Putting: Backstroke

Posted by Golfer on November 21st, 2007 at 12:50am

So many golfers are staying short of the hole missing these little putts that are like 3 or 4 feet away. The main reason for this is they are not accelerating when the make impact on the ball. This is because they’re taking too long of a backstroke and so they have to slow down at impact or they will hit the ball too far past the hole. It’s extremely easy to fix this problem. Just don’t take too long of a backstroke in your putts. Here’s a little drill that will help you with this. First place a golf ball down on a putting green. Then put a tee a 3-4 inches behind it. Then line up to the ball and putt it. If you take to long of a backstroke, your putter head will hit the tee, and screw up your putt. You will learn that you will need to accelerate through impact in order to get the power you need to sink your putt.

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