Solid Contact With Your Putter

[ks8829]

How many golfer really make solid contact with the ball and the putter face?

I play with a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 and you can tell the difference from a solid strike and a miss hit putt by the feel and sound of the ball comming off the putter face.

I also play a Yonex ADX blade putter and the sweet spot is the size of a dime and the club will tell you on miss hit and the solid contact is very soft feel.

One key to making solid contact I discovered is keeping the putter face low to the ground on the back stroke, almost to the point of pressing down on the ground on your backstroke.

[wrx_junki]

I've been struggling with making solid contact with my putter this season. Many putts coming up short due to mishits. I think this is another reason why some of those 2-ball putters are great for higher handicaps since the loss in distance is less on mishits.

[CG031]

I mishit my putter way too much on long putts, but that's because I don't practice my lag putting nearly as much as I should. My home course greens you don't get a putt over 20-25 feet so I never get the practice on those. Inside 15 feet I never mishit a putt, that's pretty pathetic to mishit a putt inside that distance, you really shouldn't.

Best advice if you are: Don't watch your putts go towards the hole. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN for at least 3 seconds after contact.