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Keep Your Head Still
Posted by Shelby (shelby) on Oct 26 2008
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The putter is probably the most important club in your bag. If you are a good putter of the ball, this club will save you plenty of strokes during your round. You don’t have to be a great athlete to be a good putter. But you do need steady nerves and a smooth stroke. Most of us amateurs never put in enough time practising with the flat stick either. We spend most of our practise time pounding the driver. Honestly I’ve never figured that one out. You know the old saying (if you haven’t here it is) “You drive for show and you putt for Doe”. I have another one I like to use “The woods are Full of long drives”.

Practise with the putter and your handicap will go down. Here is this week’s tip, ya you guessed it it’s on putting.

Keep Your Head Still
By Ken Brown
“Keeping your head down is one of the worst tips that exists for the full swing, but for anyone wanting to hole more putts it’s sound advice. And there are many ways you can do it. Over short putts you can wait for the sound of the ball dropping into the cup (hopefully!) before you look up. That works.

A more popular method, which a lot of tour pros swear by, is marking and replacing the ball in such a way that the logo is exactly where you intend to strike the ball. This gives you something specific to keep your eyes on. And without a doubt keeping your eye on the ball is an absolute fundamental to pure striking – you need to see the ball being hit. If you move your head too early you’ll never hit the same spot on the putter-face twice. It’s like driving a car; if you move your eyes left your car moves that way. It’s the same in putting. If you let your eyes wander the putter goes with them.

Even better, draw your own identification mark on the ball. I think I was the first player on tour to do this. Now I doubt there is a single player who doesn’t. There are lots of variations you can use – a line along the logo is popular because as well as giving you something to focus on, it helps you line up in the direction you want the ball to start.

Mark and replace your ball so that the logo is positioned where you intend to strike it.”

This is a great tip and it’s sure to help you sink more putts. A Golf Accessory that will help you is the Check-Go. It’s a small devise that spins the ball at a high RPM. This finds the sweet spot of the ball. You mark the sweet spot with a line. Then use the line to line up your putts in the direction you want the ball to start. You have struck the ball purely when you see a nice straight line as the ball rolls to the hole. This is a great tool that I recommend for everyone.
See you next week.
 

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