For many golfers drive if the defining moment of the game. But the final outcome of the match is often defined a few steps from the hole. And also a good training, made up of small but precious tricks, can prove to be a fundamental tool to avoid being put under pressure on the green. With an effective approach, you will also have the chance to achieve a „one putt“ goal, saving a stroke. With a heavy or a thin shot, on the contrary, also the best drive or long iron will be vain, causing evident wakes on golfer’s self esteem.
To help you find useful insights on how to get ready and improve for short putt, I am more than happy to share with you some tips to enhance your technique, but also to choose the best solution when it comes to short strokes and you are determined to achieve the best result when getting closer to the flag.
Drive is often perceived as the power stroke par eccellence, the one in which you can experience the best sensations with the ball, which flies in the desired direction for a handful of seconds, thus opening important perspectives for your hole. But, as an old saying reads, the last putt, even if it’s only from 10 cm, is very likely to be the one securing the hole and it will weigh on the final score as a 260 m drive…
Starting from this last point of indisputable evidence, you will understand why the short putt ist the most important, to some extent the defining part, of golf. With more than 60% of the strokes thrown in a single putt (100 meters from the hole), this is the most stressful moment of the game for a golfer and the one that guarantees better results.