Start Making More 3-Footers, Cont.
STOP PUSHING THE SHORT ONES
Today we are going to have a lesson on how to stop pushing your putts. The putter has to swing straight back and straight through during the stroke. Many amateur golfers swing the putter back too much INSIDE the correct path in the backswing and then they swing the putter outside the correct path in the downswing. When you return the putter face too much from the inside at impact the face is aiming to the right of your target. When that happens you will push your puttts. This is a very difficult mistake to correct because you can’t feel when you do it incorrectly. On short putts there is no room for even the slightest mistake. Correction: Stand next to a baseboard at home or in the office and check out your backswing. You can also lay a club down on the ground on the putting green and see if your swinging the putter straight back and straight through. No more pushing putts.
Join me tomorrow with the distance control part of making 3-footers.
Golfingly yours,
Bobby
