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Is There Any Cure For Golf Putting Problems?
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.
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