- Welcome, Adam Bazalgette here in Naples, Florida.
Two-time PGA Teacher of the Year award winner.
Want to talk to you today about the golf putting stroke,
and a couple of principles I think
that'll really make the whole thing
a little bit easier for you.
Had the good fortune of being around some
of golf's best putting gurus.
And I hope this information's gonna help you
that I've learned from them.
Stay tuned.
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Well just missed it a little bit there.
So golf putting stroke, there's a lot that can be said
about the putting stroke, and the setup, and reading greens.
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But I want to give you this morning,
one of the absolute basics
that if you can understand this basic pretty much everything
in the stroke becomes simpler
and you have an idea of what you're trying to do.
What is that basic?
Well there's two elements to it.
Number one, you're motion
should be coming from your interior.
Not your shoulders, not your arms,
your core that could be felt
in the middle of the back,
the abs, somewhere in your interior.
That's where your motion should be generated from.
That gives you consistency, believe me.
Now the second thing is, once your motion
is coming from there, this is a big, big key.
The distance between the putter and you
should always stay just exactly the same.
If that thing elongates and moves away,
or arcs and gets closer to you.
Or scoops I should say, gets a little bit closer to you.
You're in for inconsistency.
So remember this, this isn't that complicated.
Origins of motion from the middle.
Distance between putter head and body stay exactly the same.
Why am I demonstrating it up on this angle.
You'll find it's a lot easier to feel it up there.
I would encourage you to try that.
Let your arms slightly connect to you.
Again, I've got lots more of this on other videos.
And just make a few little pivots,
and you'll notice on this angle there isn't any great desire
to lengthen your arms or gap your arms away from you.
And all you do, is you just feel an exact tiny pendulum.
Now certainly, you gotta keep your center nice and still.
It's no good having your motion coming from here,
and moving around a lot.
That's gotta be still.
But believe me when the distance between the putter and you
is consistent you will have a consistent repeatable stroke.
And what's more you won't have to try to guide the putter
to get it to go straight, or arch inside.
It will be a natural thing for you.
It will do the same thing every time.
Now one little caveat on that.
One little word there, you're posture,
show you that in a second,
will dictate the amount of arch you have.
If you get a little crimp in your arms
and you get relatively bent over the ball which I recommend.
More bend forward than a full shot.
Your stroke will stay in a more straight line.
Again that's a little simpler for putting.
If you get your arms too long,
or if your putter is too long,
and if you stand up what's gonna happen.
Your body's gonna turn too level
and you're gonna create a lot more arch than you want.
And I wouldn't be surprised if subconsciously
if you're sort of sense this,
you don't start straying away from your body
and trying to guide the club
to getting straight back and forward.
We don't want that.
So remember, two keys we touch on today
for a simple putting stroke.
Connect a little bit.
Origins of motion is trunk.
Distance between club and body
is exactly the same throughout the stroke.
All you got to do then is get good posture,
and you will have a, not only a repeating stroke
but a stroke where you're not having to manage the club
too much with the small muscles.
And kind of over control it, which is very difficult to do.
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Hope this makes your putting stroke a little bit simpler.
Thanks again.
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