How do you get the "feel" on very fast greens?

[Bullitt5339]

I am typically a decent putter, but the courses I play on usually are medium speed greens.  Not the slowest things on earth, but definitely not the fastest either.  I play a few times a year on really fast bent grass greens and never can really get the feel of them.  I can't seem to slow the ball down and keep the "feel" in my stroke.  This became very apparent during my recent trip to Myrtle Beach and the greens were about twice as fast as I was use to.  I just could not get comfortable with my putter.

Decided to go to the practice green today during lunch, which are what I'm used to and was sinking everything.  Are there any tricks I can use to practice to get ready for the speedy greens I only encounter about 8-10 times a year?

[saevel25]

Longer, but slower stroke. I found this was a way to keep the putts from running away from you, on fast greens. If you have a short abrupt stroke then its harder to get the speed right for me. I also added about 6 1.5" strips of lead tap to my putter, i like it heavier which works better on faster greens, i stabalizes the putt stroke on that type of putting stroke. I also tend to spend alot of time practicing on the practice greens. They tend to be closer to the conditions on the course then trying to guess the speed off the greens your use to.

[Yukari]

It depends on whether you swing your putter or "hit" with your putter.  I swing with my putter, so I prefer faster greens.  Those who hit with their putter would prefer slower greens.

In general, my swing with a putter is slower than those who hit with their putter.  Slow back, slow follow through.

Alternatively, if you are a hitter with the putter, you can deaden the swing by hitting it off the toe of the putter.

[Bullitt5339]

I typically swing the putter, but when I get on fast greens I do catch myself hitting with it with a shorter backstroke and follow-through.  I guess I'm trying to take too much off of it and making it worse in the process.

[dak4n6]

I typically swing the putter, but when I get on fast greens I do catch myself hitting with it with a shorter backstroke and follow-through.  I guess I'm trying to take too much off of it and making it worse in the process.

Fast greens typically make people stab the ball. I joined my local CC last fall and their greens were like glass all winter. It took me a month or two of playing them to realize you have to still swing through the ball, but nice and smooth and slow, even for a 2 footer. It became pretty predictable being paired up with people who were not used to the fast greens and watching them stab, stab, stab.