Beginner’s Guide to Golf
Cobe Life on the course
In this episode of the Beginner’s Guide to Golf I take a brief look at what is required mentally to execute great Lag Putts. Honestly I would rather avoid three putting than being able to make more one putts. To some of you that might sound odd because it’s one putts that generally lead to Birdies. As a Bogey Golfer avoiding big numbers on the card is more important than sinking the occasional Birdie. A bad Tee shot becomes an even worse issue if there is also the potential for a 3 putt when you eventually reach the Green.
The two most important Putts in a Player’s arsenal are the Short Putt, and the Lag Putt. Truth be told you probably won’t be a decent Lag Putter without already being confident at sinking Short putts. This is where the psychology of Lag Putting begins. In order to Putt the ball confidently over a long distance you need to feel confident enough that if you miss the Hole, you can sink the Putt coming back. The majority of Players that aren’t confident at Short Putts will probably leave their Lag Putt short. This prevents 3 things from happening. The first is that any Putt left short has no chance of sinking. The second is a Putt left short prevents you from seeing how the ball will break. The third is whatever read you made previous to the Putt isn’t verified. Even a missed putt can be celebrated if you made the correct read, and just missed the Hole by a small amount. Having had the correct read inspires confidence for your next Putt.
When you spend time on the Practice Green work on your Short Putts first until you feel very confident. Then practice your Lag Putts, and follow up each one with a Short sink to finish it off. Before you know it you will make some amazing Lag Putts on the course.
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