Keep Your Head Still.
A still head is a crucial aspect of having a solid contact and consistent putting.
Focus on making your head still well after impact is made with the ball.
Shifting your head will cause shoulders to spread out and your putter to cut over the ball.
Downhill putts are typically fast and the most challenging.
Consider doing what many of the pros do.
They hit the ball on the toe of the putter, and not on the sweet spot.
What this certainly does is reduce the jump on the ball and prevents it from moving way past the hole.
If you are having problems with putting distance control you should attempt rehearsing several strokes without the need for a putter.
From here you may have a ball in your hand.
As you think you've got good feel for how hard to roll it, put the putter back in your hand and use the same motion hitting the ball.
When you are lining up breaking putts, favor the low side of the hole.
Usually it's known that as a putt is breaking close to the hole, gravity is going to help you when the ball is above the hole.
When the ball is breaking away on the low side, gravitational forces is going to impede your efforts.
Go low since you're not a pro.
It's hard enough to learn reading the green so remember that the break as well as the speed are factors that you need to master in reading the green.
Taking a few putts on the practice green before you actually play can give you an advantage at reading the speed of the greens on any day.
It's better to make adjustments on the practice green than on the first hole.
Go behind the ball and squat once you read the green.
This way you can see the finer aspects of the green.
Look at the putt from the side.
It will help you better in gauging distance.
Watch your partners' chips and putts as well.
When you putt, whether the result is good or bad, pay attention and mentally record what happened.
Keep the eye over the ball.
Hey it is a ball sport.
Once you putt two things are essential: Your eye have to be directly over the ball and also you must stroke the ball to really make it rotate end-over-end.
Once your eyes are over the ball, you have a much better chance of stroking it properly and imparting end-over-end rotation.
One of the many secrets of getting out of bunkers is to keep the clubface open.
As you shut the face, you have a lower trajectory and the club would actually dig in the sand.
Consider that the clubface is a mirror and that you are going to see your own reflection in it once you have done your shot.
This will ensure that you take the club to eye level and that you've kept it open all the way to the final.
Next time you are in a bunker, focus on sliding a thin divot of sand from beneath the ball and onto the green.
Open the clubface several degrees and line up slightly to the left.