Putting Tips
Putting Drill: Sink It Like Jordan Spieth
Putting Drill: Get Perfect Speed Like Jordan Spieth
Want to develop that perfect capture speed on any putt? Find out how Jordan buried those clutch putts on Sunday at Royal Birkdale.
17 for ’17, Cont.
To become a great short putter, you need to commit to your intended line, aim the ball on your intended line and start the ball on your intended line. And what better way to see that line than with a taut piece of string?
Read Your Greens
Green reading helps decide whether you line up left or right and to figure out the slope of the green. Walking around the green helps identify breaks or slopes. Learning to read greens will also lead to proper set-up and approach. In the video below, 2013 U.S. Open champion and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Justin Rose … Read more
17 for ’17 – Tips from 17 Colorado Instructors
Click through this article for tips from some of Colorado’s best golf instructors… Step Back Coming “over the top”—when your swing plane becomes too steep and attacks the golf ball from an outside-in swing path—is one of the most common problems I see in golfers who slice or pull the ball. The problem often stems from … Read more
Is Side-Saddle Putting For Real?
The side-saddle putting method may be making a comeback thanks to Bryson DeChambeau. The “golf scientist” has been well known in golf circles for a while now after a wildly successful amateur career including becoming only the fifth player ever to win both the US Amateur and the NCAA Division 1 Championship in the same year. But … Read more
Short Putt Tips – Lakewood Golf and Haven Moses
In the final video of Lakewood Golf’s 6-part series, Fox Hollow and Homestead Head Golf Pro Craig Parzybok shares tips for making more short putts. Joining him in the series are Denver Broncos Ring of Fame wide receiver Haven Moses, Lakewood’s Kim Montague and Colorado AvidGolfer‘s own associate publisher Chris Phillips. Perhaps the most frustrating occurrence on a golf course is … Read more
3 Long Putting Tips – Lakewood Golf and Haven Moses
In the fifth video of Lakewood Golf’s 6-part series, Fox Hollow and Homestead Head Golf Pro Craig Parzybok shares tips for long putts along with Denver Broncos Ring of Fame wide receiver Haven Moses, Lakewood’s Kim Montague and Colorado AvidGolfer‘s own associate publisher Chris Phillips. If you’ve watched the first four videos in this series, you’ve seen tips to help … Read more
Aimpoint is a Sure-Footed Approach
Have you ever had a putt break in the opposite direction you thought it would—even defying gravity as it went “uphill”? Have you ever read a putt completely differently from behind the hole than from behind the ball? Do you think putts always move away from the mountains or towards a creek or valley? Our … Read more