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When your hands are tight, so go the wrists, forearms and it bleeds through the body into your swing. Tight muscles are slow muscles, not to mention rigid and restricted. Your touch will go numb and good luck trying to have a natural release. Tension is the ultimate swing-killer.
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The Hidden Obstacle: Your Swing Path

One issue I see affecting many golfers is the outside-to-inside swing path.

While it may seem like a minor flaw, its impact on your game is anything but small.

This swing path not only diminishes your drive's power and accuracy but also leads to frustrating slices and inconsistent flight.

Proper swing path opens up a whole new world to playing better!

The 3 skills you need to be a good putter....

Skill No. 1: Green Reading
Do you know how to read a green? So many recreational golfers don’t even know where to begin.

If you don’t have a green-reading process, you will struggle to decide where to aim your putt and at what speed to hit your putt.

I highly recommend learning the Aimpoint method of green-reading, or at least learning how to walk your putt line and feel the slope with your feet.

Try asking yourself these questions while checking out the line of your putt: Am I walking uphill or downhill? Does my right foot feel lower or higher than my left? These observations will give you a starting point for reading a green. If you can’t feel the slope, kick your shoes off and try it in your socks.

Skill No. 2: Aiming Your Putter
Aim is often the suspected culprit when players miss putts.

This skill entails placing the putter down behind the ball in line with where you think the putt is going to curve as it slows down into the hole.

The best way to practice this skill is by choosing a spot to roll the ball over on the line you have chosen to the hole. If you go over the spot and the putt doesn’t go in, ask yourself if you misread the putt or if you hit it too hard or too soft.

If your ball misses your intended spot and doesn’t go in the hole, spend some time working on aiming your putter. You can also make sure you’re putting with a square face by practicing this drill.

Skill No. 3: Speed Control
“Never up, never in” — we’ve all heard these wise words from our playing partners. I personally don’t mind if my ball doesn’t get to the hole every time. Yes, I know it won’t go in if it doesn’t get all the way there but I would prefer to have a tap-in second putt than one that is farther away than where I started. I focus on getting the ball to slow down near the hole, especially on putts outside of 15 feet.

By paying more attention to which one of these three skills let you down on a given day, you can more easily identify what to work on for the next round.

So, the next time you play golf, try to sort out your putting by practicing these three skills before tossing the putter aside in frustration. I’m confident it will help!

Keep Swinging!

Fred Hancock

Head Golf Professional
Wild Ridge & Mill Run Golf Courses
3905 Kane Road
Eau Claire, WI 54703
715-471-0329

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"Keep Your Head Down" NOT!!!

Spine is at the back and everything hangs forward from it. Rotation and weight displacement occurs and although the head rotates to the right, the neck vertebrae remain relatively in the same position during the swing

Keeping your head down is a huge fallacy! It's the worst tip in golf. It must come up shortly after impact, so you can transfer your weight to your forward side. Your right shoulder should push your head up on the the follow through. (For right handers).That's mandatory.