Reading Putting Greens With Fingers

Lydia ko details the aimpoint method that she and several other professionals use in their putting.

Reading putting greens with fingers. Return to your spot a pace or so behind the ball to decipher a precise point on the green at which to aim. Line up your fingers to find the aimpoint. Putts downgrain in the same direction the grass is growing go faster than putts into the grain in the opposite direction from the grass growth. The grain of a course of course has an effect on where you have to aim a putt.

For example aim slightly to the left when you putt if a slope forces your ball curve right. Watch morning drive 7am et. One of the first things sweeney and mogg asked me to do in our improvised classroom on the practice green at the golden bear club in windermere fla was to read a 15 foot putt. If you want to improve your golf game by reading greens take some time before putting to view the green s slope.

This is done using the grade of the slope and your fingers. Reading a golf course s grain.