Why Better Putting Can Improve Your Golf Game and How To Make Better Putts

There are many ways you can improve your golf game and lower your score. Obviously improving your golf swing is one of them. It requires very little brains to realize how good your putting technique is has a lot to do with how well you score on the golf course as well. Think about it, putts make up about 40 t0 60 percent of all the shots you make during a round of golf. Ironically they travel the least amount of distance. So reducing the amount of putts you make in a typical round of golf by ten percent is going to help your golf score a lot. One thing that can make this happen is becoming more profficent at sinking those putts that are in the ten to five foot range. Also learning how to get those really longs ones closer to the hole would be very helpful.

One way to improve your putting abiility is to do a golf swing review. This means looking at the various aspects of your putting technique, such as your golf swing setup, golf swing take away and golf swing follow through with regards to your putting stroke.

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When you setup to make a putt make sure your alignment is correct. The backs of your heels should be lined up to the intended target. Remember the intended target might not be the hole, it could to the left or right of it, depending on how the green breaks. Also make sure the outside of your lead hand is facing the target. The plam of the hand that follows should also be facing the target. When the putter makes impact with the ball these must be in the same position as when you setup to make your putt. This is important for both short and long putts. swing your arms like pendulum to help make this will happent. Stay loose and do not tense when make your putt.

When starting your back swing control the swing with both hands while using your right hand to guide the way (if your are putting from the right side). When making your follow through control the swing with both hands but use the left hand to guide the way. The back of your left hand should be facing the target when you make impact with the golf ball.

Ideally you should try this out on the practice green first. Start with some long putts and gradually work you way to the shorter putts. A good thing to remember is to try and hit you putt a little farther then than the exact distance to the hole. There is nothing worse then getting the line correct, but coming up short.