss is one of the top golf coaches around. Gary began his PGA training at Trevose, where he became head professional in 1983. In 2005, he joined The Belfry, where he managed a team of 35 PGA professionals.
He’s travelled the world several times over, working extensively in Slovakia, Ghana and Israel, helping amateur and professional golfers globally to improve their performances.
Putting Drill: The Simple Stroke Checker
Amateur golfers often make plenty of mistakes when choosing the right putter. Identifying your type of putting stroke will help you to work out the putter type best suited to your game. A great way to do this is to put two tee pegs in the ground about four feet apart and either balance an alignment stick on top of them, or tie a piece of string around them.
Line up with your putter underneath and make some practice putts. Pay attention to the position of the putter on the way back and through. It will be clear whether your stroke is straight back and through, a slight arc or a strong arc.
A player with a straight line stroke is best suited to a face-balanced putter; a slight arc is suited to a putter that is a little toe heavy (when balanced on the hand the toe will hang down a little) and those with a strong arc should have a putter where the face tilts down a considerable amount.
Try this drill out for yourself, it might just hold the answers to your putting woes…
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Putting Fundamentals: What Next After Choosing The Correct Putter For You?
When you sensibly decide to spend some of your practice time on the putting green, you need to make sure that you get the most out of it. The following will help you to check that your putting fundamentals are all in order so that your technique can cope when…
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