The 6 Fundamental Rules Of Putting

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It is impossible to teach a beginner golfer how to be positioned when putting the golf ball. Each golfer has his or her own specific way they find comfortable and yield great results from their putts. However, even though you can't teach a beginner everything about putting, you will need to know that every good putter out there must follow six fundamental rules.

1. Eye over the target-line of the ball. This will make a much more accurate direction on the ball than having your eyes to one side.

2. Shoulders and arms are the only parts of the body which perform the putt. The rest of the body is as still as possible. This allows you to keep a good direction on the ball and prevents the putter from sending the ball off to one side of the hole.

3. Shoulders remain parallel to the target-line, not open and not closed.

4. The putter should travel in straight lines back and forth on the target-line. However, if the putt is to be performed with a long backswing then the putter blade will naturally go off the target-line and around your body n the backswing, go squared and finally it will then move back on to the target-line during the forward swing. This is to accommodate the angle of your body in relation to your arms and shoulders.

5. The blade should remain square throughout the stroke.

6. The putter blade accelerates through the putt.

Remember: Putting counts for up to 50% of all your strokes in any single round of golf. Improving your putting and shaving strokes in putting will significantly reduce your handicap.