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Spot Putt
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Spot putting can be very effective, especially when the
pressure is on. Many great professional putters employ
the spot technique.
Being able to maintain your putting posture throughout
the putting stroke is one of the main benefits of spot
putting. Most golfers are anxious the see the results of
their putt and they tend to rise up out of their posture
prematurely by lifting their heads and looking up. Doing
this almost always results in a putting stroke that
strays off-line and sends the golf ball away from the
intended target.
You
can beat this flaw and improve the quality of your putts
by spot putting. To do so, try this: Find a spot
directly on the line you've chosen to roll your putt and
just an inch or two in front of your golf ball. It might
be a different looking blade of grass or a different
color, but whatever it is, when you're set to putt the
golf ball, focus your eyes on your chosen spot, not the
golf ball. Now, make your putting stoke with the
intention of rolling the golf ball right over your
chosen spot. And don't rise up from your putting posture
until after the putter head has passed your spot.
Spot putting like this pretty much takes the hole out of
the picture because you are concentrating on your spot
rather than on the hole. And this also results in a
smoother stroke. By focusing on your spot rather than
the golf ball, you will tend to more properly accelerate
the putter head down the intended line rather that
cutting off the stroke or just making a jab at the ball.
And this will definitely result in more putts finding
the hole.
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