This also ties into feel vs mechanical thought and what/if you use for aiming (spot in front of the ball, apex, vector spot, spot left or right if the hole). This is ultimately the challenge of putting; how do you match line and speed to hole the putt or lag it close. Every ...
Chipping is still a strength. The Bad My approach shots are not as close to the pin as I would like. I will hit the green but usually left with a longer putt. But if I am short, my chipping leaves me with an easy putt. My 5 an 6 iron distance and directional control needs ...
the name of the move describes what you are going to do – turn your shoulders. Of course, nothing is all that simple in golf, and there is more here to understand than meets the eye. In this section, we’d like to explain exactly what a good shoulder...
Lag (Sports) In golf, to hit (a putt) so that it stops a short way from the hole and can then be tapped in. Latency The state or quality of being latent. To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. Lag To furnish or cover with lags. Latency The...
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I've got a 10-footer to tie. The green reads pretty straight, definitely a makeable putt. But it runs way past the hole, trickling to a stop and leaving me with another 10-footer. Having learned a hard lesson on AstroTurf putting, I lag the putt to within a foot. Meisenheimer offers...
Hands down I feel as though I get on the green I am able to get a good 2 putt at worst. However recently it is certainly trending in the wrong direction. Pace is good and there are moments of brilliant putts, but I am 3 putting more often and making really bad mistakes on the ...
Too much information is just as bad as not enough. As the saying goes, ya gotta swing your swing. Agreed! But when all else fails sometime you gotta throw the book at it. I went through a swing change a couple years ago and it was a very dark time in my golf game. I remember...