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"Is
There Any Cure For Golf Putting Problems?"
09/03/05 It is perhaps
the supreme irony in golf that the simplest shot in
the book seems to cause the biggest problem to the
largest number of golfers.
Let's face it, the putt is the only golf shot that
it is really possible to execute flawlessly without
any tuition at all. We all start off doing this as
kids. Some of us are even superb at it at this young
age. It is this shot that is often the spur that
leads to a lifelong addiction to this wonderful game
of golf.
What then, goes wrong? How can this easiest of golf
shots become the absolute bane of an adult golfer's
life? Sorry to say, there is no easy answer. Experts
are just as baffled as inexperienced amateurs over
this one. The saying 'it's all in the mind' was
probably never more true than in this golfing case.
Several years ago, an American company developed a
golf putting machine. They carried out tests in
optimum putting conditions and were gob-smacked to
discover that their pride and joy couldn't hole
every putt. They took that machine apart and tweaked
every element of it until they were certain that it
was in perfect working order. And, guess what? It
still failed to hole some putts. If this doesn't go
to prove that there is at least an element of 'black
art' about golf putting, then nothing will.
The best lesson to take from the above is that you
really never are going to achieve putting
perfection. If a machine in perfect working under
operating under perfect putting conditions fails to
hole every golf putt, then a human being with all
his or her imperfections never is.
So, the first rule is, stop giving yourself such a
hard time whenever you miss a few putts. It happens
to even top professional golfers. In fact, any
problem you have with putting is much more likely to
be psychological than physical, so the very last
thing you should be doing is getting down on
yourself mentally; this can only make matters worse.
Is there anything you can do if you really do have
severe, regular putting problems? Well, apart from
working on the mental side of things to inculcate
strong belief that you really can putt (try some
self-hypnosis tapes etc.) the best advice is to see
if a change of putter will do the trick. Take your
lead from the professionals. So many professional
golfers who've suffered terribly from the 'yips' on
the putting green, such as Bernhard Langer, found
their salvation in the broom handle putter - maybe
you should give one a try.
