Whats your favorite putting tip?

[Jcp907]

Being relatively new to the game (or recently returning to the game) it's "Get it closer to the hole!"

At this point in time, this means trying to get within 3 feet if I am more than 10 ft from the hole, and trying to get it into the hole if it's 10' or closer.

[Big Padrigo]

1) Develop a routine that works for you and stick to it. It can be slightly different for short and long putts, as long as you keep doing it.
2) Committ to your putts, once you have decided what your target is you shouldn't be thinking of anything else except hitting the ball to your target, if you've read it right it will go in, if not it was just a bad read and not because of anything else.
3) Most importantly be a confident putter. Never, ever think you're not a good putter, once you start thinking it then you believe it and then it will become true.

[Jay-Bird]

Give the ball a chance to go in.

The last round I played there was a guy in the group who left birdie putts short on his first three chances. That guy was me.

[flybub]

Relax your hands, bend at the waist, rotate your shoulders, and Follow Through. I see alot of the people I play with jab at the ball and stop the clubface when they make contact with the ball instead of following through after contact.

[wachesawgolfer]

Focus on solid contact, ie. getting the ball to roll perfectly up and down, not wobbling or sideways. Put a circle on some balls and hit them so they roll on the circle. If you focus on solid contact you will slow down and accelerate through the ball on the line of the putt or to the hole.

[Dub]

I was recently given some solid advice from an excellent golfer after our round. I expressed my frustration with my hot & cold putting streaks from round to round.


He noticed a couple of times that I was not following through on the stroke. It seemed that I was unconsiously getting tense and tenative with my stroke...truly a case of bad results creating worse results.

He gave me a drill to try on the warm up green to help groove a flowing stroke for the round.


The other thing that really helps me is to grasp the putter in my right hand with my thumb fully on top of the shaft....align the putter behind the ball and then add my right hand...also with my left thumb on top.


One / two combination punch....just like in full swings....grip and follow through.

[bunkerputt]

Get fit for the proper length putter.

[indacup]

[mountaineer08]

i like to warm up with some one handed putts with my right hand..it gives me a feel for the sweet spot and a solid putt.

[bogeyhitter25]

The best tip I've ever gotten was "Forget about thinking, just hit it". Sometimes I'll think too much on how it's going to break if I hit it this hard or whatever. I'm starting to just pick a spot. Commit to it, and hit it.

[Bump-n-MI]

One thing I always do when putting down hill is hit the ball off the toe . It makes it easier (for me) to control the distance.

[ebough]

As in all golf swings, never decelerate the club head. Regulate distance by changing the length of the backswing while always maintaining the same swing tempo.