Bobby Eldridge Golf

STOP PULLING THE SHORT ONES

It never seems to fail.  You drive it right down the middle of the fairway on the first hole, hit a beautiful second 25 feet past the hole and then you roll your first putt three feet past the hole.  It NEVER fails.  You seem to always have those dreaded three footers staring you in the eyes in the first hole or two.  Or, the match is all square on the 18th green and again, here comes yet another three footer.

Let me give you a piece of advice my mother gave me 100 years ago.  Hun-”those little guys are not going away”.  She used to say to me “I had to make them, the golfers before me had to make them, your going to have to make them and long after your gone, golfers are still going to have to make them”.

Many years ago I decided I was going to figure out a way to not only make more of those three footers myself, I was going to figure out how you can make them also.  Of course my dad thought he had the best answer on three footers “hit it closer to the hole so you never have one”.  Of course he never broke 100 a day in his life.

Let’s take a minute and figure out the different ways you can miss a short putt.  Left, right, long or short.  Period.  That is it, there is no other way to miss a short putt.  If you come up with one that I have missed, please let me know.  Over the next three days I am going to cover one miss at a time.  Today we are going to work on eliminating the pull.

The most common three-foot miss in putting is a pull.  The most common reason golfers pull their short putts is the shoulder alignment at address.  If your shoulders are aimed left at address the putter head has a tendency to follow your shoulder line in the backswing (outside the correct path) and follow your shoulders in the downswing (inside the correct path).  At impact the clubface will arrive left of the hole and you will pull the putt.  Correction:  Your feet, knees, hips and SHOULDERS must aim parallel to your target line.  Have a friend aim your shoulders for you (make sure it is a friend and make sure they aim them parallel to your feet line.  You have just cured pulling your putts.

Join me tomorrow for the lesson on pushing your putts.

Golfingly yours,

Bobby

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START MAKING THOSE 3-FOOTERS

I am going to give you a lesson today that you are not going to forget for a very long time. When people come to me with their putting woes I always ask them one question, if they think putting is a game of distance or direction? Ninety-nine golfers out of a hundred have answered…direction.

By now you probably know I disagree 100%. I believe putting should have been called TOUCH. If I believe so strongly about this then why would I write a BLOG on STOP Pulling Short Putts. It’s simple. The one thing amateur golfers do not do is work on their putting touch.

There are only three things you have to work on to get this right. #1. I don’t care how good your touch is, if you don’t aim the putter where you want the golf ball to go you are never going to make it. The first step is to make sure you are aimed correctly. #2. You not only have to have the putter face aimed in the correct direction you also have to have your feet, knees, hips and shoulders aimed parallel to your target line. Most of the time when you pull your short putts-your shoulders are aimed LEFT of the hole. #3. Now here is the best kept secret in golf. After you are all set up and ready to swing the putter straight back-take a look down at the tips of both shoes. All you have to do is swing the putter parallel to your toe line.

Yes, you are correct. If your toe line is not aimed parallel to the hole it won’t work. However, it won’t take long before you will learn how to aim your toes parallel.

It will take about two or three rounds of golf and you will begin to fill the cup up with those three footers.

Golfingly yours,

Bobby

Come back tomorrow and I will have a lesson on how to stop hitting your irons fat.

Don’t forget: SWING THE PUTTER STRAIGHT BACK-PARALLEL TO YOUR TOE LINE.

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