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TPI Friday Fix: Green Reading
Titleist Performance Institute put out an excellent video that includes some excellent green reading strategies. There is a lot to digest but it makes a lot of sense.
Here are the steps outlined in the video:
- Assess the shape of the green and where the low points on the sides of the green are.
- Walk the highest point or middle of the green and split the green into quadrants.
- Once it’s time to putt, isolate the quadrant you are in and focus on that.
- Walk to the ball and look at the line your putting on.
- Read the putt from low point and look especially at the 5 foot circle around the hole.
- Walk behind the hole and look from the hole to your golf ball.
- Commit to the putt.
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My new favorite practice putting game – Split Nines
August 10, 2011 - 3:51 pm
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If you want to add some pressure to your putting practice to make it feel a bit more like what you’ll feel on the golf course then try this game.
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Stop quitting on your putts
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One night while I was on a golf trip in Maryland a few weeks ago, I thought it would be fun to have some putting contests in the room. The carpet was probably rolling about a 10 so it wasn’t too quick. We played a version of leap frog and set the cup out about [...]
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US Open: Strategy, Ball Striking and Putting will determine winner
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Watching the marquee group on usopen.com, you begin to get a sense for what these players are facing. This is a stern test of golf on a scale that is hard to me imagine for me not having played any conditions like that in my life.
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Posted in Mental Game, Putting, Review | 1 comment
Aaron Baddeley:Putting from seeitgolf is unlike any putting video you have seen. It is designed to replace the images of doubt and failure and replace them with success and confidence.
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Posted in Equipment, Review, Training Aid | 3 comments
I’ve been using the EEZ-Read putting aid since this summer and I have found that used properly it can be an important aid to help with putting.
The EEZ-Read is according to the manufacturer:
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Key number 1. Try to leave the easiest putt
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I [...]
Handicap Drop – Now 8.6
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