Like any golf shot, you have to prepare to put.
On the tee, you prepare with a routine that you go through before
you hit your drive, don’t you? You might be wondering what you should do. You might have a
couple of practice swings. Then you will stand for a moment and
visualize the shot. How you will hit the ball and see the flight of
the ball and where it will land. With all this in mind, you then
hit your ball and most likely it will be a very good golf shot.
A put is a golf shot and you should also have a routine before you
attempt each put.
If you do not have a routine, I would advise you
to develop one.
It is enough to know how to sink more put.
With your put, expect to get the ball in the hole. Have faith.
It will fall into the hole. You should not be afraid of it falling into the hole. Be surprised
when you miss. It is certain. It almost certainly will miss
if you have negative thoughts about the outcome of your put.
I assure you, believing you will sink your put will cause you to
sink far more puts.
I remember having a put once and the ball hit the back of the hole
with a thud. The ball had been hit a little too hard. One of the four with
whom I was playing made a comment about how far the ball would have
gone had I missed. I answered that I had not thought about that and
nor had I expected to miss. I had never thought of it. I often
think about that event when I need some confidence with a difficult
put.
Tell yourself you are a great putter all the time and soon you will
begin to believe it and then you will start to sink your puts more
regularly.
Have a look at the path of the put and see how much break there is
and in which direction it is.
With this knowledge, you can calculate your line.
Then consider the speed and this will tell you how far
to take your putter head back in the back swing.
Next, imagine the ball falling into the hole.
Then tell yourself that you will succeed at this put.
Then when you have decided on break, line and speed of the put,
commit totally to the execution of the plan that has resulted from
you initial research.
You will be amazed at how confident and good-faith you are when you hit the ball.
It is the same principle as when you
decide how to pitch onto the green or hit your drive.
Work out the shot, commit to it totally, put every other possibility out of your
mind and hit the shot to the best of your ability.
It is pointless to do all this research and then stand over your put with several
negative thoughts in your head and not hit the ball the way you had
decided.
As I have said, commit and put every other thought
out of your head.
It’s good to put.