Becoming a better putter

[BobbyA]

Ok, so I'm back from 3 days of golf.

Ill be honest I didn't track track how many 3 putts I had across the 3 rounds but safe to say it wasn't as bad as 7, 3 putts in 9 holes!

My lag putting was much better, I still had some 3 putts but all of these were from quite a distance (and after hitting GIR). Also holed a good 20 footer on the 18th on the final day.

Still got some work to do but I think I had been over thinking putting, I now try to get a decent read, few practice strokes for pace and then go. This seems to be helping and makes my putting more athletic and less robotic.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Small steps/ You need to keep working at it and regular practice is a must

 

[BobbyA]

cheers, played 9 holes yesterday and 2 putted every hole with two lip outs for birdie! Seems I'm improving!

I bought the Bob Rotella book and I am about halfway through, to be honest the books is quite repetitive and the key message is to trust yourself, be athletic, be confident, basically try not to overthink.
I think the message is good and I'm definitely trying to put without thinking too much. one takeaway is not to putt to avoid a 3 putt but putt to sink your first. I think that's a good mental approach.

Will start tracking my putts and see where i can get too. Also going to do about an hours practice tomorrow.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

cheers, played 9 holes yesterday and 2 putted every hole with two lip outs for birdie! Seems I'm improving!

I bought the Bob Rotella book and I am about halfway through, to be honest the books is quite repetitive and the key message is to trust yourself, be athletic, be confident, basically try not to overthink.
I think the message is good and I'm definitely trying to put without thinking too much. one takeaway is not to putt to avoid a 3 putt but putt to sink your first. I think that's a good mental approach.

Will start tracking my putts and see where i can get too. Also going to do about an hours practice tomorrow.

Great podcast from Karl Morris may be of help

 

[Orikoru]

cheers, played 9 holes yesterday and 2 putted every hole with two lip outs for birdie! Seems I'm improving!

I bought the Bob Rotella book and I am about halfway through, to be honest the books is quite repetitive and the key message is to trust yourself, be athletic, be confident, basically try not to overthink.
I think the message is good and I'm definitely trying to put without thinking too much. one takeaway is not to putt to avoid a 3 putt but putt to sink your first. I think that's a good mental approach.

Will start tracking my putts and see where i can get too. Also going to do about an hours practice tomorrow.

Yeah - the book really resonated for me. It got me thinking, how many times do you see someone attempt to 'lag it up' for a two-putt but actually leave it 4 feet short? And how many times do you hear someone say they've got one putt for a point so they need to 'go for it', then hit it about 8 feet past with no chance of it dropping at that speed? Since reading the book I treat every putt the same - just try and get it in or as close to the hole as possible. It sounds so obvious when you say it out loud as well - like why on earth would you not do that?

 

[Orikoru]

Great podcast from Karl Morris may be of help

I just looked at the image and thought, why the hell is Paul Merson doing a podcast about putting?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I just looked at the image and thought, why the hell is Paul Merson doing a podcast about putting?

Wasn't just me then

 

[BobbyA]

Wasn't just me then

Same