My lag putting has struggled all year and I received a tip the other day that has seemed to help me and thought I'd pass it along.
Note: I did change my putting grip back to a conventional right hand low grip so that may have something to do with my speed as well.
I've started trying to take the guesswork out of lagging (as much as I can).
The first thing I do is throw my putter cover down on the practice green (I'd rather putt to it than an actual hole). I take 5 steps away from the putter cover which should be roughly 15 feet. From there I take 10 balls or so and putt toward the head cover taking note of how far back I bring the putter. For me, the putter must come back slightly past my right foot (depending on your stance this may be different). Once I've got that figured out, I take an additional 5 steps back which should be roughly 30 feet. The stroke for this putt should be double that of your fifteen foot stroke. You can really use this method for any length of putt.
Keep in mind that this will change a little depending on the speed of the greens, the grain and if your putt is uphill or downhill. I've used this method for about a week now in practice on two different putting greens. One of those greens was pretty slow and the other was pretty fast and the method has worked well for each green and the stroke was nearly the same on each green.
We'll see how it holds up in a real round this Sunday.
Hopefully this helps someone.
Note: I did change my putting grip back to a conventional right hand low grip so that may have something to do with my speed as well.
I've started trying to take the guesswork out of lagging (as much as I can).
The first thing I do is throw my putter cover down on the practice green (I'd rather putt to it than an actual hole). I take 5 steps away from the putter cover which should be roughly 15 feet. From there I take 10 balls or so and putt toward the head cover taking note of how far back I bring the putter. For me, the putter must come back slightly past my right foot (depending on your stance this may be different). Once I've got that figured out, I take an additional 5 steps back which should be roughly 30 feet. The stroke for this putt should be double that of your fifteen foot stroke. You can really use this method for any length of putt.
Keep in mind that this will change a little depending on the speed of the greens, the grain and if your putt is uphill or downhill. I've used this method for about a week now in practice on two different putting greens. One of those greens was pretty slow and the other was pretty fast and the method has worked well for each green and the stroke was nearly the same on each green.
We'll see how it holds up in a real round this Sunday.
Hopefully this helps someone.
