Golf Lessons - Is There Hope For Your Bad Putting?

Is There Hope For Your Bad Putting?

Posted on December 31st, 2011 by Margaret Burgess

Watching a golfer attempt a putt will make an observer think that it is the simplest stroke in golf, and in a way it is.

A putt is easy to try because it really is a simple shot and anybody can do it without need of special training. Even small kids can be seen doing this stroke. And some routinely knock down putts that early. Often, kids who showed great promise with their putting continued playing the game in their adult life.

What then is the problem? How can this easiest of golf shots become the absolute bane of an adult golfer’s life? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer. When asked, even experts will just raise their eyebrows and give a noncommittal answer. Perhaps the best that can be said is that it’s all about mental toughness.

One company once tried to produce a machine that will putt with accuracy. Much to their chagrin, their machine proved to be a big disappointment and consistently missed some shots. They stripped it to its frame, redesigned the whole thing and put together a much improved version, or so they hoped. And, guess what? The machine scored a bogey. Clearly there is a lot more to putting than technique or skill or whatever, the surface for example can be a factor, and the wind too.

The best lesson to take from the above is that you really never are going to achieve putting perfection. Machines built to precision and tested under all contrived conditions cannot achieve the desired result so it should be unrealistic to expect people to do better.

When you miss what look like an easy putt, so be it, after all to err is human. It happens to even top professional golfers. Remember what is said earlier that putting is 90% mental and you will just be putting yourself in a worse spot if you cannot control your emotions and let your frustration get the better of you.

At the same time, you can try to find out what will make you putt better. 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. Learn your lessons from the professionals. Bernhard Langer, a professional golfer who was constantly bugged by putting woes, tried the broom handle putter with success so maybe you can do the same and hopefully get the same result.

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