If youre just learning or taking up the game of golf, heres the one tip that will lower your scores faster than any other tip on golf putting. Thats right. Putting. No putting isnt the sexy thing to do around the practice tee. Its doesnt draw a crowd around you like bombing 300 yard drives does, but putting is where you can immediately shave strokes off your golf game.
When I work with young people or anyone just taking up golf, I stress the importance of practicing and working on your game. I understand that it is only natural to want to go hit the golf ball. Its a great feeling to make solid contract on the ball and know for that moment in time that even the pros dont hit it any better.
For this article, Im not going to discuss the actual mechanics of putting, rather lets discuss why your golf putting game probably deserves more focus that you give it and what you should do.
O.K. think about this (especially for you beginning golfers). I would venture a guess that given any round of golf, you probably putted at least one more time than necessary on each green simply because you dont seriously practice your golf putting game. Easy math thats 18 strokes...