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Narrow Your Focus For Better Putting

Narrow Your Focus For Better Putting

  • March 1, 2011
  • Eben Dennis
  • Putting
  • 1 Comment

When I was in my teens, in the 1960ʼs at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, Co-owner Jackie Burke taught me how to become a great putter. He constantly reminded me that great putters felt it in their fingertips and…

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Put Pressure on Yourself when you Practice and you’ll Make it Easier on the Golf Course

  • September 7, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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When most of us practice, it usually involves beating a bucket of balls on the driving range or trying to hole chips and putts. If we hit a bad shot or miss, we quickly reach for another ball. But on…

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A Great Video Tip for Increasing Visualization and Feel for Long Putts

  • February 1, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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PGA Pro Charlie King gives us some great insight into how to improve feel in putting, which is especially important for good lag putting. Good putting is all about utilizing and improving your sense of visualization and feel.If you are…

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How To Make The Hole Look Bigger

How To Make the Hole Look Bigger

  • December 5, 2009
  • David MacKenzie
  • Practice Drills, Putting
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One of the things that golfers say when they’re playing well is that “the hole just seemed bigger” or “I felt like I couldn’t miss”. The opposite is usually true when you’re playing badly; the hole seems to shrink in…

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