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Nyper Well Established Member

Nyper

Last weekend I had 40 putts in my round.

Yesterday I spent a solid hour at the course on the putting green really trying to work on it. I felt like I got down to a good repeatable stroke and a good routine. I was putting pretty decent when I left.

Today I went played a new course... and.. had 40 putts. Again!

The course does have some pretty fast greens that I wasn't used to, but it's no excuse. I had seven 3-putts. Absolutely pathetic...

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birdiemachine Established Member

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Gotta roll the rock if you want to be a player. Putting takes SO SO SO much time. Patience, patience, and practice.

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3w: TM V-Steel 15* grafalloy blue (42 inches)
3-pw: Miura Tournament Blades w/ rifle 5.5
wedges: 588 Clevelands 47* 51* 56*
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Jenks465 Established Member

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How do you practice?

In my Tour bag
Driver - Cyberstar (9*), cut to 43.5 inches long with tonnes of lead tape attatched to the head.
Fairway 909F2 (13.5*), Diamana blue 83 shaft, 42 inches long
Rescues Heaven wood (17*)
909h (21*) Diamana blue shaft Irons Pro M (3-PW), Rifle 5.0 shafts Wedges KZG TRS (52* +...

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Jay-Bird Great Member

Jay-Bird

Keep practicing, it'll come around.

(Or get your approach shots closer to the hole!)

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4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
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wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
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Nyper Well Established Member

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(Or get your approach shots closer to the hole!)

Sadly, all of my 3 putts were from 20ft and less today. I would just roll each one of them 4 ft by, and miss it coming back.

As for my practice... yesterday I spent a lot of time trying to work on distance control. I would place 5 balls and random spots.. all about 20ft from a hole. Take my time, read each putt.. (trying to work on a routine).. set up. Take two practice strokes. Step to the ball. One last look at the hole. Putt the same stroke on the ball as my practice strokes. I also putted each of these out. On the 3 and 4 footers, trying to again do my routine of reading the putt etc etc. I feel like I don't read greens well. On putts that are 8 ft and under, sometimes it just needs to be played on the right or left edge of the cup, and sometimes it's so little that I can't tell which side. Today there were several putts from that range where I actually hit the exact spot I was aiming but just mis-read the putt and played too much or too little break.
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Chas Great Member

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Without knowing anything else, I would say lag putting and 5' and in is probably what you should be working on the most. plus some chipping.

This sounds like good advice. I sort of do it myself but not as consciously as that.

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3 Wood: Taylor stiff
3-hybrid: Nike 18 deg stiff
4-hybrid: Taylor RBZ 22 deg regular
Irons:5-9, Mizuno MP30, steel
Wedges: PW, 52, 56, 60 Mizuno MP30
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ks8829 Great Member

ks8829

You are lucky because your putting can only get better with 40 putts per round.

watch this video:



good luck

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Eeryck Well Established Member

Eeryck

My favorite advice I ever read about putting:

Putt as fearlessly as a child would. Have you ever noticed how well children putt.

The idea behind it was that a child looks at each event as another chance to put the ball in the hole and independant of the previous. They would also expect each attempt to go in because that was their goal.

-E

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Driver........... Burner 9.5* S-Flex
3-Wood......... Burner 15* S-Flex
5-Wood......... Ovation 18* S-FlexIrons............. Pro Combos 3,5-PW Rifle 6.0Wedges......... CG12 52.10, 56.14, 60.10Putter............ 33" VP1 Milled PutterBall................ e6+ or B330-SRangefinder.....

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MSDOGS1976 Great Member

MSDOGS1976

Might try a belly putter. I used it for several months with some success and then went back to my regular putter. Putted much better. I still use the belly for drill purposes. Helps remind me on how to stay connected and to rotate shoulders. Easy to find a cheap one on ebay.

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TheLauncher Well Established Member

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My favorite advice I ever read about putting:

I like this. Its kind of like what I call my confidence game in putting-- I usually do much better when I just tell myself that I am going to hole the putt, and I think of nothing else. Four footers should be no-brianers. It helps me if I just go up and knock them in. Especially on short putts, the more I think the worse I do. Your single focus must be the ball dropping.

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LongballGer Well Established Member

LongballGer

I used to be a bad putter too, but now putting is the strenght of my game.

Here are some tips I can give you:

Keep the grip pressure very, very light and constant (this is very important)

Here are some drills I use to practice:

Take a couple of balls and look at the hole instead of the ball while you putt.

Close your eyes while you putt and then guess how far it went.

Hit 3 balls exactly the same distance.


other drills:

stick two tees right into the ground putterhead width apart, put the ball in the middle and putt without touching the tees.

find a hole and measure a putter length from it and stick a tee in the ground. Do that three times and place a ball next to the tees and try to hole the putts.


Do these drills and I guarantee you you will become a good putter.

Golf is a game in which the ball always lies poorly and the player always lies well.

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flopdarock Great Member

flopdarock

Last weekend I had 40 putts in my round.

man... i know exactly how you feel... right before my round today waiting to tee up i decided to hit the putting green... oh boy... nothing dropped... add extreme crowds an slow pace of play... girs led to bogeys and doubles... some days you have it... others............

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birdiemachine Established Member

birdiemachine

my advice

1. practice sinking putts with a golf ball. No joke, just try you will see how your eye changes.

2. Line up your putter, look at the hole, and just "feel it". Davis Love used to do this on long putts. It helps you get a real feel for distance and forces you to have a square club face. More importantly you ingrain the feel of a square clubface.

3. DONT JAB. Be a pendelum. Smooth. Also, like someone already said, grip pressure is essential. You need to release the putterhead. This can be real hard on lightning greens.

4. And finally, fix your head. Read the golfers mind. You will roll the rock like a pro after this book.

Good Luck and be patient

Driver: Adams 9015 proto (ozik matrix shaft)
3w: TM V-Steel 15* grafalloy blue (42 inches)
3-pw: Miura Tournament Blades w/ rifle 5.5
wedges: 588 Clevelands 47* 51* 56*
putter: Scotty Cameron oil can (97)

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Chas Great Member

Chas

Yesterday at the Buick I was watching how Villegas grips the putter, from close up with my binoculars. He lays the putter down on the green first and then very, very softly wraps his fingers round the handle. It's all about feel and fine feedback. Wish I could do that - must practice more.

Driver: Cobra 460SZ 9.0, med.
3 Wood: Taylor stiff
3-hybrid: Nike 18 deg stiff
4-hybrid: Taylor RBZ 22 deg regular
Irons:5-9, Mizuno MP30, steel
Wedges: PW, 52, 56, 60 Mizuno MP30
Putter: Odyssey 2-ball

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Jenks465 Established Member

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Without knowing anything else, I would say lag putting and 5' and in is probably what you should be working on the most. plus some chipping.

Thats good advice! Take care of the short ones and the long ones and all of the others come easy!

I'd also suggest practicing with one ball and going round all of the holes on the putting green (I usually do it until i've played nine holes in 15 putts), especially just before playing. That recreates the situation you get on the course better than hitting the same putt over and over and gets you focused on trying to hole every putt rather than thinking too much, good luck, Jenks.

In my Tour bag
Driver - Cyberstar (9*), cut to 43.5 inches long with tonnes of lead tape attatched to the head.
Fairway 909F2 (13.5*), Diamana blue 83 shaft, 42 inches long
Rescues Heaven wood (17*)
909h (21*) Diamana blue shaft Irons Pro M (3-PW), Rifle 5.0 shafts Wedges KZG TRS (52* +...

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ks8829 Great Member

ks8829

saw this video and thought it might help you

Titleist 910 D2 9.5 Driver
Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
52/1056/1160/5

"Yonex ADX Blade putter, odyssey two ball blade putter, both  33"

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