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How to Tee-Off without getting Teed-Off
Do you ever have the problem, no matter how hard you try, no matter what you
do you just can't hit that ball up in the air? Do you end up toppin it? Or barely get it
above ground? Well you know golf is a funny game because it's largely a game of
opposites. And one of the opposites that you must grasp is that if you want the ball
to go up you have to hit down. Now for most beginners that's a hard concept to grasp
but even for some experienced golfers it's a difficult one to actually do.
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Putt Setup & Alignment
There are three very important parts of your body as far as set up and alignment are concerned. And the three parts I'm talking about are your eyes, shoulders and forearms.
You must have your eyes, shoulders and forearms parallel to the starting line of your putt. If you don't you'll be forced to make compensations in your putting stroke. And the more compensations you make in your putting stroke the harder it will be for you to be consistent.
Something else in your putting setup that you must do is position your eyes directly over the starting line of your putt. Notice I didn't say your head needs to be directly over the ball. It doesn't, but your eyes do need to be over the starting line of your putt.....even if your head is behind your ball. And remember, your eyes need to be parallel to the starting line of your putt as well. To achieve this you need to be the correct distance away from the ball.
So that's the important elements of the putting setup covered. But there's one last very, very important aspect of your putting setup I need to discuss. And that's putter face alignment.
You see, the more accurately you aim your putter face to where you want your ball to start, the easier it is to putt. But the sad truth is that most golfers aim their putter face very poorly. This causes big problems in the stroke, because once you're aimed incorrectly you then have to make compensations in your putting stroke to try and compensate for this error. And the more compensations you make in your putting stroke the more complicated it becomes.
Always remember....simpler is better!
So your goal should be to aim your putter face the most accurately you can for every single putt. And to learn how to do this you should NOT go anywhere near a green. Because on a putting green there is no feedback on where your putter is aiming.
You need to practice at home aiming your putter face directly at where you want your ball to start. And you need to do this so much that it becomes such a habit so that out on the golf course you just do it automatically....without thinking.
OK, that's an outline of the putting setup needed to become a consistently great putter. But it's very important that when you setup to a putt you do things the same way every time. Because that greatly helps consistency in your putting from one putt to the next.