HOLING OUT...
Peter Dawson is the only Master Professional in the
UK to have played in the Ryder & World Cup.
As a coach he has led the Danish,
Swiss and Moroccan National
teams which included
players such as Thomas
Bjorn and Anders Hansen
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BREAK YOUR BACK PRACTICING BUT
WE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE IT INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE.
You often see the golfer practicing his putting
just aimlessly wandering about the green with
one or two balls stroking the ball towards a hole,
in other words he is just filling in time!
Before we go onto the golf course a little practice
on the putting green is essential to get the speed
and feel of the greens, but to properly practice
you need a structure.
Fig 1 you can see the player with 6 tees in a
line. Start at the nearest to the hole 2ft from the
hole and space the tees out 1 foot after that. If/
when you miss one you start all over again, do
not move on until you have holed every one of
them. This is not only practicing your technique
but your mental powers / concentration. Knowing
you have successfully holed the previous 4/5 putts
you put pressure on your self as you do when
wanting to hole that 4 footer on the 18th to win
the money.
Fig 2 is along the same lines, distance is your
choice, space the balls around the hole and
continue as with the balls in a straight line (Fig1).
It is unusual to find a part of the green flat so
this exercise you are moving a little more and
changing your alignment.
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig 3 you can see two tee pegs, the width of
the putter placed on the line to the hole some 3
fAeet in front of the address. These two tees act
as a gate for the ball to travel through, an instant
feed back if we cannot get the ball through the
gate there is little chance to hole the putt.
There is no need to practice for hours on end,
that is the privilege of the pros but if we can try
to make our practice different more productive
scores will come down we will enjoy our golf that
little bit more!
Fig. 3
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