To make birdies, you have to make putts. And one of the crucial elements of good putting is speed control – from all distances. Many players can judge the line correctly, but just can’t get the speed right. Here’s how to fix the problem.
The most read rule question of the year concerned where to stand when someone is putting
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Jessica Marksbury
Find a flat area on the practice green and place an alignment stick behind the hole. Walk 10 paces from the hole and place a tee in the ground. Two feet away, place another tee. Then another two meters behind it. Do the same until you have five tees in the green. You roll putts from the first tee. The goal here is to make the putt or get the ball between the hole and the stick. Coming up short is a no-no. (Those shots never go in.)
Once you can get three balls into or past the hole without hitting the stick, move to the next tee. Then continue all the way to exit number 5. Set a time limit, for example 15 minutes. When you see putts rolling in succession at different speeds and different lengths, you really start to get control of your rolls. I do this with rec players and my Tour students. Works like magic.
Mike Bender directs the Mike Bender Golf Academy at Magnolia Plantation GC, Lake Mary, Florida.
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