Improve Your Putting Today

I think i used to be a really bad putter. I would stand over a 3 footer and fear missing it. I was only confident of putts that required me to tap into the hole.

I feared going on the putting green because I knew there was a risk of 3 putting and getting a bogey if i didn't get my first putt near enough. Hitting greens on regulation didn't ensure me hitting pars and a good score at the end of the round.

Ever since i resolved to improve my putting and remove the fear of using the putter, I've been shooting scores in the low 80s and even a 79 on a good day !

I now have a new site dedicated on how to putt better providing putting tips for the golfer that wants to lower their golfing scores.

check out http://howtoputtbettertoday.blogspot.com/

putting challenge day 2

didn't manage to complete the 9 in a row putt challenge. managed to reach 8 again after half an hour. so i decided to try a variation instead

choose a hole that has a relatively straight line then poke 3 tees each at 3feet, 4 feet and 5 feet.
i was guessing but 3 feet is roughly 1meter which is one big step for me.
putt in the cycle of 3 feet, 4 feet, 5 feet then back to 3 feet again.
see how many you can sink in a row.

i managed to do 20 !! heehee so proud of myself

went to play a few holes on the course after that and i can already feel a dramatic increase in my confidence when putting, which meant i sank more short putts from 3 feet.
wheeeee happiness is sweet

putting challenge

you spend a big portion of your golf game on the putting green, and that should convince you that putts are ever so important. but because you only need negligible talent in order to putt, most people neglect this important aspect of the game. often concentrating on improving we long game, we forget that it is usually our putting that can determine whether we play in the 80s or the 90s. 


in trying to bring down my scores to play in the low 80s and even break 80, i've discovered how important each putt is. a missed putt as a 1 stroke addition to your overall score. 


i'm not very good with judging putts in feet so i'll just refer to them in metres for my own simplicity. 


when i'm left with a 2 metre putt for par, i often don't sink it and then turn my good chip shot into a bogey instead. but i realised that it's usually because i've convinced myself i'll probably miss it, therefore i do. so i devised a putting challenge to increase my confidence and also create some pressure in my putting practice to simulate the atmosphere in competitions where you want to sink putts that matter. note that this is a variation from something i read in a book. 


choose a hole with a simple break or preferably a straight putt. 
take out the pin and using tees, mark out 1m, 2m and 3m away 


the goal is to sink 9 putts in a row. (3 from 1metre, 3 from 2metres and then 3 from 3metres)
if you miss one restart from 1metre again. 


it was my first time doing this and i learnt that this simple exercise can bring out so many aspects in your golf mental game


15 minutes
i'm starting to get frustrated and don't follow my pre-shot routine 
think: just stick with it. even if it takes 1 hour, stick with it ! 


25 minutes
i manage to sink 8 putts in a row, and almost cry out when i missed the 9th 


30minutes
i have to leave to go home but i feel my confidence in those short putts improved !