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Last updated: November 06. 2006 11:31AM
GOLF
Expert opinions
Billy Anderson - Eagle Point golf pro
Practice with your right hand only (if you’re a right-handed golfer). Put your left hand in your back pocket or behind you while you hit from about 15-20 feet on the practice green. This gives you a better feel for how your bottom hand controls the putter and makes you more aware of your grip, which should be light.
Work on your pre-shot routine. Find your own 30- to 40-second pace for lining up and stroking your putt. This will keep you calm when you face that 6-foot downhill lie and are the last hope for your foursome.
Remember that this time of year, many greens will be faster than during the summer. Remember to play more break as cooler weather makes the putting surfaces slicker and more treacherous.
Larry George - River Landing golf pro
Keep your eyes over the ball. If your head is positioned where your line of sight puts you outside your putting line, chances are you’ll pull your putt to the left of the hole; if your sight line is inside the putting line, you’ll push your putt out to the right of the hole.
Putt with rhythm and consistency. Visualize a pendulum on a grand-father clock, moving back and forth on the same arc with the same tempo and you get the picture for what an ideal putting stroke looks and feels like.
Line up the putter correctly. The best way to do this is on a chalk line on a practice green. Place your putter as you normally would and see how closely it lines up in relation to the chalk line. Many players will be surprised how far off that line their putter is.
Bern Coulter - Director of Instruction, East Coast Golf School, Magnolia Greens
Stay balanced in your stance as you address the putt. Don’t lean forward on your toes or back on your heels while standing over the ball. Use a stance width that’s comfortable.
position your head so your eyes line up with the path you want the ball to take to the cup. Doing this will help you with the next tip ...
Visualize the line you want the putt to follow before you hit the ball. This exercise, much like the one a free-throw shooter in basketball would use at the foul line, lets your brain feed more accurate information to your hands about putter speed, ball speed and break on the putt.
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