If you have never missed a one-foot putt, you don’t need to read this post. The other 99% of my readers need to pay attention. And I don’t exclude myself.<\/p>\n
One-foot putts are so easy. We don’t really have to go through our routine. Just step up the ball in any old way, give the ball a knock and it’s in the hole. <\/p>\n
Except sometimes it doesn’t go in the hole and you think, “You’ve got to be kidding!” Or maybe that is a polite way of expressing what you are thinking.<\/p>\n
It didn’t go in the hole because you did not give that putt its due. You got sloppy.<\/p>\n
You approach this putt differently from every other putt you hit because you don’t think you have to be as careful with it as all the others.<\/p>\n
And that is caused, I believe because you don’t have much experience in hitting one-foot putts, or in hitting them the right way.<\/p>\n
Tell me. When you go to the practice green, how often do you hit one-foot putts? Or if you hit an approach putt to one foot, how often do you set up to it and hit that one-footer the same way you hit every other putt ? (Probably never.)<\/p>\n
Here’s what I want you to do the next time you go to the range. Hit one-foot putts. A lot of them. Twenty is a lot. Set up each time like you always do. Hit the ball into the hole. Even though a putt this short is called a tap-in, you do NOT tap it in. Hit it in.<\/p>\n
Don’t just go through the motions. Take each putt seriously. Get experience with these putts going in the hole.<\/p>\n
Getting good at golf means getting good at as many things as you can, and taking none of it for granted. <\/p>\n
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If you have never missed a one-foot putt, you don’t need to read this post. The other 99% of my readers need to pay attention. And I don’t exclude myself. One-foot putts are so easy. We don’t really have to go through our routine. Just step up the ball in any old way, give the … Continue reading How To Miss a One-Foot Putt<\/span>