How to Putt Better In 7 Easy Steps

Want to know how to Putt better? Become a better reader of greens. Improving this skill helps you sink more putts and helps you card more birdies and pars. When 33% of your score is the number of putts you hit, cutting that number can help you break 80.

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But reading greens is a challenge for many. Why—because no two greens are alike. Some, are flat and cut close. Others are undulating and cut higher. And so on.

The differences in greens makes reading them hard. That makes knowing how to putt better really tough.

Become a better putter right now with these 7 tips to read greens better

1) Find the big slope

Golf architects design greens so water runs off them. Find that big slope by imagining a large bucket of water running off the green. That’s the green’s low point. Factor that in when choosing your line.

2) Go to school on your playing partners

If other players in your foursome are putting before you, watch their putts closely. You can learn a lot by doing this.

3) Walk around the putt

This technique tells you a lot about how your putts will roll on the green. Pay attention to what your feet tell you and take time to view the putt from all angles.

4) Feel your putt

How hard you hit the putt is a big factor in sinking the shot. Start feeling that pace with your practice strokes. Decide if you want to hit the Ball hard or let it die in, depending on the green.

5) Choose your line

Look at the green closely and decide on the line. Then stand behind the ball and find your spot—a blade of grass or imperfection in the green. Use it to line up your putt with the hole.

6) Split long putts into smaller ones

Break longer putts into smaller ones. Then look at the last three feet of the putt closely. That will tell you the angle the putt needs to come in from.

7) Read greens starting at 100 yards

Green reading begins as you walk to the green. You want to look at how the green’s features impact putts. Also, try to hit the spot where you can get an uphill putt on approach shots. It pays off.

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While these techniques are simple to learn, they’re also proven. If you’re serious about going low, you’ll keep them in mind the next time you go out.

They’ll help you not only become a better putter but also cut your putts per round. You’ll know how to putt better in no time.

6 Putting Myths That Can INCREASE Your Scores

Is your putting style unique? If it is, you’re not alone. In fact, many PGA and LPGA players have putting styles unique to them. Take Zach Johnson. He’s a great putter with a putting style that’s certainly different.

But Johnson’s putting style works. Why—because it fits today’s greens, which are slicker and faster than ever. They require a delicate touch and a smooth, flowing stroke.

But it’s hard to develop a flowing stroke if you let putting myths rule your game.

Below are six well-known putting myths. They’ve been around for years. But that doesn’t make them true.

I’ll also show you what to do instead so you’ll know how to putt better in no time.

Myth #1: Grip the putter along the lifeline of your palms

Gripping the putter along the lifeline of your palms lessens feel, encourages your left forearm to rotate under you, and prevents you from moving the putter along an arc. None of these things help your putting.

Instead, grip the putter more in your fingers. That will provide more feel than using your palms. It also boosts leverage, provides better control, and prevents your wrists from breaking down—all good things when it comes to putting.

Myth #2: Set your eyes over the ball

Setting your eyes over the ball doesn’t necessarily work on today’s greens. It traps your hands beneath your chest, forcing you to use your wrists to make the putt. That causes your hands to move outside the target line on the backstroke. Not good.

Instead, try setting your eyes just inside of the of the ball. That frees your hands to swing and rotate smoothly, eliminates the need for your hands more involved, and provides a clear view of the putting line. You’ll drain everything in sight following this golf tip.

Myth #3: Putt straight back and through

Going straight back and through is good on short putts. But it’s not so good on long putts. Since you stand to the side of the ball when putting and the shaft sits at an angle to the ground, taking the putter straight back and through can throw off the putting stroke on long putts.

Straight back and through also requires more practice time and more coordination to master.
Instead, use a putting stroke with a slight arc to it. This type of putting stroke suits today’s greens almost to a tee.

Using a stroke with a slight arc also is more consistent with the putter’s design, maintains the putter face square to the target line, and keeps the ball on target without forcing you to twist the clubface square at impact.

Myth #4: Play the Ball forward in your stance

Your stance determines ball position. That, in turn, ensures you have perfect vision along the putter face. Placing the ball too far forward, however, leads to pulled putts. Take, for example, a player that’s right-handed and is right eye dominated.

He or she would be prone to sighting and setting up inside the line with a slightly closed putting face, which leads to missed putts—especially over long distances and when under pressure.

Instead, position the ball slightly ahead of the center of your stance.

Myth #5: Topspin and upward stoke keeps ball on line

If you fail to set the line of aim correctly then set up with a perfectly square putter face, you’ll miss a ton of putts. So, set your putter face square to the line and then deliver a straight through low blow. That boosts accuracy. It causes the ball and putter face to stay on line longer during the follow through.

Myth #6: Draw a line across the ball for perfect aim

If you draw a line across the ball but don’t account for the correct sighting line, you’ll miss a lot of putts. That’s because you could be looking across the line on the ball. Learn to sight the ball correctly on the sighting line when standing or crouching, and you won’t need a line across the ball.

Dispel these six myths from your mind, and you’ll quickly learn how to be a better putter—even if you have a putting style that’s as unique as Zach Johnson’s.

More importantly, you’ll take your game to the next level and chop strokes off your handicap.

Drills: The Best Putting Drills I Know Are All Right Here

This “Jordan Spieth Drill” Makes Putting Better Super Simple

Sometimes simple is better—especially when it comes to putting. Below is one of Jordan Spieth’s favorite putting drills. He uses the golf dill before playing a round.

Start by finding a straight putt on the practice green about five to six feet long. Set up an alignment stick parallel to that target line. It should be on the right edge of the hole if you’re right-handed and the left edge of the hole if you’re left-handed.

Set the ball up just inside the alignment stick. Now set up to putt. Make sure the putter face is just shy of touching the alignment stick and the ball just forward of center.

Putt the ball. You want to strike the ball with the middle of the putter face. Use the alignment stick to tell if your stroke was smooth and true. Keep putting until you’ve mastered the shot.

This golf drill provides long lasting benefits. It shows you when the putting stroke is off because you can see your stroke in relation to the alignment stick. Plus, it tells you if your putter face is square at impact. All you have to do is look at the alignment stick.

And If You Want to Get Better At Putting Even Faster…

There’s no substitute for consistent practice on the putting green.

But if you go out there without any idea of what to do… it’s like shooting in the dark.

That’s why I never really got better at putting (or anything else in golf) until I had a plan in place to get better.

Once I did that… strokes just started melting off my scores automatically.

Even better, since it was clear my plan was working, I was a lot more willing to practice more often… and get even better faster.

So for a soup-to-nuts plan that’ll take you by the hand… help you get better… and do basically everything for you except hit the ball… check this out:

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