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Putting - The Golf Tip to Sinking that Putt Every Time

October 9th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

I had always told my son to do this. Relax….. When he would be having problems and I would be giving him some putting instruction, I would say, “don’t try so hard, you play your best when you are relaxed”. Sure enough good things would start to happen.

Do You Want to Sink That Putt Every Single Time? The obvious answer is yes, so what happens? The last time you played everything was the same, you always use the same glove, shoes and putter, your feeling confident as usual, but last time you made the shot easily. Today, you can’t find the cup to save your life.

Are the powers to be against you?

Is putting a game of chance, lucky one day and not the next? It may seem that way some days, but let’s see if we can improve the odds and ensure your putting success.

If you are having putting problems, could your solution be as simple as one little suggestion, RELAX.

Is tension your real enemy? Well, let’s see. Try this exercise and compare the results. When you are having trouble sinking that putt I want you to tense up the muscles in you body, especially tighten up the ones you are going to use. In this awkward state try to make the shot. Absolute failure, right? Yet is that not the way we usually tackle something we are having trouble with, with brute force and anxiety, dreading the whole experience, especially if we know, we just can’t do it?

If on the other hand, you approach putting as being fun, making it an enjoyable game, you will preform at your best. Now, relax, breath deeply. You will have more success at learning and becoming proficient at putting if you enjoy the experience, make it fun. When you are in a relaxed state you remember what you have just learned and your body works with you instead of against you.

So the next time you miss an easy putt, and become tense do not try even harder. The more tense you become, the more freedom you lose and your putting suffers. Instead of getting upset at yourself, relax. Your accuracy will improve if you keep your muscles relaxed.

You can change your putter, shoes, gloves, everything about your putting even coping the pros, but, nothing will improve your golf game as much as staying relaxed. Your imagination is a powerful tool so use it. While your waiting your turn, take a couple of deep breaths, see yourself in your minds eye, sinking that shot.

If you stay relaxed your putting will improve, your confidence will rise, and you’ll have a great golf experience. So it really is your fault. It is not the course, your equipment or you partner. Sinking that putt every single time depends on you.

For all those rainy days that keep you off the green or you just can not find the time to drive all the way out to the golf course, but really want to squeeze in a fast game, just play a round of virtual reality golf on your computer.

Computer video golf games, use the same rules and regulations as real-life golf. Swinging, hitting, wind speed and terrain are identical to playing real golf.

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Golf Putting Stats - Do They Really Help You?

May 22nd, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Which Golf Stats to Collect?

We have all heard that if we want to improve our golf games, we need to be collecting our stats.  You know greens in regulation (GIR), putting, fairways, etc.  I have done it for years and it does show you what area’s that you need to be working and concentrating on.  Most stats are good information, except one, and that is putting.  I will explain why the putting stat does nothing for you, but I am going to tell you how to make a new putting stat that will help you.

If you are having 9 GIR, I would think that you should be working on your irons that you are hitting into the greens.  If you are hitting 4 fairways, then I would suggest that you start working on your driver some more and get that number up to 11-13 if you can.  Using the above information, your putting that day is 25 putts.  Can you use this putting information, I will tell you why not in just a minute.

So as you can see there is a purpose for collecting your stats.  Now I do things a bit different.  Not only do I collect the main stats, I also and suggest you do the same is to break them down even more.  What do I mean by this?  Let me show you.

More Than Just The Basic’s

If I am looking for GIR, I also collect if I missed the green short, long, left and right.  See how I am getting a lot more information than the basic stat of GIR.  Now I can tell where I am missing the green.  Pulling the shots, pushing the shots, etc.  I also note what club that I hit into the green.  I put all of this information into an excel program and then graph it.  This is very helpful.

The same thing goes for fairways.  Did I miss the fairway to the left or to the right.  Again I can see what I am doing by pulling or pushing.  Here is a big clue. 

Let’s say that I am mainly missing the fairways to the left.  Ok, not a big deal, but I look at the GIR and the same thing, missing to the left.  I have some great data here.  Is there a problem with the swing plane or something simple like alignment.  But the data is telling me good information.

Drive For Show, Putt For Dough

Now there is another stat that people seem to really focus on.  What is it?  Putts.  Now that is a big one, putts.  You always hear people talking about their putting.  How many putts they had in their round.  I had 35 putts.  Boy I had a bad putting day today I had 40 putts.  Again, this is some good information, but is it…  Do you want to improve your putting, keep reading.

Putting is one of those stats that can be very misleading.  One day you have 26 putts and another day you have 36 putts.  Not too much good information there.  The information on putting can get very skewed.  Why?  GIR is the key.

So you have that putting day, with 25 putts and you only hit 5 GIR.  Sounds to me like you got up and down quite a bit that day.  You were chipping the ball close, and making the short putts.  Maybe they were even tap in’s.  So is this putting  information of 25 putts any good?  Well not really.  You had a bad day hitting the greens and your chipping was red hot.  Well you don’t have to work on your chipping, that’s for sure.  But you may want to work on your iron play attacking the greens. You have no way to know with this information if you need to improve your putting.   I hope you see what I mean here.

The Secret to Collecting the Right Putting Stat

Here is a great putting tip and this is going to let you know if you need some putting instruction.  So what putting stat is a good putting stat?  Now that is the real question and I have the answer for you.  You want to count your putts on the greens that you hit in regulation.

What do I mean?  Let’s use the above example of hitting 5 greens in regulation.  Even though the GIR stat stinks and can be improved upon, you can still use it for something.

However many GIR you have note how many putts you had on that hole specifically.  So for example, 5 GIR and you had 11 putts.  This stat is a little worse than average.  If you had 9 putts, that would be much better.  You had a 1 putt and the rest of the other 4 holes you two putt.  Now this is a stat that you can really use and track.

In Conclusion

Number of putts on the greens in regulation.  This is really going to tell you how good you are putting.  And if you are working on your putting, this stat is going to really tell you if you are improving or if you should continue to work hard on your putting.  I want to say it again…Number of putts for the greens you hit in regulation.  Now this number cannot be skewed.  It is straight forward and can be used to evaluate how good your putting really is. 

So, forget about that overall putting stat.  Not any good and can be skewed.  Putts/GIR that is the one you want to make sure you are tracking.  10putts/5GIR average, 8putts/5GIR you are definitely getting better.

Track this stat, monitor this stat and you are going to really know how good or bad your putting really is.  If you would like a copy of the stat sheet that I use, go to my website PuttLightsOut.com and send me an email and I will send it to you, free.  You will also find putting tips at the site plus much more.  You can then make copies of it and start tracking your stats and watch your game start to improve.

My son and I have written a great book and you can see it on the site.  This new technique works like a champ.  You can walk on any green any time any where and in 10 minutes know the speed of those greens like a pro.  Putt Lights Out is the name of the book.

Eliminating the Yips

May 5th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

The first step in eliminating the yips is to understand why you have them. The yips are caused from having fear about missing a putt. It may be a recent condition or one that you have had for years.

Let’s take a look at the comments from two golfers with the yips. “I’m looking to see if I could find a cure for my intermittent problem which surfaced when I was playing my 5th match in our Club’s match play championship and I was favored to win.” In this situation, the golfer’s yips occurred when he was faced with winning a tournament. With proper insights, his yips can be eliminated very quickly.

However, it may take longer for this golfer to cure her yips because she feels her problem doesn’t originate from her concern or fear about missing a putt. “I have been suffering from a serious case of the putting yips for over 20 years. I read everything I can on the subject. And don’t tell me not to worry about missing a putt. I can miss any putt on any green with miraculous ease. The problem is in not allowing myself to make the putt.”

Both of these golfers’ yips result from fear. Once you acknowledge that you fear missing a putt, the next step is to realize that fear only can exist when you are concerned about the outcome or making the putt. Whenever you about to putt, your mind will replay the same emotional experience of fear and recreate the yips.

The only way to eliminate the yips is to train your mind to stop focusing on making the putt and focus solely on the process. This is easier said than done. However, if you can stay in the present and not worry about the outcome, you will not have fear and you will be more relaxed. This will allow your mind to instinctively read the green, determine how the ball will break and give you the proper direction and force to apply to sink the putt.

You can train your mind to stay in the present and remove your fear of missing the putt. If you miss the putt, don’t worry because you would have missed it with the yips anyway. After you putt allow your mind to learn from the feedback, so you can make the appropriate adjustments needed to sink future putts. In time you will make more putts and your fears and yips will disappear.

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