Golf Putting Tip 3

Develop a make-it mindset. Think of every putt as a putt to be made, an opportunity, a chance to score.

Putting Tip 3. Although short putts create considerable anxiety because of the feeling that everyone should be made, longer putts can create an opposite mindset involving too little pressure and anxiety. that is, it's easy to think of nothing other than getting the ball close. Certainly it is true that if the putt is missed, it is desirable for the remaining putt to be close to the hole. But longer putts also need to be made every once in a while if a low score is ever to be achieved. Observe on TV the frequency with which the touring pros make 15 to 20 foot putts for birdies and pars. That 's how they shoot those outrageously low scores, and that 's what you have to do if you expect to shoot low scores.

The psychological challenge is to not be tentative. Develop a make-it mindset. Think of every putt as a putt to be made, an opportunity, a chance to score. Try to stroke even the very long putts into the hole. If getting the ball within a three foot radius of the hole must be settled for, then don't be tentative about going for that three foot radius. If you think "close" to the three foot radius, then that is where the ball will likely end up - five to eight feet from the hole. That's too far for a comfortable short putt.