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Choosing Your Putter
The three worst things to consider when choosing a putter are:
*The kind your best friend, who happens to be a great putter, has
*The one that looks nice
*The one the tour pro endorses
This is one of the most important considerations when choosing a putter; avoid all three of the above methods of choosing!
Putters have specifications and characteristics that can effect your putting in good or bad ways. Here are the qualities you need to look for:
*Shaft length and lie angel (the angle the shaft comes out of the head of the club) must fit you in three ways
*It must allow you to address the ball with your eyes directly over the target line while your hands are under your shoulders.
*If must be long enough so you dont experience any pain in your shoulders, legs or back when practicing for long periods of time
*It must be short enough so it wont catch your clothing while putting.*You should choose a design that will help eliminate your most common mistakes.
To find out what these are put a piece of impact tape on the putter you now use and stroke 30 putts, if your marks are mostly near the heel you want a heel-shaft putter (the shaft enters the heel of the putter).
If you tend to strike towards the head, you want a center shafted putter.
*If you want alignment aids on your clubs, get them, they are legal and anything that helps your stroke is encouraged.
*Find a putter with a light club head, try a few strokes with it, then tape a couple of dimes to the back of the head, does it feel better or worse to put with the added weight.
*Grip size and shape are important factors; the grip needs to be small enough for you to be able to control easily, but big enough so your fingers dont overlap uncomfortably.
The putter is the only club allowed to have a flat top on the grip, it allows for more consistent grip each time you use it.
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If you choose to use a different stroke from the straight back, straight through, it is possible to do so effectively, however it takes a great deal of practice and can create problems during a stressful situation on the course.
When you are putting is the least opportune time to have problems with your putt, and should be avoided.
In order to use a different stroke successfully, (like the inside-square-inside stroke) you must be willing to devote huge amounts of time to your practice.
If the putter is not traveling straight down the target line, the statistics are greater for a missed shot.
For instance if a putt is 10 degrees off the target line, it can send the ball off by 8 inches, nearly twice the width of the hole.
Always begin with your shoulders parallel to the target line, as the ball will travel on a line parallel to your shoulders.
While it may be comfortable to address the ball with your shoulders open, left of the target line causes many putts to travel across the target line. |
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More articles:
Discount Golf Clubs at The World of Golf
Women-Golfers Blog
Golf etiquette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PGA.com :: Improve Your Game: Tips
Putting Lessons
Basic Golf-Putting Downhill
Necessary Practice Exercises and Conditioners
Millions of golfers go out each weekend to prove that “practice makes perfect”, and looking for the fix to their poor swings, bad putting, uncomfortable stance and ineffective grip.
A tribute to their endurance is shown by their return from the course with little more than a sore back and hands.
You should never go out to just practice, planned and correct practice properly executed, will always show in your game. However, it never pays to perfect and action that is not working!
Be certain that your grip, stance and swing are correct, talk to your pro and find out what the problem is, and then practice correcting it.
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