Putting-tips

Grip is like the Pros!

MAYBE ITS TIME TO SWITCH TO LEFT HAND LOW/REVERSE GRIP, RORY MCILROY DID AND THIS IS WHY!   Gabba Wessels is a member of the PGA of South Africa who delivers around 250 lessons per month for the Gary Player Golf Experience at the World of Golf, gives this simple grip change advice to help improve your putting stroke.   Left hand low helps correct and limit the following mistakes in y...

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Being successful out of the sand depends on three things

Correct setup Proper technique Consistent point of entry     You can use a sand wedge when playing bunker shots around the green. A sand wedge may vary from 54 to 58 degrees of loft with 10 to 16 degrees of bounce.   Correct setup: For the correct bunker shot setup I like to draw or visualize three lines in the sand. (upside down A frame) Each line has a specific purp...

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THE PERFECT PUTTING STROKE

The Gary Player Golf Experience is SA’s premier teaching academy. Our pro, Gabba Wessels, is an AA Class PGA professional with more than 6 years teaching experience and his offering for this newsletter is his idea of THE PERFECT PUTTING STROKE… The perfect putting stroke requires you to keep your putter on the ball to target line as long as possible. This means a straight take away a...

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Line up for winning putts

The way you line up for your putts is so important to giving you the best chance to hole them. Here is a good way to remember alignment: Your feet must aim parallel to the target, so imagine your feet are on the inside track of a railway line and your putter’s clubface is on the the outside track, just like this: ...

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Feel your way to better putting

How many times have you heard how important it is to have “feel” on the greens? And how many hours have you spent trying to “develop” this feel? Well, Steph is delighted to present his tried & tested and purposeful drill, which is guaranteed to help you to combine the different elements which are involved in creating feel on the putting stroke. The Drill Act One - pla...

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Games to eliminate the 3-putt!

If, like most golfers, you feel somewhat ill at the thought of a 3-putt green, here are some interesting and fun drills you can enjoy, whilst eliminating that ugly ogre from your game. These games will work best once you have warmed up by practicing the drills offered in our last two newsletter editions, namely “OBEY THE SPEED LIMITS ON SHORT PUTTS” & “FEEL YOUR WAY TO BET...

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GPGE short game tip: effective lag putting

Do you have a method for successfully two-putting from long distances? Whatever your personal methods are, Scotty has some solid advice for improving your effectiveness when putting from long range. Ball Position Your ball position determines how the ball rolls off your putter, that is why the best ball position for putting is forwards of middle, to create an upwards stroke and therefore a bett...

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Obey the speed limits on your short putts

Have you had your fill of lip-outs on short putts? Have you ever wished you could make the hole bigger for these vital putts? Well, Steph believes that controlling the speed of your short putts will definitely enhance the size of the hole and decrease your putts per round… here’s the simple yet effective recipe: Hit 3 putts from 1m Firstly with the intention of hitting the bac...

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Putting Fast Greens

Have you ever found yourself steadying your knees as you look from behind the line of a sharp downhiller on Beetle-bonnet-like greens?Don’t feel alone! Imagine how Tour pros feel, putting for their livelihoods on greens that sometimes run at crazy speeds.Changing your Putting stroke under pressure will set you up for disaster, so here is a suggested technique you can try when next you have a...

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