Putting - Touch

An article by: Bobby Eldridge on 12-18-2007
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Putting Touh

I placed this Chapter here for one reason. I want it to follow the Drill Chapter so you would get the idea that the game of putting is DISTANCE, not DIRECTION. The death of the amateur golfer's putting game is their incredible desire to "work on their stroke". The stroke is a total of less than three feet. It is not that difficult to try and swing a putter back one or two feet and follow through one or two feet on a straight line.

What is difficult is to show up everyday with a touch that assures you of rolling the golf ball up to within one or two feet of the hole. Will there be off days with your touch, of course? Remember the greatest players in the world playing on the best putting surfaces in the world using the best equipment in the world only make 50% of all of their six foot putts.

Work on Distance and Touch before Direction

Please trust me on this one. WORK ON YOUR TOUCH!!!

I don't care if you think your putter wiggles, shakes and does circles on the way back. Work on your touch.

I don't care if you have missed 50% of your 3 foot putts in the past 10 rounds. Work on your touch.

I don't care if you have 3 putted 25% of your greens for the past 10 rounds. Work on your touch.

I don't care if... Work on your touch.