Golf Putting Improvement

This article will share with your three points to ensure you the correct tempo and distance control to make any kind of putt look easy.

The most important part of putting is getting the pace right, as even if you don’t get the ball down the correct line you still will only be faced with a short putt. Now get the pace wrong and the line right you next shot could still require you to sink a monster putt.



Correct Stroke


The first step to ensure you have a controlled putting stroke is to concentrate on your acceleration. A quick way to ensure your putter accelerates correctly through the impact area is to make your follow-through swing is longer than your backswing.

So however far you complete your backswing make sure your follow through travels a greater distance, so if the backswing is a foot, your swing should follow-through two feet.

During your backswing you should keep the putter low to the ground and then swing slightly higher during the follow-through, this will cause topspin and ensure a better roll to the green.



Change the Backswing Length


Once you have learnt how to control your shot by concentrating on your acceleration, the only thing left to change and control your distance is your backswing.

So when you want to vary the distance of any putts the only thing to change is the length of your backswing.

So for short putts the backswing needs to be kept short, for medium sized putts the backswing should travel back level to your back foot and for longer putts the swing should travel beyond your back foot.

The tempo of your putt needs to stay the same whether you are hitting short, medium or long putts. When rocking the putter back and forth count one-two to help with the swing, this should be the same count whatever your putting distance.



Tee Putting Drill


It can be quite difficult to control your distance so it is vital for you to get yourself out to a putting green and practice.

A good drill for this will require you to have some tees, put a few of the tees into the ground at even gaps between each tee, say about 2 feet apart to start with, when you get better these gaps can be widened.

Then get a few golf balls and putt to the furthest tee and work you way back to the nearest tee. You are aiming to get the golf balls in line with all the tees.

This drill will help your swing and understand how far you need to swing the putter back to get to each tee.