How do you get the feel for really long putts? Try tossing a ball underhanded and let it roll to the hole. This same movement that you use to underhand the ball to the hole is the same force and movement that you need to swing the putter. It is a simple little drill to get your distances down.

Now what if you have a putt that is so long that you putting stroke is becoming uncomfortable? It will happen from time to time. The putting stroke is only meant to go so far. If you are uncomfortable making a putting stroke use a chipping motion.

Open your stance up slightly and play the ball off your back foot. Swing the putter as if you are playing a bump and run, or use your usual chipping motion. Concentrate on delivering the putter square to the line that you want the ball to start on.

With extreamly long putts don’t worry too much about the line. What you want to think of is the underhanded toss. You are not really going to look at the line and try to figure out where the ball is going to break. All you do is toss the ball in the general direction of the hole and hope it ends up close. With putting we are not going to hope it ends up close, instead we are going to putt the ball in the general direction that we think the putt should go. Instead we are going to concentrate on the distance of the ball. I like to say “we are just going to throw it up there and see what happens” Again back to the underhanded toss. The mentality and the action are all the same.

Good luck and let us know how things are going. We would love to hear from you.

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