Three Green Reading Tips For Putting On A Strange Golf Course

Lastly, try on every putt to have its final roll be towards the hole if you miss it short. In many cases this requires you to play break you really cannot see. But you will be rewarded with a lot of tap ins, which are priceless on strange greens.

First, read the green from the fairway. From 150 yards out you can get a good idea of exactly where the high and low points of the green are. This knowledge will allow you to get a general idea of the prevailing break on the green.

No matter how good of a putter you are at your home course, you are doomed if you can't figure out the line. When faced with a strange golf course, I have found three things to be very helpful in reading the greens and in the confidence of my reads.

Another thing that seems to help is to check for a tilt of the hole itself. The amount of any slope detected will not be much if any. However, if you can detect a high side of the hole it will take a lot of the guesswork out of short putting on strange greens.

Next time you are out on a strange course, don't just excuse yourself because you can;'t read the greens. Start by picking the low point in the green from the fairway and you are halfway there. Check for any slope the hole may be cut into, and overplay the break you see.

You will get around in fewer putts and get a lot more enjoyment out of the experience of playing a new golf course, and thats why you went out of your way to play it in the first place.

Playing a new golf course can be a great experience. But it can also be a big disappointment when you shoot way over your average because you can't figure out the nuances of the greens.

What Can Flexibility Do For Your Golf Game?

Muscles of the body work opposite of each other. In other words, when you flex your elbow there are muscles on the other side of the joint to extend the elbow back to the previous position. So what happens when you have a short, tight muscle on one side of the joint? The opposing muscle becomes lengthened and weak, or inhibited. What does this mean? When a muscle becomes inhibited, it loses its ability to function properly upon the joint.

Therefore, to help prevent swing faults due to physical limitations, it is important to achieve optimal range of motion on all sides of your working joints. As a result, the improved muscle function is sure to go a long way towards improving your golf game.

Ask any golfer which physical attribute is the most important when it comes to golf performance and 9 times out of 10 they will reply, "flexibility." They are correct, but do they know why?

What Can Flexibility Do For Your Golf Game?

For example, the gluteus maximus, the strong muscle of the buttocks, plays an important role in hip stabilization during the golf swing. So what happens if the opposing muscle group, the hip flexors, are short and tight? The gluteus maximus becomes inhibited, which compromises its ability to stabilize the hip. The result? Swing faults such as swaying and lateral slide will likely develop.