The Little Book of Putting

Putting is a part of the game of golf that it seems an awful lot of golfers struggle with and as a result, a large amount of golfers don’t really enjoy putting - in fact, some golfers, will happily tell you, that they absolutely hate putting!

A little bit of a problem, when at least 40% of a golfers score is made up of putts.

As you will see from the following quotes this intense dislike of putting is not just limited to golfers who are ‘less skilled’ than others at it – it’s a mind-set that a lot of the best golfers who have ever played the game, share:

- Chi Chi Rodriguez

- Peter Dobereiner

- Ben Hogan

- Ted Ray

- Dan Jenkins

- Mac O’Grady

- Tommy Bolt

- Sam Snead

- Tony Lema

Wow, there’s a lot of hate in some of those quotes – isn’t there?

Now, there’s a pretty simple reason as to why some of the best golfers in the world end up thinking like that (which I’m not going to go it in this book – if it’s something that interests you - check it out here) but what has puzzled me a lot over the years is the massive amount of ‘normal golfers’ (not tour pro’s) that have such an issue with this part of the game of golf.

Having given this question some considerable thought, my belief is that the ‘normal golfer’s’ problems stem from a lack of good information about just what is needed to putt when they first started playing the game – something that would be easy enough to overcome, if it was possible to have ‘attending putting lessons’ as the first thing they did to start playing golf.

That’s fairly unlikely though, as golfers are human and not ever consider taking a putting lesson over the entire time that they play the game – let alone before they can hit the ball!

This problem isn’t helped by a large percentage of the golf advice you will find on the internet, most of what you see on television, the big golf companies of the world and a fairly large number of the world’s golf teachers – who seem convinced that putting is a precise science that requires the putter to resemble something more like the space shuttle, with the golfer needing to have every minute movement in their action analysed to death by some whizz bang machine or computer.

I say hogwash to those ideas!

Good putting is not really a mechanical function and in fact, once you understand the basic principles – it really comes down to preparation, feel, belief, confidence and focus.

Something that most of the technological approaches seem to miss!

There are only basics in the game of golf, regardless of the level of golf that you play.

Reducing the number of putts you have in a round is the easiest and quickest way to reduce your scores, handicap and gain consistency in your game.

This book contains everything you need to know, to make that happen.