| Putting a golf ball can be difficult at the best of | | | | Here are a couple of putting tips to help you |
| times. For many people, when they have | | | | make sure you are lined up over the ball properly. |
| problems putting, they try everything under the | | | | Almost every putter in existence has a straight |
| sun including a various string of new putters. But | | | | line painted or etched on the top of the putting |
| the main thing they forget to do is to go back to | | | | blade. Always make sure that line is pointed |
| the main, basic fundamentals. Most times they | | | | directly through the ball to the hole. You should be |
| simply need to correct the problem they may not | | | | able to tell fairly easily if the line is angled a degree |
| realize they have. Follow along as we give you a | | | | or two off the line through the ball to the hole. |
| few brief golf tips that will help you to putt more | | | | But here is an added, unique little tip that will help |
| consistently. | | | | to make your aim a little better. Mark your ball, |
| Putting tips have to be very simple in order to be | | | | pick it up and look for the lettering. Now, when |
| effective. Over thinking disrupts concentration on | | | | you set the ball back down, align the string of |
| the putt and only makes things worse. That's | | | | letters so they are aimed directly at the hole. |
| why it is so important to return to the | | | | Now when you set back up behind the ball, the |
| fundamentals when you can't seem to putt as | | | | line on the top of the putter should aim through |
| well as you did previously. Quite often, when | | | | the letters in a direct line to the hole. Now instead |
| people start to putt badly they develop the yips, | | | | of guessing, you have some visible markings to |
| the term that applies to the herky-jerky putting | | | | help you determine if you are set up properly |
| motion that creeps in. The main cause of the yips | | | | over the top of the ball with your putter square |
| is misalignment. You can correct this by | | | | to the hole. This is a method used by many of |
| consciously making sure your eyes are directly | | | | the top professionals on the tour today. |
| over top of the ball along the line of the putt. | | | | Putting strokes can come and go even for the |
| When people end up with misalignment problems | | | | best of professionals. Sometimes our eyes can |
| it's usually because their eyes are not dead center | | | | play tricks at us when we think we are set up |
| over the line of the putt to the hole. Your eyes | | | | properly over the ball. Whenever you have |
| can be directly over the ball or a little behind it but | | | | problems on the putting greens, it always good to |
| they should always be dead center in the middle | | | | resort to do the basic fundamentals. Get back to |
| of the golf ball along the line of the putt to the | | | | the basics and you will soon be dropping them into |
| hole. | | | | the cup again in no time. |