Gizmo722
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having trouble putting at the mo.Whats everybodys opinion on putting lessons.were they helpful?. I know lessons for the swing and short game are helpfull just wondering if its the same for putting?
putting lessons?
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Basher
Tour Winner
Go for them Gizmo.
Putting: A game within a game, as they say. It's true.
People spend lots having lessons on their swing and short game but feel putting lessons are not necessary.
Tune up your putting with lessons and you'll knock the strokes from your game.
Putting: A game within a game, as they say. It's true.
People spend lots having lessons on their swing and short game but feel putting lessons are not necessary.
Tune up your putting with lessons and you'll knock the strokes from your game.
tango101
Club Champion
Have you seen this months mag? Not had chance to read the Putting magazine yet myself....might be useful!
level5s
Head Pro
i think it is useful to have somebody with you on the practice green, not necessary for it to be a pro though. I think you can work on feel and stroke yourself but alignment it tricky by yourself.
I have a putting lesson twice a year. In between times I use the Eyeliner training aid to make sure my eyes are over the ball and the shoulders are square
mickytwodesks
Assistant Pro
Gizmo if i could putt i'd be playing of 14. Average per round is a soul destroying 44. I strongly recommend lessons for you (and me 
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).RGuk
Tour Winner
Not for me, I'm afraid. I've been around the block enough to feel (for myself) that if you have a sound technique, it's all about practice, feel and nerve. If you don't have a useable technique....well, GO FOR IT!
It's the read on the long ones that gets me,
the rest is ok for my standard.
It's the read on the long ones that gets me,
the rest is ok for my standard.
Nico
Challenge Tour Pro
Gizmo,where are you?
I know a top guy near me.
I know a top guy near me.
Wilf
Club Champion
This will probably sound a bit of a contradiction but here goes, although my putts per round has not come down a putting lesson certainly help me and I now seem to putt down the line I intend. All I need to do is work out how to read greens as it is very rare that my line and the actual line are one and the same. Short of getting my pro to caddie for me not sure how to resolve this one.
While on with putting anybody got any tips for maintaining speed on the green? I always start a round with putts going a couple of feet past (which I prefer don't mind the little 2 footers back) and as I get used to the speed this gradually gets less until by about 12th hole I am leaving them a inch or two short. It's a bit frustrating when one actually starts on the right line and grinds to a halt a little short.
While on with putting anybody got any tips for maintaining speed on the green? I always start a round with putts going a couple of feet past (which I prefer don't mind the little 2 footers back) and as I get used to the speed this gradually gets less until by about 12th hole I am leaving them a inch or two short. It's a bit frustrating when one actually starts on the right line and grinds to a halt a little short.
The best way of getting the ball past the hole consistency is to practice regularly and place a tee about 18 inches behind the hole.
Make the tee your new target point and aim to get the ball to the tee. Your putts will run into the hole at a better speed and you will definitely get the ball to the hole more regularly
Make the tee your new target point and aim to get the ball to the tee. Your putts will run into the hole at a better speed and you will definitely get the ball to the hole more regularly
Wilf
Club Champion
Thanks Homer will get to club early tomorrow and try that before the comp.
TonyN
Money List Winner
I have some good putting games to help you out, if anyone is interested pm me.
I dont think i need putting lessons because my new technique is deadly. I played nine holes the other day and only had 9 putts.
I dont think i need putting lessons because my new technique is deadly. I played nine holes the other day and only had 9 putts.
Ken_A
Tour Rookie
I have a putting lesson at 4.30 I will let you all know if its a worth while investment.
benny
Head Pro
Don't start getting worried about it, thats only gonna make your putting worse mate. I think before you start spending money on lessons on putting you should try the old 'smaller target' drill. Stick a tee in the ground or your ball marker and concentrate on putting to that - when you get out on the course the hole is enormous! If you have a garden, mow a strip of grass and cut a hole thats 3'' and putt to that - the 4 and 1/4 or whatever it is on the course again will seem huge.
Look how many pro's stink at putting, and the awful grips and techniques they come up with to combat it - it all comes down to your nerve at the end of the day and once you're used to hitting a tiny target, your gonna have oodles of confidence on the course.
Look how many pro's stink at putting, and the awful grips and techniques they come up with to combat it - it all comes down to your nerve at the end of the day and once you're used to hitting a tiny target, your gonna have oodles of confidence on the course.
Gizmo722
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Nico,Iam in Margate. South East Coast.
Any where near me?
Any where near me?
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I had a putting lesson last week.
It's amazing how, even as a decent golfer, you can be so wrong in what you're doing, and having someone who knows what to look for can be invaluable.
Turms out I break my left wrist instead of keeping parallel to the right - hench I manage to hook putts! (but I hadn't realised that I did it!)
Also my head was in totally the wrong position - but it felt to me as though it was over the ball. So before the round I'm to drop a ball from my left eye thus giving me info of where the ball should be.
I've been given a few drills and in my one round since the lesson I didn't 3 putt once.
So in the short term I'd say it's definately worth it.
It's amazing how, even as a decent golfer, you can be so wrong in what you're doing, and having someone who knows what to look for can be invaluable.
Turms out I break my left wrist instead of keeping parallel to the right - hench I manage to hook putts! (but I hadn't realised that I did it!)
Also my head was in totally the wrong position - but it felt to me as though it was over the ball. So before the round I'm to drop a ball from my left eye thus giving me info of where the ball should be.
I've been given a few drills and in my one round since the lesson I didn't 3 putt once.
So in the short term I'd say it's definately worth it.
