Putting Situation
How to develop a putting system that builds confidence
Do you find yourself pulling or pushing putts after attempting a putting fix during your round of golf? Do you feel the stress replacing the fun when you do?
No matter what putting changes you make, putts don't remain consistent, after altering your stroke or swing during play. Those changes take your focus elsewhere, causing you to miss more putts. This creates a lack of confidence in your style.
Reason? – You haven't mastered the correct method.
In order to get better, you have to develop a putting system that gives you confidence in your stroke.
Putting Method
You don't hit putts you roll them. When you hit a golf ball, you're using speed and torque to drive it into the air. Putting is the only stroke where the ball stays on the ground, so power is not your friend. It takes a well planned setup, grip and style to roll the ball on a designated putt line.
The proper setup at address, keeps the larger power muscles quiet and passive. The proper grip maintains the putter grip in the palm of the life line and out of the fingers to avoid erratic putting strokes. The choice of putting styles are conventional, long putter, face on, belly, cross handed or wrist style putting.
The method used for those putting styles is either "swinging gate" or "straight back straight through" method. You are able to use those two methods in several combinations of putting styles, based on the choice of putter. There will be some limitations in those combinations.
Why it works
Placing the putter grip in the fold of your lifeline, of the lead hand, with the thumb laying flat on top of the grip, maintains a tension free and solid stroke. When you angle your wrists downward at address, it allows for an extension of the forearms that aide in a smooth stroke. This is more popular when using the conventional style that requires your shoulders to putt.
Once you pick your style of putting, you need to master the method that works best with that style. Choose one, make it a habit and don't change.
The wrist putt has been around since the beginning of golf. Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer and other well-known golf professionals used this putting style successfully throughout all or most of their careers. Recently I adopted it because it helps me control distance and accuracy much better than the conventional pendulum swing commonly used today. My putting has improved dramatically.
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