Become A Better Putter By Learning To Read The Green

If you're an avid golfer and spend every wakinghands and knees and carefully study the ground
moment thinking about how to improve your gamebetween your golf ball and the cup. It's also highly
and every sleeping moment dreaming about puttingrecommended that you lay one of your clubs down
like a pro then you already know that the differenceon the ground and carefully observe the ground that
between a high score and a low score, winning andruns along the shaft of your golf club.
losing, being a hero or goat revolves around a goodWhen scanning the golf green you want to keep an
putting game. Obviously hours of practice putting willeye out for any bumps, no matter how small, any
significantly improve your golf game but in order tocurves or small hills. Try and formulate a rough
really score like the pros you need to develop theestimate on what the ratio is between downhill and
ability and skill of learning to read the green.uphill terrain between your ball and the cup. Consider
A mediocre golfer will just walk up to their golf ballhow dry or wet the grass is because a golf ball has
and putt without really placing any thought into whatthe capability of traveling an additional 9 to 13 inches
they are doing. A good golfer will take their time andover wet grass when compared to a dry green.
address their golf ball concentrating the whole timeBelieve it or not even the way the grass is cut can
to line up their putt. A master golfer will do all of thehave an effect on the distance your golf ball travels
above along with several other actions in order toafter being hit by your putter. A condition known as
sink their putt but the biggest difference is theirdouble cutting where the grass is cut in one direction
ability to predict their golf ball's path and speed basedthen cut again in a perpendicular direction can change
on their read of the putting green. The Masterthe distance your golf ball travels by 5 to 10 inches.
golfers know that the art of precise aim and controlThe grass height can also affect your putt. The
over a golf ball doesn't help you out if you can'tlower the grass is cut the farther your ball can travel.
accurately predict where your golf ball will go once hitAs you can see there are many different factors and
by your putter.variables that need to be looked at in order to
The best way to accurately read the green is toproperly read a putting green. Correctly read the
avoid doing what the professional golfers do whengreen and you could dramatically improve your golf
they read their greens. Remember, these guys aregame score by slicing a few strokes off your golfing
pros and have been doing this for quite some timescore. Improperly read the green and most likely
so they have considerable experience when it comesyou'll need to spend more time on the practice green
to easily reading golf greens. For the novice orin order to learn how to properly putt.
beginner golfer, don't be afraid to get down on your