Leaning Reading Golf Greens

If your like me, you tend to think about golf
24-7, and what you need to do with your putting
game to lower your scores and play better golf.

Now the biggest difference between the weekend
hacker and a Pro on tour is the ability to
score with their short game, more specifically,
putting.

You can spend all the hours in the day
practicing your putting stroke, distance
control, grip, stance, and alignment (which
will obviously improve your putting), but in
order to be a great putter you need to hone
your ability to read the greens.

A high handicap golfer will tend to just walk
up to the ball, take a quick glance at the
putt, address the ball and take the putt.

A low handicapper however, will spend the
majority of their time reading the break of
the green to line up their putt.

Better golfers know that a good putting stroke
makes little difference if you can't predict
how the ball will behave once it starts rolling.

The best way for the average golfer to read
greens is to forget what they see the Pros
doing.

You have to remember, these guys have an
incredible amount of experience over you when
it comes to being able to accurately read
greens.

If you're a novice or beginner golfer, get
down on your hands and knees, (don't worry
about looking silly when doing this) and take
a good look at the ground between your ball
and the hole.

You'll want to look for any imperfections on
the surface of the green and how you think
those will affect the way the ball rolls.

Determine if your putt will be an uphill, or
downhill putt, and try to estimate the playing
distance of the putt.

Take in to consideration if the grass is dry
or damp. The drier and more firm the green,
the longer the ball will roll when compared to
the same putt on a slightly damp green.

The way the grass has been cut can also be a
factor in how long the ball rolls when struck
by the putter.

The closer the grass is cut the faster the
ball will roll.

Longer grass will slow the ball down causing
the ball to roll a shorter distance.

As you can see, many different factors come
into play when reading greens properly.

Learning to read greens is an extremely
important skill when it comes to shooting
lower scores and playing our best golf out
on the course.

After all, we drive for show - and putt for
dough!

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