How to Improve Chipping Touch and Feel for Distance

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

It may seem hard to improve your chipping touch and feel for distance control around the greens. Of course, chipping touch in golf can be improved through practice. But there are important keys that you should understand before you go out there and start to practice your chipping.   Roll it

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How to Grip a Putter: Types of Putter Grip

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Unlike the regular grip for irons and woods, you will see more types of putting grip. There are: Reverse-overlap Cross handed Split-handed The claw The psycho Palm facing The pencil Ten finger You can use any of them that suit you. Pick a grip that w

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Putting Grip: Extend Your Right Index Finger

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

There are many types of putting grip. I don't think there is one correct putting grip for every golfer. The important thing is to find the one that works best for you. Today, I would like to share the putting grip that works best for me among all the putting grips I tried during the last 20 years.

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How to Putt it Straight

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

For putting, you don't usually hook the ball or slice the ball on purpose. So the most important thing is to hit it straight. It sounds easy, but it's not true most amateurs. They struggle to hit it straight. So even ef they read green perfectly, there is good chance that they will miss it. 

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The 6 Keys and Drills to Hitting Short Putts

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

What is the most important thing in short putts? If you are confident about short putts, you are going to score better. On the fairway, you don't feel like you need to hit it close to the pin because you can putt well. So short putts are important if you want to score better. But most of the amate

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The 6 Keys and Drills to Hitting Long Putts

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The biggest difference between high handicappers and low handicappers in putting is a long putt. So it you were to improve your score, you need to work on your long putts. On long putts, distance control is more impotant than hitting it on an intended line.   But  most players struggle

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How to Hit Breaking Putts

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

When hitting breaking putts, you need to do the following. 1. Pick a point to aim and set your putter face square to that aim 2. Align your body to your aim line 3. For right-to-left putt, try to roll it in on the right side of the hole 4. For left-to-right, try to roll it in on the left

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Hands Position with Putting

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Ben Crenshaw is known as being one of the best putters of all time. He had the smooth putting stroke. At address. he puts his hand a little forward. This means that his hands are slightly ahead of the ball at address.   At impact, he wanted his hands to beat the clubhead to the ball. Tom Wa

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Cross Handed (Left-Hand Low)Grip

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

There are players who use cross handed grip when putting. The advantages of this grip are:   1. You can restrict extra movement of your wrists 2. It lets you make more consistent stroke on short putts   Because you put your left hand low, lots of teachers will say it makes it e

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Putt it with Your Dominant Eye

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Some teachers will say you can putt better with your dominant eye.   You have to find your dominant eye. Make a circle with your hand and look through the circle. Close your rigt eye. If the view changes, right eye is your dominant eye. If the view doesn't change, left eye is your dominant

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How to Putt on Fast Greens

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Tiger Woods is very good at putting on fast greens. Today, let's see how the putts on those greens. Tiger said that they key to putting well on fast greens is grip pressure.   On fats greens, he holds the grip lighter and keeps that grip pressure throughout the swing. He said amateurs holt

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Lorena Ochoa's 3 Putting Drills

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Lorena Ochoa once said is the game of making birdies. That just shows you how confident she is with putting.   Here are 3 putting drill that she uses.   1. Stop moving your head Ask someone to hold your head while you hit your putt. Try to look at the spot below the ball for 2 seco

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How to Overcome the Yips with Putting

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

According to the research done by the Mayo Clinic, 33% to 48% of all serious golfers have experienced the yips. Lots ot top players also fought the yips including Johnny Miller, Bernhard Langer, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead.   Golfers fighting with the yips in putting are known to have the certa

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Putting Stroke and Face Rotation

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Have you ever heard the advice "straight back and straight through?" I've seen and heard this advice many times. I think it's a good image to have. It should help you keep your face square through impact. But technically, it can't be done because of the way humans are built.   Natural Putt

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