Here's How To Massively Lift Your Golf Putt With A Simple Training Routine

There's a desire in the heart of any serious golfer to putt better.

Some of this is because there's a notion out there that good golfers smile at the sternest putting challenge and sink their ball effortlessly. (Completely not right, obviously. Pro golfers are better than us, but they also miss plenty of putts!)

It's also due to the fact that we concentrate when we're putting. I mean, most of us hardly ever condemn ourselves when what we hoped would be a massive drive falls short by four yards. But watch our reaction when we miss the putt by just four inches. The greens are a major part of our memory and focus on a game.

Turn this into a basic training routine, because almost any golfer can improve their putt.

First, secure a level green where you can work on your putt without having to also practice correcting for break and slope at the same time. (This simple reduction of your circumstances down to the one thing you want to focus on is a key to succeeding.) If your club practice green is sometimes unavailable, or you don't always have the time to go there, use your carpet at home.

Then place your putter face square to your line and gently tap the ball into the hole.

If there is one cure-all for putting, this is it.

Practice this. Work at it. Keep making these short putts until you are striking the ball square each time.

Then take the next step. Become virtually 100 percent consistent. Make practice putts until you can get a hole every time.

When you are consistently putting your ball in the hole your confidence will rise. And this will help you out on the golf course next time you are playing for real.

Len McGrane has written widely on Maui golf and Maui golf courses and recommends jackpot golf from http://www.mauijackpotgolf.com

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Smart Fitting With Personal Results

Think about your swing with its individual characteristics. Compare your physical dimensions, your strength, your setup and posture and of course the way that you take the club back and bring it back through the strike zone to any of your other partners. In fact compare it to your own swing of 20 years ago!

When I sit with you, I see exactly you. I dont see that golfer of 20 years ago or any other player in your fourball, or myself. I then build a solution that will enable you to have a better golf game immediately.

And that solution needs thought. Its not a simple matter of a wrist to floor measurement and your handicap to decide that you need a " longer shaft in a set of stiff flex shafts with a muscle-back club head.

Heres a simple illustration. Lets consider a slightly older golfer who has seen his handicap slip from 9 to 17 over the last 5 years. This mirrors the naturally declining swing speed and strength. This will impact on both the length and height of iron shots. Id also like you to imagine that this golfer is a little shorter in height than average.

In any fitting that we are doing with this golfer we need to make sure that we make it easier to increase the club head speed without reducing the likelihood of making solid contact with the golf ball.

In many cases an obvious option for this golfer is to go with a lighter, probably softer shaft. A less obvious option, but one worth examining, would be to look at a " or " longer shaft than normally fits this golfer. The slightly longer shaft would generate, through natural physics, a faster club head speed, and therefore greater distance.

Of course the slightly longer shaft would increase the chances of missing the sweet spot at contact, so finding a club head with an oversized face (and a larger hitting zone) and a higher MOI (to ensure distance and accuracy when the ball is struck off-centre) would be a good idea.

Visit your local Foremost PGA Golf Professional for expert advice and guidance

James Langmead PGA Qualified Golf Professional and former Callaway Club fitter of the year http://www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk

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