Short Game

Never change your alignment before hitting your spot.

Go from full swing to putting stroke when yardage is less than 100% of the highest lofted club.

There are 10 positions 25 parts in the putting stroke.

Putting strokes can be performed to the height of the shoulders.

Use putting strokes with lofted clubs.

Always use a putting stroke whenever a stroke is shorter than a full swing.

When using a lofted club with a putting stroke use putting posture.

Putting strokes are used with 8 irons, pitching wedge, gap and sand to front middle and back of greens. No other strokes or adjustments are needed.

Putting Strokes are the same for putters and lofted clubs.

Stroke Training

Putter - 3 feet from N S E W

Putter - Birdie putts 15 footers from N S E W.

Putter - Lag putts 45 - 60 feet

Putter - Fringe putts to front center and back of the green.

8 Iron to front, middle and back quadrants

PW to front, middle and back quadrants.

SW to front, middle and back quadrants.

Strokes are used with all lofted clubs.

8 iron - 20 % Air 80% Ground

PW - 50 % Air 50 % Ground

Sw - 80 % Air 20 % Ground

Putting

Positions

Grip

Posture

Alignment

Ball Position

Takeaway

Position at the Top

Downswing

Followthrough

Finish

When choosing a putting line do not make strokes to make that line work, it is either the line of the earth or it is not.

Find your mark from a down the line view then setup to the ball and see if you can see the mark if you can’t pick another mark.

Making putting strokes when training using an alignment tool will train your optics for alignment in all areas of a game.

Lag putting 45 to 60 feet are the connections between chipping and putting. Same stroke different lofts.

Posted yardage +/- wind •/- elevation +/- slope = Play Yardage in the putting surface.

Putting strokes with lofted clubs are used to fly over surfaces that are higher than a putting surface.