Very few areas of golf will ever rival the importance of good putting to having a successful round of golf. Every winter while snow was still covering the driving range and it was too cold to even consider stepping outside to play golf (Wisconsin problems) I would sit in my basement with my astro-turf putting mat, three golf balls, and a putter. This was the beginning of my golf season and may have ultimately led to some of my success. I could spend hours down there putting 5-15 foot putts on cold winter days with my brother. We would play horse, the golfing version of a 3-point contest, and other games, stacking coasters to create different breaks for our putts and honestly having a really good time with the $15 putting mat my parents bought us. Even though at the time I was oblivious to it, I was mastering some of the fundamentals of successful putting.
Month: January 2016
Welcome to the home of golf here at Golf Academy. Our goal is to give you easy tips that you can apply to your game and see improvement quickly without having to spend hundreds of dollars on professional lessons. Throughout my lifetime I’ve gathered a large amount of information about golf and I’ve worked with a countless number of people and I’ve noticed that a lot of people struggle with the exact same problems. So I’ve decided to pile all my advice together here today to give you an outline, or a sort of troubleshooting manual for the different parts of your game that are giving you problems. In the coming installments I’ll outline the four main mechanical parts of golf (no mind games yet) as well as some of the main problems golfers encounter with each area. While this guide will provide an overview of basic techniques, I’ll release my methods for practicing all of the different parts of golf in smaller increments (because you don’t have four hours to read a master thesis on golf) which will include more specific, advanced advice about that part of the game. Now I know you’re anxious to start getting better, so lets jump into it! Look below and on the side bar to see some of the great golf content we have here!
Thank you for joining us,
–Sully