Determine Your Best Putting Style and Sink More Putts

Every putt that you make can be sunk with every putter on the planet. Ideally you need to determine the best putter for your swing to execute the length of putt that you are about to make after you sort out the green speed and contour. That’s easier said than done but this blog will give you a road map to help you sort out the best putting solution for YOUR GAME.

This blog does not train you to read greens or the speed of every green. Reading greens is a skill that you need to learn with practice and the speed of greens is based on the cut of the grass on any given day. Test the practice putting green at the course that you are about to play to get a feel for the cut of the greens which should be consistent with the greens throughout the course.

This blog is providing types of putting swings that may suit your body for short and longer putts (requiring a longer swing). Your options are: (1) swing with your wrists, (2) rotating your hips with your core, (3) rocking your shoulders or (4) any combination of the first 3.

After you choose your target line to accommodate the contour of the green, you only have to putt your ball on that STRAIGHT line without any side spin. You can only do this if your swing is directly up your target line. Because you are swinging around the fixed location of your feet, you need to minimize rotation around the axis of your spine. The easiest way to create a consistent straight pendulum type of swing (up your target line) is to take a stance with your eyes over the ball and to swing your arms by only ROCKING YOUR SHOULDERS (#3) (as they are closest to your head and eye-lineup). That will minimize the natural arc in your swing around the axis of your spine.

Bloodline Golf used these images to show Ernie Els with his eyes over the ball and his shoulder rocking putting motion.

Unfortunately, longer putts may require a longer swing so your core and hip rotation may need to be added for the power needed to reach the hole. Never putt with your wrists for any putts as the smaller muscles in your hands will only add inconsistencies to your stroke.

Always setup for your putt with your ball slightly ahead of the center of your stance so that your upward stroke creates a roll instead of a bounce. The most important focus in your swing is to impact the ball exactly on the center of the face of your putter and to allow the putter to swing directly up your target line for a few inches after impact. If your putter is not balanced, make adjustments to the point of impact on the face.

You can make every putt as long as you choose the right line. Swing directly up that line with enough speed to pass the hole where the reduction in speed will add the most break and damage from foot traffic is the worst. Practice with GOLFSTR+ to learn to lock your leading wrist. Buy one today at www.GOLFSTR.com

Golfer opinions researched by GOLF blog: “The cups need to be set .25 inches deeper to prevent bounce outs.” Do you agree?