Symptom: You are often looking up right after you hit your putt. After all, you really want to see that ball go in the cup. And the ball is moving, and you want to see where it goes. Don’t. You must listen for the ball to drop instead. Overview: Keep your head down until well after your putterhead strikes… Read More »
Symptom: Poor putting on downhill putts, especially missing downhill putts on the low side of the hole because, yet again, you have underestimated the break. Or you over-read uphill putts, playing too much break. “Wow, I didn’t see that break!” you say to your playing partners, while shaking your head and walking over to mark your ball yet… Read More »
Symptom: Your putting aim is not very good. You think you know where you are aiming, but sadly the ball doesn’t go where you want it to. Sound familiar? “It’s straight in,” you think. “Can’t possibly miss this one.” But how wrong you are. In fact you can miss it. Description. Draw a straight line around the equator… Read More »
Symptom: You don’t miss your putts on the high side of the hole. Instead you miss on the low side. Seldom is there a need to watch your ball all the way to the hole because, well, it falls below the hole halfway to the cup and so cannot possibly go in. So you look away in disgust,… Read More »
Symptom: You have the putting yips. Basically, you are not hitting your putts in the direction or the line that you had envisioned, and it is costing you precious strokes on the green. As you tally your score, you mention your three-putts too, as in “I shot a 93, but I must have had six three-putts. Take those… Read More »
