Putting Golf Ball Basics

Posture is as important in putting as it is in the long game. Stand relatively tall and create sharp angles with your spine and legs so that your arms can hang freely from your shoulders. For maximum consistency, your forearms and the putter should form a straight line.

To give yourself the best possible view of the line of the putt, your eyes need to be directly over the ball. You can check this by dropping another ball from the top of your nose or by hanging your putter vertically from your eyes to see if it covers the ball. Forearms and putter should form a straight line.

The putter face should stay low to the ground during the stroke.

To avoid hitting down too steeply through impact, play the ball just forward of your sternum chest bone, as this is just beyond the base point of the stroke and will, therefore, enable you to make contact with the ball slightly on the upswing, which is essential for imparting top spin.

Top spin is vital in helping the ball roll smoothly across the putting surface. Green is an area of closely mows grass prepared for putting.

The Speed Of Greens

Judging pace on the greens can be tricky, particularly if you are playing different courses regularly. When faced with a long putt, 20 feet or 6 meters and farther, your main priority is to gauge the pace.

If you can hit the putt the right distance, you will always be close. You are not expecting to hole out regularly from this distance, so making the ball reach the hole and stop within two feet is more important than a slight left to right break in the middle of the putt.

To pre set a steep attack into the ball, break your wrists immediately in the backswing. You must feel as though you are lifting the club straight up and swinging back to at least shoulder height.