Reading a golf course s grain.
Reading putting greens with fingers.
Lydia ko details the aimpoint method that she and several other professionals use in their putting.
The grain of a course of course has an effect on where you have to aim a putt.
Line up your fingers to find the aimpoint.
Return to your spot a pace or so behind the ball to decipher a precise point on the green at which to aim.
Stretch your arm out in front of you and hold up the number of fingers that corresponds to the grade you gave the slope.
One of the first things sweeney and mogg asked me to do in our improvised classroom on the practice green at the golden bear club in windermere fla was to read a 15 foot putt.
Imagine a line tracing how the ball will roll into the hole after you hit it and consider how any slopes will affect your ball s trajectory.
For example aim slightly to the left when you putt if a slope forces your ball curve right.
If you want to improve your golf game by reading greens take some time before putting to view the green s slope.
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