The pursuit of better putting can seem like a long and arduous journey, especially if you are not seeing great results on the greens, but accessing the best golf tips is a great way for you to take control of this key area of your game.
You might have spent time trying the claw grip, or switching it up with the left-hand-low putting style, but what you really needed was a lesson from one of the best putters on the planet.
Enter, Denny McCarthy!
The World No.31 currently ranks first on the PGA Tour for Strokes Gained: Putting in the last 12 months, and has been in the top-3 in this measure in four of the last five seasons. In this article, Denny McCarthy shares five expert putting tips to improve your performance on the greens and help you to make more birdies…
1. Stopping Bad Habits
I have a tendency to want to open my feet at set-up. I think most golfers tend towards an open stance when putting, which is fine. But for me, sometimes I get a little ‘swipey’ with my stroke when I do that.
The more open I get, the more I want to leak left-to-right putts. It’s a hard putt sometimes. You feel like you pick a high line and you’ve got to commit to it, but sometimes you feel it can be too high and you just push it down there. That’s when it leaks.
Everyone can relate to it. I address this in practice by feeling like I close my stance and almost covering the putt. When I get more square with those left-to-righters, I feel like I can compress the ball more instead of letting it just come off my putter face.
2. Pressure Putts
Pressure putts can be tricky as we tend to put more expectations on ourselves. Do your best to treat pressure putts with the same emphasis as your other putts earlier in the round. Don’t tell yourself, “I really need to make this bogey putt or else I make double.”
I don’t really think that way. If I’m having a bad hole and I’m standing over a 6ft putt for bogey, I tell myself I’m going to put a lot of good energy and focus on this and if it doesn’t go in, so what. Yes, I’m probably going to be frustrated, but I just have to continue to go through my same process. Don’t let your mind race. Realise that it’s not the end of the world.
One bad hole can be frustrating and it does suck at that moment, but just stick to your processes…
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