A game within a game is what is has often been called....and it most certainly is.
I firmly believe in 5 years time that there will be many full time putting coaches available for tuition. There are a few at the moment and I have been lucky enough to spend some time with them. Their passion for putting is quite remarkable!
Lets look at some of the impact factors and relate them to putting:
Meet SAM!!
So, have we a way to measure all of the above? Now we do.
The SAM putt lab gives us direct feedback on our putting strokes by linking the putter to a laptop and giving immediate feed back so we can alter our methods and improve our consistency.
We can keep data and re check impact factors at a later stage to gauge progression.
Green Reading
Assuming we have obeyed all the information on the impact factors and have struck a perfect putt, we will hole everything? Maybe not!
It largely can depend on a couple of things;
- Sometimes the greens can cause the ball to bump and move off line.
- We may not have read the green properly.
Theres not much we can do about the condition of the greens as we play but we can improve our green reading skills.
A great place to start is to go to the lowest part of the green and from there you will have a great view to see any type of movement there might be.
Always read your putts depending on what speed the ball will be travelling at;
Slow putts will be hit harder with less break/Fast putts slower taking more break.
And this is just what putting is;
“Combining the speed and line to hear that most pleasant of sounds as the ball hits the bottom of the cup”