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Seeing the putt and reading the putt are not the same thing.
I have been saying for years that a putter can only hit a flat straight putt but what we see depends on the individual. Here, let me explain…
All of us know the need for reading putts but this read is based of off either seeing a line or a curve. The greats refer to it as linear or non-linear putters. I overheard in the opening round at the Dubai Classic Tiger Woods say to his caddie “there is no such thing as a straight put”. His caddie replied that “every putt is a straight putt”. And so this is a perfect example of how everything can be right and everything can also be wrong as it all depends. But the question is how is it possible that they can both be …
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Winter Practice with Swing Simulators
This artical is to bring to light the value of using the indoor swing simulators to effect a rapid change with one's golf swing. We have all witnessed the golfer who takes a perfect practice swing but then for some unseen reason when stepping to the ball displays some parody of what was once a perfect golf swing. How it is that such a small round object is capable of invoking such havoc?!
The difference is that without the ball there are no consequences and so one is free to swing the club in a manner that is the most natural way one’s mind and body is meant to swing. Here the motion is relaxed, efficient and with perfect tempo. But when that same golfer is attempting impact they are now hitting a ball that demands …
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Golf Swing Tempo
Golf swing tempo. As golfers we can all appreciate the effortless unhurried power found in the swings of an Ernie Els or a Phil Mickelson. How do these golfers acquire this perfect tempo even when hitting a 300 yard drive? The answer is that they swing the club and they swing it at their natural tempo. This is good news because if this is the case, what they are doing is incredible easy to do quite simple and requires absolutely no effort on the part of the golfer to do it.
Let’s start by going to the dictionary and looking at the definition of the word Swing. Here it defines the word swing as: unrestricted uninterrupted continuous backward and forward motion.
Now comes the easy part. The only part of the body in position to swing …
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