Finding Your Rhythm Cuts Strokes

There’s no perfect rhythm for golf. You can play at a fast pace or you can play it at a slower pace—and still play it well. How quickly or slowly you play doesn’t necessarily matter as far as your golf handicap is concerned. Unless, of course, you’re playing at breakneck speed or you play at [...]

Putting Without A Putter

Hitting a bad drive or a poor approach shot or missing a short putt can get to golfers sometimes, even those with low golf handicaps. Occasionally, golfers take their frustrations out on a club. Putters for whatever reason seem to bear the brunt of golfer frustration. Most players taking golf lessons from me know of [...]

Using The Right Putter Sheds Strokes

Improving putting is the fastest way of chopping strokes off a golf handicap—bar none. Anywhere from 30 percent to 40 percent of your strokes are putts during a round. If you can reduce your putts per round, you’ll quickly lower your scores and your golf handicap. For most players, improving their putting means spending more [...]

Saving Par Cuts Golf Handicaps

Not every PGA pro hits every green in regulation. But all are adept at saving par. Otherwise they wouldn’t be professionals. Weekend golfers, on the other hand, struggle to save par—and it costs them. It adds strokes to their scores and boosts their golf handicaps. If this is you, don’t be embarrassed. You’re not alone. [...]

Tom Kite’s Controversial Advice

In golf putting is the name of the game. If you want to quickly reduce your golf handicap, improve your putting. How do you do that? Most experts agree that if you’re serious about improving your putting, you’ll “immerse” yourself in the effort—take golf lessons, read golf tips, and practice as much as you can. [...]

Sinking Short Putts Cuts Golf Handicap

Most of us think we sink a lot of short putts. But research indicates otherwise. Weekend golfers sink only about half of their 12-foot putts. While professional golfers under tour conditions sink only about 20 percent of them. The emphasis here, of course, is on “under tour conditions,” which increases putting difficulty.
But sinking more [...]