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Well today i was striking the ball very well i even hit my first par 5 in 2. But when i get on the green the pressure comes on. On most all my lag putts the ball finished 4-5 around the hole but when i tried to putt the next one it always seemed to yip off right.
Do i need to work more on getting my lag putts closer or nailing my 4 footers?
Also, any one have any drills that i could come in handy

Actually both wouldn't hurt hey?

Do you putt with dead hands and a shoulder swing putting style? YOu need to take the 'hit' out of the putt by the sound of it and develop a putting swing keeping the triangle of your arms constant and no muscle tension or action in the hands/forearms. If you keep a constant relaxed feel of the left hand as it was at address through the putt then it is simply a matter of developing a swinging rhythm that you are comfortable with. Also keep your eyes 'quiet' and level during the putt. This will take some practice, but once you develop a 'swing' rather than a 'hit' your putting should improve.

I've been putting a lot better lately and I attribute most of the success to keeping my head still. I've heard countless times it would do good to not even look at the ball after putting it and it's been working. What I do after my practice strokes is, line myself and the putter up, look at the hole, put my head down and putt. I did this and had 26 putts in one of my rounds.

On any putt always align from behind the ball and pick a spot 3" on the target side of the ball going toward the target and aim parallel to this spot and putt through it.

Never stand over the ball while addressing it and or look at the hole for alignment: there is movement of the optical line to the right of the target when you change position as you walk from behind the ball to address and this is why you are leaving the putts to the right. This move ment of a line that you see to the right if right handed and to the left if lefthanded is called parallax vision.

Here is another attempt at decribing Parallax Vision:

An apparent change in the direction of an object, caused by a change in the viewers position.

Good luck

As far as drills go, the Phil Mickelson/David Pelz deal definately helps me, even though I have always done it. I don't go all the way around the whole, but place 6 balls in slightly varying lenghts 3-6 feet around the hole, and putt them in. I don't worry about missing one. Just continue the drill a bunch of times until you are fed up with making putts. That will help your confidnece on the green with those putts, which, ultimately, is the key factor. If you think you can make them, you will make them.

Also, with short putts I like to tell myself, "Now Ben, you are going to put the best stroke on this that you can." Focusing on your stroke is the best thing you can do on a short putts, at least I think so. There is no real need to focus on line, unless it is just insanley slippery, because with short putts you should be taking most of the break out of a putt by hitting a firm putt with, again, a solid stroke. Ram the ball in the back of that hole!

The bad thing about this golf tips forum is that you and everyone else that asks for tips in this place are getting tips from a bunch of different people, with a bunch of different opinions. Who knows what's right? Only you can develop a style of play that works for yourself.

Check your finish position by holding it. Whatever happenes at the end indicates what happened DURING the stroke.

I'd check to see if you are doing: A) Leaving the face open - it should NOT be square to the hole after the ball is gone. B) Moving the clubhead to the outside on the finish - usually happens with A. This creates disconnect and shows that your hands and arms are getting too involved in the stroke.

I suggest my favorite putting drill...
http://gzi.mine.nu:65433/golf/online..._Control_Drill

They stuffed me up again today :mad:
But i think its just that im not reading my putts properly. I hardly ever make 10footers but i always have perfect weight. On long putts i leave down hill ones short and ram the uphill putts way past the hole.

I was thinking today and i think i just need to do some plain old practice on the green. Ill have all day tommorow since its school holidays

I read this tip recently but extended it one step further. I was desperate since I was losing 4-6 strokes every round due to putting. First off, I believe putting is more feel rather than technique. With that said, constantly look at the hole when practicing your putts ( 2 or 3 times) during your pre-shot routine. I was leaving my long putts generally way too short. So for the past few rounds, I will look at the hole even as I putt! It's working out for me so far. The negative could be you hit the ball off-center and it will go short. I'm a little wary of starting a bad habbit or bad mechanic in the putting stroke, though. But so far, I'm much happier than before.

-Roger

The most common reason for golfers missing those 4 foot putts is because the putter is deceleratting through the impact zone. Try pushing the golf ball of your putterface into the hole (about 10 times) from 4 feet.. This will teach you to make a correct follow through with your putter.

to accentuate what gc70 said, the follow through should be 10-20 percent farther then the takeaway. A la dave pelz. ALso if you lift your head too soon you drop your right shoulder and that pushes the ball right. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!