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Aiming
for
putting
by Rob Krieger
D
ave Pelz, the putting guru for the game of golf, says that putting is about 40% of the game, and for some, even higher. As a junior golfer, mine was higher, and it was because I never properly learned one of the most critical elements of putting: how to aim the putter toward the hole. I know it seems pretty simple and extremely basic. One would think that there is not much to lining up your putter to stroke a putt; place the putter behind the ball and stroke the ball on its intended line. However, that did not always work, and I missed a lot of putts. Eventually, I discovered that there are a few key points on how to aim that made all the difference. That is when I started to make more putts and realized my putting stroke was far better than what I was showing on the course.
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