Golf Putting Improvement; three top putting tips

br> Golf putting improvement is a topic on the mind of many golfers.  

And its no wonder. Putting accounts for a large percentage of your golf round accounting for about 30-35% of a golfers total strokes.

Reducing the amount of putts attempted can significantly reduce your score.

For the majority of beginner and intermediate golfers, the amount of putts attempted in a round is dictated by the number of three putt holes vs. the lack of one putting.  

In other words the number of times you took three putts on the green versus 1 putt to land your shot.

The solution to cutting down the number of putts attempted is therefore to cut down or eliminate three putts.


Three putts are typically caused by your first putt leaving you far outside your comfortable putting range which puts significant pressure on you making your second attempt.

If you putt the ball to within two to three feet on your first putting attempt, your chances of not three putting will diminish.

On putts of twenty feet or more it is recommended that your primary goal is to get your distance more accurate than your direction.

You should try to visualize the hole opening larger than it actually is, for example the size of a garbage can lid and try to get you ball within that hole.

This concept is often referred to as "lag putting".

It may be less exciting not trying to actually make a 50 foot putt but rather to putt it into 3 foot range but you will be happier two putting for par rather than three putting for bogey.

For effective speed control while putting, you should ensure that you always watch your putter make contact with the ball and make sure that you always hold your follow though to "feel" the distance of the stroke which made the ball travel as far as it did.

Both of these items need to be practiced and repeated at the putting green before a round as to ensure reperformance when it most counts - during the round!

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