By:
Kellie Stenzel, High 100 Instructor
January 15, 2023
Distance management must be your important concern on the greens.
Stephen Denton
Odds are your first putt on any inexperienced can be a prolonged one (except you’re a card-carrying member of the PGA Tour). Your important concern must be distance management.
10 methods to grasp lag placing and take stress off the remainder of your sport
By:
Kellie Stenzel, High 100 Instructor
There are a number of methods you possibly can deal with it. In my expertise, the very best is to regulate the size of your backstroke. That’s, make it longer. Doing so naturally fuels a quicker ahead stroke, providing you with the power you want with out having to consider it. (Be mindful: The objective when lagging isn’t to jar the putt; it’s simply to get the ball shut sufficient to keep away from a three-putt.)
The silver lining with this tack is that you simply’re limiting your self to at least one variable — stroke size. Bonus: An extended backstroke nearly robotically guards towards arising brief.
A good way to follow that is to hit lag putts in each instructions. By that, I imply lagging it from, say, 60 toes to the pin, then — that is vital — from the pin again to your unique lie. “Reversing” putts like this encourages an extended stroke, particularly if you’re placing away from the cup. Right here, you’re not as nervous about holing it as a lot as you’re getting it shut. Tip: When you full your “lengthy” backstroke, let the putter “fall” on the ball. No want so as to add any further power.
Now, go faucet in for par.
Kellie Stenzel is a GOLF High 100 Instructor who teaches on the Palm Seashore Par 3 and Boca Raton GC in Fla.
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