There was a question asked in my foursome the other day that took a bit of thought for me before I answered it.
One of the men that I golf with is struggling with his putting and asked me if he should be watching the putter head while he is stroking his putt? Should he or should he not? That is the question and if you read on you will find the answer.
The answer to this question is no.
Your head needs to be quiet all the way through the stroke.
This will help you to make a good and consistent stroke and putt the ball to the hole.
When you watch the putter head it forces you to consciously move your head, which could throw off your entire stroke and cause you to push or pull the ball off your line.
So we covered that question fairly quickly, but there is something else you should know.
This specific man does not know something that I know that is causing him to miss so many easy putts.
I will share this with you as long as you promise not to tell him.
I enjoy beating him on a regular basis because he is a bit over confident about his game.
The secret is he does not warm up his putts correctly.
He hits a bucket of balls, very quickly, then goes over and chips a bit before putting.
He, then, rolls about 5-10 putts and tries to hurry the rest of us up to the tee.
He does this each and every time and then he cannot figure out why he misses 3 to 5 foot putts all day.
He should be warming up his short putts, thoroughly, then his mid range putts, then his longer putts, and last his lag putts.
This should be the majority of his workout instead of the quick bucket and the chipping.
You should also warm up your chipping and all the other clubs in your bag, but you use your putter the most so you should spend extra time warming up your putts.
So now you know not to watch your putter head because your head needs to be quiet while you putt, and you also know that you need to warm up your putts correctly in order to be successful on the golf course.
One of the men that I golf with is struggling with his putting and asked me if he should be watching the putter head while he is stroking his putt? Should he or should he not? That is the question and if you read on you will find the answer.
The answer to this question is no.
Your head needs to be quiet all the way through the stroke.
This will help you to make a good and consistent stroke and putt the ball to the hole.
When you watch the putter head it forces you to consciously move your head, which could throw off your entire stroke and cause you to push or pull the ball off your line.
So we covered that question fairly quickly, but there is something else you should know.
This specific man does not know something that I know that is causing him to miss so many easy putts.
I will share this with you as long as you promise not to tell him.
I enjoy beating him on a regular basis because he is a bit over confident about his game.
The secret is he does not warm up his putts correctly.
He hits a bucket of balls, very quickly, then goes over and chips a bit before putting.
He, then, rolls about 5-10 putts and tries to hurry the rest of us up to the tee.
He does this each and every time and then he cannot figure out why he misses 3 to 5 foot putts all day.
He should be warming up his short putts, thoroughly, then his mid range putts, then his longer putts, and last his lag putts.
This should be the majority of his workout instead of the quick bucket and the chipping.
You should also warm up your chipping and all the other clubs in your bag, but you use your putter the most so you should spend extra time warming up your putts.
So now you know not to watch your putter head because your head needs to be quiet while you putt, and you also know that you need to warm up your putts correctly in order to be successful on the golf course.
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