Week 3/Day 4 Cardiogolf Game Improvement Program

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Monday-Putting Set Up

Tuesday-The Putting Stroke

Wednesday-Reading Greeens

Today-Thursday-Distance Control

Friday-Putting Drills

Distance Control

Once you have learned the baisics of the stroke and reading greens, your next step is to adjust the length of your stroke to match putts of different sidtances.  Leaving long range putts short of the hole puts a lot of pressure on your putting.  If you can develop a good feel for distance, you will notice an immediate improvement in your scoring.

The length of your backstroke controls the distance of your putt.  Don’t try to hit the ball too hard; you’ll tighten up and throw off your rhythm. Use the same smooth rhythm you use on shorter putts, just lengthen your swing. To avoid getting wristy, a comomon tendency on longer putts, extend the forward motion of the stroke, finishing with the head of the putter low on your intended line. Be careful to keep your body still too.  Sometimes with longer putts, you’ll tend to lunge towards the ball as you hit or even add a little weight shift.  Try to keep your lower body and head still even with long putts.

On-Course Exercise

Because the odds of making a long putt are slim, the priority is to get the ball within a few feet of the hole so you’ll have a make-able second putt.  To do this, simply visualize a large circle around the cup about three feet in diametner. Start your putt on the line your detrenmined an aim for the bigger target; if the ball rolls inside the circle you should be able to make the short second putt easily.

Off-Course Exercise

Practice your putting stroke indoors.  Try to imagine a two-foot putt and make a few practice strokes. Now imagine a 4-foot putt and make a few practice strokes.  Then imagine a 6-foot, 8-foot, 10-foot putt etc. and make sure that the length of the putting stroke increases as the length of putt increases.

Coming up this week
Friday-Putting Drills
Email me your questions and comments.  My email address is Karen@swingbladegolf.com.


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