I talked about making problems in my last article. I wanna
Continue with some more situations that you will surely find in
the Greens.
He was unable to keep his ball below the hole on a fast slope.
green.
You face a downhill stall and you’re full of
fear.
You hit your put, and to your amazement, it’s too much
Shorts.
How could you hit such a short put on such a downhill run?
The answer is that you tried too hard.
You slowed down a lot through the put
you almost stopped the putter head.
OK, here is a solution that you can apply the next time you face
with such a downhill setting.
The trick is to forget about the downhill aspect of the race to
hole.
The trick is to look for a spot well below the hole.
This way you will continue to hit your put with authority.
Calculate in your mind how far beyond the hole your ball will be
trip if you hit your post on level ground.
If you, for example, estimate that the ball will go six, ten,
twelve feet beyond the hole, then press your put to stop this distance
short of the hole.
This may be only four or five feet in front of
you for a fifteen foot post.
You’ll have to practice this because, boy, does this take some time?
courage!
Similarly, if you are going up a hill, calculate how far it is
It will be if you hit the hole on flat ground.
Yes that’s how it is;
you hit your putt to reach a point beyond the hole the same distance.
This also requires courage.
However, committing to these two situations
and distances, and hit your puts.
You will be very impressed with your efforts.
Similarly, if you’re off the green, say 4 feet, and the grass is a little
rough, but not too long, use your putter.
Hit your ball with enough power to stop in one place, say five feet beyond the hole.
You will find, to your delight, that your ball comes to rest beside the hole.
This also requires courage.
Some friends and I won the club quartet once doing just this.
It seemed like it was always my turn to take the ball to the
hole from a few feet from the green and somehow forced myself to hit
to a place far beyond the hole.
The result was a set foot for my partner on most occasions.
After a horror hole in the first, where
we had four puts, called the rest and won the day.
Keeping the ball under the hole as much as possible allows you to
hit your puts hard.
There are also a couple of things you should know about this.
Because you are hitting your ball hard, there will be
less rest.
Therefore, the ball will not curve as much as it would during a
put slow downhill.
An uphill company will not go a long way
pass the hole either and therefore will not face a long put
back if you get lost.