Putting - keep your head up after a miss

If you miss a breaking putt, your stroke was probably fine, but your speed was probably wrong. Missing a straight putt you know your stroke was a bad one. For this reason you need to only focus on the stroke of your straight putt. Usually the putts we expect to make are the ones 4 to 6 feet from the hole, so with practice you can improve your putt from these distances.

Group together about 10 balls, but line up one as a straight putt of about 4 feet. As you go to make your first putt, make sure the head of the putter is going straight back and then straight through to hit the ball. Your putter face should be square to your target line all the time. This is one of the easiest mistakes to make and the most common among golfers having trouble with their putts. Correcting the problem takes a lot of work and attention, but if you have determination, the pay off is huge.

Set a goal for the number of putts made consecutively. When you have reached that goal; add to the number of putts until you are up to 50. Start over again at one putt each time you miss a putt

This practice will help you learn how to putt under pressure because as you are practicing and you reach 45, 46, 47, and 48, you don’t want to start all over again, so it will important for you to make the next putt

Another benefit to this method of practice is it will increase you confidence level and your fear of these types of putts will lessen

If it is difficult to go to the course, you can always practice anywhere there is carpet on the floor.

Now you will want to improve on your putting practice drills. You will be working on gauging your speed and working on your control of distance. This will be your focus for this practice drill. Use a ball marker, tee or a coin as your target. You don’t want to use a hole because you don’t want to see your ball missing the hole. From about 6 feet away, roll your ball toward the target. Focus on pinpointing the ball on the putter face. Place markers at varying distance, and practice putting the balls to each of these distances.
You will want to practice long putts, hit from one side of the green to the other. Fortunately 70-foot putts are not a common occurrence. Most of the putts you should be practicing are about 6-feet from the target, preferably 4-feet putts. You will need to practice putting on a flat part of the practice green. When ending your practice session, make short putts. Don’t quit on a miss. Make yourself to make five or six putts in a row to end the practice session.

Confidence is a huge part of putting. Visualization helps your confidence. Learn to visualize to help you stay positive. If need be, put down a chalk line for you to practice keeping your putter on the line. There are putting aids you can purchase to assist you with the centering the stroke