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Is There Any Cure For Golf Putting Problems? |
By:
Edwin Shackleford |
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It is perhaps the supreme irony in golf that the simplest shot
in the book seems to cause the biggest problem to the largest
number of golfers.
Let's face it, the putt is the only golf shot that it is really
possible to execute flawlessly without any tuition at all. We
all start off doing this as kids. Some of us are even superb at
it at this young age. It is this shot that is often the spur
that leads to a lifelong addiction to this wonderful game of
golf.
What then, goes wrong? How can this easiest of golf shots become
the absolute bane of an adult golfer's life? Sorry to say, there
is no easy answer. Experts are just as baffled as inexperienced
amateurs over this one. The saying 'it's all in the mind' was
probably never more true than in this golfing case.
Several years ago, an American company developed a golf putting
machine. They carried out tests in optimum putting conditions
and were gob-smacked to discover that their pride and joy
couldn't hole every putt. They took that machine apart and
tweaked every element of it until they were certain that it was
in perfect working order. And, guess what? It still failed to
hole some putts. If this doesn't go to prove that there is at
least an element of 'black art' about golf putting, then nothing
will.
The best lesson to take from the above is that you really never
are going to achieve putting perfection. If a machine in perfect
working under operating under perfect putting conditions fails
to hole every golf putt, then a human being with all his or her
imperfections never is.
So, the first rule is, stop giving yourself such a hard time
whenever you miss a few putts. It happens to even top
professional golfers. In fact, any problem you have with putting
is much more likely to be psychological than physical, so the
very last thing you should be doing is getting down on yourself
mentally; this can only make matters worse.
Is there anything you can do if you really do have severe,
regular putting problems? Well, apart from working on the mental
side of things to inculcate strong belief that you really can
putt (try some self-hypnosis tapes etc.) the best advice is to
see if a change of putter will do the trick. Take your lead from
the professionals. So many professional golfers who've suffered
terribly from the 'yips' on the putting green, such as Bernhard
Langer, found their salvation in the broom handle putter - maybe
you should give one a try.
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