It seems like I am always encouraging my students to work on their short game and in particular their putting. You can hit a bad drive and make up for your mistake but you cannot to the same with a poorly struck putt.

Here is part of an article, Golf Lessons - Putting Lessons That Will Improve Your Stroke, we have posted within the Putting Articles at http://www.virtualgolfswing.com/.

Putting Lessons – The Putting Grip
The grip you take on your putter should be different from the one that you take with your iron or your driver. First of all, the putter grip typically is flat on one side. Both of your thumbs should sit on top of the putter grip. In effect, this will allow the putter shaft and your forearm to create a fairly straight line or just one lever to move back and through.

Putting Lessons – The Putting Stroke
The rate of the putting stroke is very important to the distance control of your stroke. You can easily do a putting drill that you can take out onto the golf course. As you stroke your putt, simply say 2, 1 just as you would normally speak in a conversation. Not faster and not slower. This is your personal rhythm. At first, do this putting drill with your practice strokes and make the stroke match to your cadence. Once this is done, hit a few putts on the practice putting greens.

Putting Lessons – Through Impact
Acceleration is a must during the impact position of any putting stroke. It is very important that the shaft of the putter goes past your left leg for right handed golfers. This is a result of you accelerating the putter through impact. This is key to being able to hit putts the same speed and control your distance.

Putting Lessons – The Finish
The main thing that needs to happen in the finish of the putting stroke is that once your putter shaft is past your front leg, you need to be able to hold it there for a count of three seconds. This will give you time to evaluate what has happened during the stroke and what you have felt.

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