Become a Better Putter

Having trouble putting? If so, don't worry because many people experience problems with putting at one point or another in their golf careers. You'll have good putting days and bad putting days, but the key to being a good putter is to minimize the effect those bad days have on you. How do you do this? The answer is pretty simple- you need to focus on your technique. By focusing on your technique you're leaving less to chance, minimizing the impact that those bad putting days have on you. To start, let's focus on the basic techniques of putting from an athlete's perspective.

All sports are more similar than you think. They have common goals, objectives, rules, and the players have common stances. Look at a baseball player getting ready to field a ball, a basketball player playing defense, or a linebacker in football waiting for the snap. What do they all have in common? A similar stance. This stance is known as the athletic position and it can benefit you when you are putting. To utilize it, approach the ball as you normally would, and get into your stance. Now here's where the change comes in. Get into the athletic position- knees bent, feet shoulder width apart. Look at the hole as if you were a batter facing the pitcher. Now slowly raise up to normal putting position and putt. It's that simple.

Why does this work? By getting into the athletic stance you balanced yourself and got your feet squared which is two crucial points of putting. Doing this help to ensure the ball would go straight when you putted it. Staring at the 'pitcher' made sure that you were standing in the proper position in relation to the ball and the hole. Sometimes the simplest things can help you a lot when putting!