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Putting Tips
When it comes to the game of golf you just cannot have enough putting tips. After all getting the ball in the hole is what it is all about. While it may look so easy to just putt the ball in the hole, it really is not. Putting can be and usually is the hardest part of the game for many golfers.
The following is a great list if tips that can help improve your overall putting ability.
1. Practice daily
2. Use the same putter and try to practice with one ball. Using many balls can break your concentration.
3. Relax, enjoy your putting practice sessions. Tension and putting do not work well together.
4. Your feet should be about shoulder-width apart.
5. Relax you knees a bit, don't lock them into position.
6. Keep a squared putter face by weakening your left hand while strengthening your right hand.
7. Your left wrist should stay firm.
8. Rely on your shoulders when putting and not your wrists.
9 Both you back stroke and follow through stroke should be relatively the same length.
10. Keep your head stead throughout the entire putt.
11. Experiment with different putters to find one that feels good in your hands and putting with.
12. Practice from different parts of the green for a full range of situations and difficulties.
13. Find a way to put pressure on yourself when practicing, this is something you will want to become accustomed with.
14. Practice at home when you cannot make it to the golf course to practice.
15. Remember it is always better to miss a putt by putting it past the hole; short putts NEVER go in the hole.
16. Practice, practice and practice some more.
Putting is really the heart of the game of golf. If you can pull a confident putting stroke out of your bag when you step onto the putting green you are going to step off the green a happy golfer. While the list of helpful putting tips could really be endless, these basic ones above should help and save you many strokes.
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