Reading Putting Greens With Fingers

Imagine a line tracing how the ball will roll into the hole after you hit it and consider how any slopes will affect your ball s trajectory.

Reading putting greens with fingers.

This is done using the grade of the slope and your fingers. For example aim slightly to the left when you putt if a slope forces your ball curve right. If you want to improve your golf game by reading greens take some time before putting to view the green s slope. Putts downgrain in the same direction the grass is growing go faster than putts into the grain in the opposite direction from the grass growth.

Look at the cup to find out which way the grass is growing. One of the first things sweeney and mogg asked me to do in our improvised classroom on the practice green at the golden bear club in windermere fla was to read a 15 foot putt. Reading a golf course s grain. The grain of a course of course has an effect on where you have to aim a putt.

Line up your fingers to find the aimpoint. Watch morning drive 7am et.