Tips from the Pro

Tips from the Pro
By: Mike Vardeman


Visualize Putting like the Pro’s

Putting is over 40% of your score, so, if your goals are to start producing lower scores, then you need to start allowing yourself more time to practice putting and to understand your stroke. When you realize that all putts are straight putts then you have a better chance of making more putts and three putting less. The secret is in the setup and the eyes.

  1. Check to make sure your feet, knees, hips, wrists and forearms are parallel to the line you are putting on.
  1. The position of your eyes should be just over the line or slightly inside.
  1. Your hands need to be even or slightly ahead of the putter head and remain there throughout the stroke.
  1. Maybe the most important fundamental of all, on breaking putts, the last look you take, should always be on the line you are putting on, not the hole.
  1. Follow a few of these basis fundamentals and you should be a lot more consistent, remember to start by practicing a straight putt from about 3 feet and then go to breaking putts.

Mike Vardeman
Director of Instruction
The Academy at La Cantera
210-558-5503


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