A good body posture is key to make better putts. So if you want to improve on your putting, work on your body posture.

The best demonstration of a putting posture is by Luke Donald. He emphasis the need to work on eyes, hands and shoulder position.

You have to have your eyes directly above the ball tracing straight lines to the hole. Your hands should be falling just below your shoulders, straight below your shoulders because the arc of a putting stroke is determined where your hands are. If your hands are outside the plane of your shoulders, you’re going to have more of an arced putting stroke. If you get it too far in, it’s going to make the putting stroke go out.

So you want it somewhere in the middle where your hands are hanging right beneath your shoulders.

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06 June 2011 in Putting Tips 0 Comments

In an interview with PGA TOUR website, Luke Donald shared putting tips on how to make better putts.

Three Tips To Better Putts

1. Feel and believe you are good putter – The more confident you are the better putts you will make.
2. Good putting posture.
3. Grip should focus on your palms not the fingers.

Luke Donald demonstrated how to position your body to make better putts

What I tell most amateurs, it’s all in the setup. You have to have your eyes directly above the ball tracing straight lines to the hole. Your hands should be falling just below your shoulders, straight below your shoulders because the arc of a putting stroke is determined where your hands are. If your hands are outside the plane of your shoulders, you’re going to have more of an arced putting stroke. If you get it too far in, it’s going to make the putting stroke go out.

So you want it somewhere in the middle where your hands are hanging right beneath your shoulders.

And then the third thing, I think, is grip. Grip is a putting stroke is very different to hitting shots. When you’re hitting golf shots, it’s more in the fingers, and putting you want it more in the palms. So you keep that club face square to the target.

 

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06 June 2011 in Putting Tips 2 Comments