How To Have More Success With The Golf Putt

I am sure you are aware that many people have a practiced routine they follow prior to an action that requires accuracy and judgment. A perfect example of this is watching people serve in the game of tennis, you see all sorts of amazing differences in the routine prior to the action, many of which are so hilarious you have difficulty keeping a straight face.

Almost everyone has a pre action routine in golf too. Most have a slightly separate one for the iron shot, the drive, the chip and of course the putt.

In this particular article, I want to talk about a pre putt routine that has proven to be very helpful in expanding your perception of distance, speed and slope during the golf putt.

If you ask someone who plays golf why he or she has a distinct pre putt routine, they generally can't give a good answer.

I would like to make a suggestion for a pre putt routine that will unquestionably improve your putting performance. This is a confirmed method that will deliver more consistency with your golf putt than you have known up until now.

Just a little preamble: I am sure you are aware that if, for example, the grass slopes from right to left, if you hit the ball harder that slope will have less effect in diverting the ball from it's path. Conversely, if you hit slower the ball will be taken off course much more. This is one of the judgments you must make

Now for the routine. First, walk from the hole to your ball, counting your steps. Walk past your ball and starting a new count, walk the same distance again beyond the ball but in line with the hole. Hopefully there is no bunker just there.

Turn and look at the ball and the hole, you will see that the ball is halfway to the hole. You can get a better perspective of slope to right or to left between the ball and the hole from that distance as well. By the time you walk back to the ball, and this is the THIRD time you have covered that distance, your mind will get an acute sense of that distance.

When you are back at your ball, the golf putt will appear easy. Your perception of distance and slope, and therefore how hard you need to hit, is greatly enhanced.

Before you finally make your stroke keep in mind the golden rule of the golf putt: the ball must travel PAST the hole. A ball that stops rolling short of the hole will NEVER go in.

Try this routine on your next round and hopefully the improvement in your golf putt will help your score.