I need help on my putting

**FortAsel** · June 4, 2008

I use a 33'' yes!golf callie putter and I'm one of the best putters at my home club...

Some times I make very good puts from outside 30 ft, but for some reason I can't make as many putts from 10 ft and in as I'd like.

I tried to fix this by working my tail off from that distance, but I've started missing even more, lets say that from 6 ft, I make about 40% of the time.

I started noticing that I was pushing every putt... I tried to change my grip, but didn't work, changed my posture and, again didn't work.

I'm a rotational putter (inside-square-inside) and I'm running out of ideas to correct my fault.
Can you give me any tips to enhance my putting preformance???
Thanks in advance

**OrlandoGolfBlogger** · June 4, 2008

A little pre-game putting advice, courtest of Phil

Check out this article and see if it helps. Basically it says you should mix up the distance you practice from and don't start close and work your way to far or vice versa. You should start in the middle, then move close, then move far.

So start at 40 feet, keep hitting balls until your within 3 feet 5 putts in a row, move to 30 feet, repeat, than move to 50 feet and repeat.

Let me know if this helps.

**JaY_B** · June 4, 2008

Line yourself up correctly, shut your eyes and hit the putt. If the ball does not go in you will feel what you have done wrong due too your eyes being shut.

You could try putting the ball a little further forward in your stance, as it would give the club face a little more time to square up.

**mikelz** · June 4, 2008

I'll go the opposite way. Start making 2 footers first. Then set a target (like 10 or 20) you have to make in a row before you move back another foot. I wouldn't go past 6 feet.

**FortAsel** · June 4, 2008

A little pre-game putting advice, courtest of Phil

That's a good article but i still think that my problem is not the longer putts but the shortest. Thank's anyway, that's a very good piece of information

**FortAsel** · June 4, 2008

I'll go the opposite way. Start making 2 footers first. Then set a target (like 10 or 20) you have to make in a row before you move back another foot. I wouldn't go past 6 feet.

My goal usualy is to make 25 in a row or 50 when I'm practicing. Before a tournament I just try to get the speed of the greens

**Franco!** · June 4, 2008

Professionals make around one half of the 6 footers they have. How many do you think you're going to make?
40% is pretty good from inside 6 feet

**Ben** · June 5, 2008

Line yourself up correctly, shut your eyes and hit the putt. If the ball does not go in you will feel what you have done wrong due too your eyes being shut.

As a bit of a twist to this, you can keep your eyes open, just don't look up. If you've got the line and speed right, just trust that the ball will drop. If you look up too early that can cause your shoulders to lift up and out of the putt, most of the time leading to a push. I try and keep my head down on putts at least to the point of where I just can't take it anymore and have to look up. On a ten footer that would be the last 6-8 inches of the putt.

**RX Phoenix** · June 5, 2008

As a bit of a twist to this, you can keep your eyes open, just don't look up. If you've got the line and speed right, just trust that the ball will drop. If you look up too early that can cause your shoulders to lift up and out of the putt, most of the time leading to a push. I try and keep my head down on putts at least to the point of where I just can't take it anymore and have to look up. On a ten footer that would be the last 6-8 inches of the putt.

Very good advice, this will work if you can get yourself to do it. It's especially difficult to do on the 6' putts, a lot easier on the longer ones because on the 6' there is very little time before it goes in the hole, so the tendency is to want to look up quicker to see if it is going to go in the hole. There is one thing golfers don't want to miss, and that is the sight of the ball disappearing in the hole, so up comes the head faster on the shorter putts and that leads to the push.

Joetruth · June 5, 2008

I just won a putting contest with 60 guys, the prize was taylormade burner driver .
My technique is like Jack Nickelaus. Piston the right elbow, keep the putter face 100% square to the line. You can practice by sliding the putter along a board making sure you don't rotate the face.

**FortAsel** · June 5, 2008

Professionals make around one half of the 6 footers they have. How many do you think you're going to make?

I don't think its good enough. I'd like my average to be around the 75% area.

**Ben** · June 5, 2008

Very good advice, this will work if you can get yourself to do it. It's especially difficult to do on the 6' putts, a lot easier on the longer ones because on the 6' there is very little time before it goes in the hole, so the tendency is to want to look up quicker to see if it is going to go in the hole. There is one thing golfers don't want to miss, and that is the sight of the ball disappearing in the hole, so up comes the head faster on the shorter putts and that leads to the push.

Thanks!

You are right about the shorter putts and wanting to see them drop, but, I figure hearing them go in is just as good. I try not to look up at all on short putts. I picked up that advice from Gary Player earlier this year. (Not personally mind you, saw it on TV. haha)

**shotstop_10** · June 6, 2008

it might be just mential it not that you cant make them you tell your self that its harder to make the 10 ft and in instead on the long ones b/c if you make the long ones sometimes its not a real big deal if you make it or not but i think it might just me mental. Just go practice and tell your self that you can make this putt. Thats what I do when I have a short putt I have to make.

**FortAsel** · June 6, 2008

Yes I try to feel from 6 feet and in that I absolutely have to make them. Otherwise its lost strokes

**JKilgore44** · June 6, 2008

If you want a good 6 footer drill, try this:

Begin at 3 ft. Make 100 consecutive 3 footers. (Harder than it sounds)

Once you've made 100 3 footers, move your mark to six feet. Continue until you've made 100 consecutive 6 footers. If you complete this drill, you're the best putter alive.

Be sure to find a good flat spot on the green to practice this drill. It will help you develop a smooth, consistent stroke from that range. It has helped my stroke become more "pure" rather than a jabby stroke. Try it out, maybe it will work for you too.

GOLFOMG · June 6, 2008

2 things come to mind when i think about putting:

1. grip pressure. It should be so light that the putter is almost falling out of your hands. All of your hard work may have led to some expectations, which leads to tension.

2. ball position. If I know my grip pressure is good and I still can't putt, invariably the ball is too far forward or too far back in my stance. After fixing that, everything seems easy again.

**sonicblue** · June 6, 2008

With few exceptions, every putt is makeable. It's not that often, e.g., you really have to fear putting off the green, or catching a slope and running ten feet by. I'll go a step farther and say, every putt is EASILY makeable. Now, I don't mean that, if I drop ten balls all over a green, it's easy to make 8 of them. I mean, there's nothing hard about any given one of them, per se. Regardless of putt, there are always and only two things:

1) LINE: If I had to bet, 95% of us can look at a putt and know the general direction and break. Picture a line tracing the path, like they have on TV now, except instead of one ball wide, picture it -oh- about 6" wide. I absolutely bet you could lay out a 6" wide path that would include the actual, true, one-ball-wide line. What I'm saying is, the margin of error here isn't that big. It comes down to, when you do pick your line, you have to believe it's the true line. We KNOW it likely isn't absolutely right, but it's probably pretty durn close, so just "lie" to yourself that little bit, and go ahead and trust it. I don't know about you, if I never miss the center of the cup by more than 3" on either side, I'll be happy.

2) SPEED: It's very unusual to misread a line by a foot or more. It's far more obvious to line up to a putt and just be pointed the wrong direction, or to push/pull your putt a whole lot off line. However, right up until you hit the ball, you can dink it or crush it. I maintain, this problem comes back to trusting your line. When we get preoccupied with whether we're aimed properly, or making the perfect stroke, is when we forget to simply trust our brain as to how hard to hit it. That being said, go to the practice green, find a flat area (forget the holes) and mark a line with a club on the ground. Pace off 2-, 5-, 10-, etc... steps and drop some balls. Work on pure speed to just touch the line. When you get to the course, pace off your putts and carry over those paced-off distances to your stroke.

**Lange** · June 6, 2008

I use a 35" yes tracy II and it's made my putting my most confident part of my game. It may be the fact that you have it stuck in your head that you have troubles making shorts putt. What im saying is that it may be all mental and you think to much when approaching to putt. Putting green would be an excellent place to get that confidence back.

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