Instead, try shortening your stroke and hitting the putt with less force. Remember any off center strike will be more difficult to control when it comes to direction and distance. Hitting off the toe will result in a weaker hit, but the ball will also start off to the right. It is rare to see good players doing this and it is much harder to control. You friends told you to hit the toe or heel of the putter to help control distance and you are wondering if that is a good idea.Įliminate the idea of hitting the putt in the heel. Light pressure in your hands and a nice light feel through the stroke will help you accomplish a softer touch. Less Power - Simply by not hitting as hard you can take off a lot of the speed you would normally apply to a putt.This is easy to accomplish with a few practice strokes gauging the length of your backswing and follow through with your eyes. Shorten Your Stroke - Making less of a pendulum swing and keeping the stroke small (in some cases as small as possible) is going to take distance off the putt.Keep in mind you do have two other options to take distance off your putt if you are afraid of a fast downhill putt: In my case as you saw in the video, I didn't notice any difference and I would rather have a good solid square strike in the sweet spot any day of the week over an off center hit. To compensate for the directional change, you'll need to aim a bit more to the left. If you really think the toe hit came off softer and you want to use it on slick downhill putts, then be my guest, but remember the ball will tend to go off line to the right. Roll one putt by striking it in the sweet spot and then roll one by striking on the toe. Experiment like I did in the attached video. The only way to know if this will work for you and work consistently is to get out and practice it. The issue with toe strikes is of course putts that will roll off line to the right. If you are going to miss the sweet spot the advice of hitting on the toe is a bit safer in my opinion, but still not worth it. Making contact on the heel closes the face over and forces a low miss to the left. Missing the sweet spot anywhere will result in a host of distance and control errors. The sweet spot is where a true hit occurs that give you the most distance and control that you can achieve whether it's a putt or a full golf swing. Keep in mind that an off center hit is going to be a weaker hit whether it's off the toe or the heel. I have rarely seen a skilled player try to do that and do it successfully. The first thing I want you to do is throw out the advice of striking the ball off of the heel. In this lesson I am going to discuss the pros and the cons of hitting off center strikes with your putter. You may have often heard the advice to hit downhill putt off the toe of your putter and uphill putts off of the heel. Whether the advice is solid, or simply silly, the putting green isn't immune either. In an effort to try doing something new, they then really throw off their game. One of the things that frustrates me the most as an instructor is when a student gets a tip from a popular golf magazine, the Golf Channel or a friend on how to do something they were already doing anyway. Lots of tips and instructions are shared among students of the game and while some actually do help, a lot of them can be detrimental. Advice certainly isn't a bad thing if it's meant well and fortunately golf is a "gentlemen's game" where we like to help each other improve. Intentionally Missing the Sweet Spot Everyone's a ProĪs I'm sure you know by know if you've been playing the game for any reasonable amount of time, everybody's a "pro." The advice that is spewed out on golf courses around the world is endless and well, mostly comical.
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