Putting ?

[bluetoon]

After 2 good medal rounds in a row (both 76 Gross) i have concluded that i need to improve my putting to go lower. I am not one for stats, but both rounds of 76 did not have any birdies and included 3off 3putts in each round. There was also quite a few birdie chances. ie, putts within 15feet which i failed to covert, one of which turned into a 3putt

So what do people do to improve there putting?
I try to spend a bit of time on the practice putting green, but get bored quickly and have no real structure. Has anyone benefited from a putting lesson?!

Also, I have tried a few different putters and have settled on a Scotty newport 2.0 and very happy with it. So for me its not the equipment but my technique.

Someone help me become a better putter please.

 

[philly169]

Putting lessons are worth it, mine adjusted my stroke and grip.

I've just ordered a V Easy to keep it all in order!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I tend to work on holing out from 3-6 foot a lot as they are the real pressure ones when there is a good round going. Tend to put 5 balls in a circle around a hole starting at 3 feet and staying there until I make them all and then moving the circle out at a different hole location

I also use this a lot

http://www.perfectmygolf.co.uk/acatalog/No_3_Putt.html

 

[kinhell]

Get Dave Pelz'z Putting Bible. An excellent book that will help you no end.

 

[Region3]

I'd recommend a lesson even if it's just for peace of mind.

I had a couple of things pointed out to me that I wasn't even aware I was doing (or not doing) even though I thought I knew what I should be doing.

 

[fundy]

i have a check up lesson for the putting a couple of times a year, the crucial bit that slips over time for me is alignment, i get to the point where what I think is straight is actually outside right, a lesson usually gets it back on track quickly, have also started to put the stroke on the slow mo camera occasionally, just to check the fundamentals are as I think they are

 

[EZprophet]

Read Bob Rotella's, "Putting out of your mind". Great book on the mental side of putting.

 

[bobmac]

I'd recommend a lesson even if it's just for peace of mind.

I had a couple of things pointed out to me that I wasn't even aware I was doing (or not doing) even though I thought I knew what I should be doing.

The trouble was Gary, what you thought you should be doing and what I thought you knew you were doing weren't the same as what you actually knew you should be doing and weren't, compared to what you thought I knew you were doing

Crystal clear to me

 

[bobmac]

Putting lessons are worth it, mine adjusted my stroke and grip.

I've just ordered a V Easy to keep it all in order!

Order received Phil and will be in the post this morning

Thanks

 

[MashieNiblick]

My putting has always been a a bit iffy, especially 3-4 footers and is costing me 2-3 shots a round. Missed 3 yesrerday. I'm putting this down to greens still being a bit bumpy and the effects of my lay off but I know I need to get on the practise green and just work on holing out.

 

[HowlingGale]

Putting is my nemesis at the moment. Before joining my club and plodding round the municipals with my mates it was fine and I would go so far to say it was the strongest part of my game. Now I'm in a club there seems to be so much pressure. I can miss 1-2 footers. That said when I get my head in the right place it seems to go much better. My lining up is usually spot on. It's just the distance I get wrong, always leaving it short. It's a nightmare.

 

[HRC99]

Practice, practice, practice.

I was up at the club the other day and there was a +3 handicapper working on his putting on our putting green.

I popped into the pro shop had a bit of a natter, then into the club, had a sandwich and a drink, then back into the pro shop for a bit more of a natter and he was still out there practicing.

I was then shamed into doing a bit on my putting so spent about 40 minutes practicing at which point he cleared off.

He must have spent at least 2 hours working on his putting.

If someone that good spent that long on his putting, maybe I shouldn't expect to start holing everything with a five minutes practice before I go out for a medal!

 

[Macster]

Im similar to the OP, as last night, 13 of 16 Greens in Reg, and despite all of the 1st putts being within 20', I only holed 1, for my 1st ever Eagle, which was at least satisfying.
Some of the others were very holeable though. 10/12 footers, which quite frankly, I should have holed at least 2 of them.

The evening before, as we came off the course at 7.30pm, the lowest handicap (1) lady at our club was on the putting green, earphones in, 2 training rods aimed at the hole 8' away, and just wide enough for her putter head.
She was oblivious to us, totally focused on holing every one, and was probably there for an hour.

Thats how you get a better putter, and play off 1.
She was

 

[bobmac]

It's just the distance I get wrong, always leaving it short. It's a nightmare.

Hi. If distance control is your problem, that is normally down to the length of your backswing or decelerating into the ball.

As long as you don't start hitting it with your hands or moving your lower half, you should be ok.

Or you could invest in some form of training aid that will help you with your stroke. and distance control.
Now, let me think

 

[bobmac]

Practice, practice, practice.

The problem is...what do you practice?

I saw a guy on the putting green recently with 6 balls.
He hit them all to the first hole, gathered them up and moved on to the next.
Crazy

 

[bluetoon]

Or you could invest in some form of training aid that will help you with your stroke. and distance control.
Now, let me think

ok! ok! OK! enough already.

Let me check it out. you might have another order

 

[bluetoon]

I saw a guy on the putting green recently with 6 balls.
He hit them all to the first hole, gathered them up and moved on to the next.
Crazy

Yep, that sounds like me.

 

[bobmac]

I saw a guy on the putting green recently with 6 balls.
He hit them all to the first hole, gathered them up and moved on to the next.
Crazy

Yep, that sounds like me.

When you look at a putt, you have to consider the slope and distance. Then you stroke the putt.
If you then hit another ball, you're not not having to think anymore about the putt, you did that on the first one.
Nothing is learned and certainly not after 6 attempts.
I use 3 balls for putting and I hit each one at a different target.
After all, how many times in golf do you get 6 goes at it.
Practice on the putting green what you do on the course.

Bluetoon, have a read here

 

[Region3]

When you look at a putt, you have to consider the slope and distance. Then you stroke the putt.
If you then hit another ball, you're not not having to think anymore about the putt, you did that on the first one.
Nothing is learned and certainly not after 6 attempts.
I use 3 balls for putting and I hit each one at a different target.
After all, how many times in golf do you get 6 goes at it.
Practice on the putting green what you do on the course.

But for someone struggling with distance, is it such a bad idea if the first ball is 3' short, to hit another at the same target to see what 3' more feels like?

 

[bobmac]

But for someone struggling with distance, is it such a bad idea if the first ball is 3' short, to hit another at the same target to see what 3' more feels like?

It's each to their own of course but I would say no. Step up and knock in the 3 footer, after all, you won't get another chance in a medal and how often are you faced with 3 footers?