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5 EASY WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR PUTTING Some simple ways to improve your stroke, strike and start line in putting with PGA Professional, Sam Truman
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ost golfers are culprits of not practising their putting enough or at all. Therefore, I’m going to give you some quick and simple ways to assess and to improve your putting. You won’t need any fancy equipment or technology for these drills. You’ll be able to find most of the equipment in your golf bag or at home. POSTURE For a lot of golfers, issues in their strokes tend to start from a poor start position. They struggle to move the putter in a functional way because the body is either miss-aligned to the target or is in a position/posture whereby they can’t move the upper chest and arms independently. Here’s a drill which will help you find a nice balanced posture over the ball that will allow the putter to work freely in the stroke.
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Balance beam drill – Place your foot evenly across the balance beam and roll from heel to toe to find the point where you can hover. Whilst standing up straight hold the putter in front of you so that your elbows rest against the side of your ribcage and the shaft is parallel to the floor. Softly flex forwards until the putter hits the floor. Try to stay in that balance point the whole way down. ASSESS ROLL If we can’t get the golf ball rolling properly on the floor with our putter it becomes very difficult to control how far the ball travels. As golfers we can be very quick to criticise greens if they’re not in the best condition. The truth is that most golfers do not roll the ball effectively enough therefore when the green surface isn’t as good their putting performance drops dramatically. The simple drill to assess how well
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