Sharpen Your Short Game

Sharpen Your Short Game

In addition to good fundamentals, better putting requires you to stay relaxed in order to produce a smooth motion. taylormade r9 460 driver Practicing with your eyes closed is a great way to retrain your body and mind to get used to making smooth, pendulum-like putting strokes. taylormade 09 burner irons If you want, go ahead and set up over a golf ball on the practice green. Read the putt, judge the distance, then close your eyes and stroke the putt. Then open your eyes and judge the results. taylormade r9 irons Keep practicing until you can gauge the length of the putt with your eyes closed. This will, in turn, help train the body to recognize how hard to stroke a putt from varying lengths from the hole. ping rapture v2 irons Now, let’s get down to the nitty gritty. All great putters have a solid setup, which in our case, means setting up to the ball in a comfortable and athletic position. In the photo above, notice these few key points: The ball is positioned slightly forward of center. callaway x-20 irons This will help me catch the ball on a slight incline, thus helping the ball roll faster with an end-over-end roll. My head is centered and square to the target, and my hands are slightly in front of the ball. This slight forward-press position also helps me make a solid pass at the ball and hit the center of the putterface Ishiner.