Tip of The Week

 There are 2 main faults in the average player that lead to poor, inconsistent putting.

1.       The eyes follow the ball to the hole after the stroke.  This leads to excessive body motion and poor club face alignment.

Correction:  In your address position, make sure that your eyes are over the ball, focus on the ball, and after the stroke, leave your eyes on the spot where the ball started, for a count of 1001.

2.       A breakdown in the stroke of the lead hand and wrist.  This is caused by poor pace to the putting stroke, e.g. too slow on the backswing causes too much acceleration on the forward swing.  This will result in poor putter face alignment and inconsistency in distance control.

Correction:  Try to feel that the putter is an extension of your lead arm and wrist, keeping them in a straight line.  To maintain this during the stroke, feel that the putter, the arms and the shoulders swing together in a pendulum motion.

Working on these 2 simple techniques will lead you to more consistent day to day putting.

Tom Good, Class ‘A’ PGA Golf Professional and Instructor.

Having been a golf instructor since 1972, Tom’s teaching philosophy is to help you – the beginner or you, the experienced golfer to swing the club in the way that is most natural to your physique and strengths rather than to make you fit a certain swing type. Whereas it is beneficial to try to emulate great swings, it is not possible for everyone to do so. Tom is an expert at finding the right swing that works for you to enable you to play better and to enjoy the game to the fullest.