Short game practice is my number 1 concern this early in the season, I need to spend an adequate amount of focused time as well.
I seriously need to stop ignoring practice on the greens.
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I spend at least a few minutes each night on my Birdieball putting green working on my stroke. My pace has never been better around the greens and I'm holing a lot more putts now because of it. 3-putts are very rare now.
staticline
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I'll go out to the range with the intention of working on full swing. But, if I look over at the putting green and no one is on it, or maybe only 1 person, then that is the first place I go. Pure, uninterrupted putting practice, w/o doing the "putting green etiquette dance" with anyone else. I'll stay there for at least 30 minutes, unless a bunch of golfers decide to start putting. After that, I go do full swing.
The funny part was I never told my wife about it - sort of a birthday present for myself! I planned on being home to give her the news before the delivery/installation but of course they came early and I wasn't home yet when they showed up. She has been putting up with my golf nonsense since high school so she gave me a little bit of a hard time for not telling her, and took our two girls on a Nordstrom shopping day as my penalty. :act-up:
I went with the high quality outdoor putting green carpet from a buddy of mine that owns his own Putting Green company here. It's about $4.50 a square foot but it should last forever as it has a 25 year outdoor warranty. It has a very good roll and I've already noticed an improvement in my putting. l love going down there to watch a little golf with a cold one and hit putts for an hour. My 8 year old is getting to be a very good putter as she like hanging out with me in the man cave!
trruss1086
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This is definitely the wrong viewpoint - but the way I have always looked at putting is that it is entirely based on feel. Some days I got it and others I don't. How do you practice feel? I get there are drills to work on, but I just have no patience or interest in doing so.
Any tips to make the practice green more bearable and useful?
Any tips to make the practice green more bearable and useful?
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That is awesome. Unfortunately in my Condo there is no space but it does sound like a good future investment.
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I think that you practice to make that feel appear more consistenly. It takes a lot of focus and that's the hardest thing about practicing on the putting green. So much easier to lose focus there than anywhere else on the range I think. I'm working on setting up a routine that zeroes in on the key components of my best feel so that I have a roadmap back to it. I also must stop tinkering. I've found something that works for me, and I'm going to stick with it come hell or high water.