Putting

               Putting is always something that people have difficulty with; some people have problems with reading breaks, reading how much speed they need, understanding the slopes. There are many little details that come into sinking a putt.

               Now the things I said in the first paragraph are only a few examples of the things you need to sink a putt. Starting with being able to read the break. The break is the way that they green moves, so depending where you are on the green the break can be left to right or right to left. Those are the two main breaks that there are. When the green breaks from left to right you would want to aim your putt to the left of the hole so that the ball will follow the break and roll directly to the hole, and vice versa for when the break is from right to left.

               Another thing that many people forget to take into consideration is if they are putting uphill or downhill. Almost all golfers run into a time where they leave the putt to short or they rocket the ball way past the hole, I have done it multiple times! It depends how much of an uphill putt you have but when it comes to uphill putting, you always want to pick a spot past the hole. If you aim for this spot past the hole than you will not leave the putt short. When you have a downhill putt, you want to choose a point before the hole and aim for there. If you aim for this point, the ball will have just enough speed to roll down right into the hole.

               The final thing that most golfers have a problem with it the movement of putting. Usually when people have long putts or hard uphill putts, their instincts will be to hinge their wrists in order to get more power. You want to avoid this! Moving your wrists while putting can adjust the line you are following while putting. For example, you may be lined up to go to the left of the cup but when you hinge your wrist, you could hit the ball to the right of the hole because you moved the clubface. This is a problem that all golfers face, even the pros! A good way to fix it is by moving taking 50-100 practice putts a day where you just go back and forth, just your arms. Keeping your wrists straight, strong and balanced. This will allow your body and your mind to understand the right stroke and will eventually getting rid of the wrist nonsense.