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The 3 Steps To Short Putting Success

Short putting is the most important part of golf. It separates the winners from the losers. A miss cannot be recovered from.

A missed short putt cost you one stroke every time. You may be able to recover from a bad drive or a less than great iron shot. There is no such luxury on a short putt. That is what leads a lot of people to make them more difficult than they need to be.

Here are three things you can do to make short putting easier

Take A Golf Swing Test

You really should take a Golf Swing Test. Without it, you are probably making mistakes on the golf course that you were not aware of and taking unnecessary shots each time you are playing a round of golf.

We take other tests often in our lives to make sure we are up to scratch. A driving test to make sure we are fit to drive on the roads. Tests at school to make sure we are learning everything correctly.

So, if you spend a lot of time trying to perfect your golf swing, then you ought to take a golf swing test too.

Stop Coming Over The Top

Coming over the top is among the weekend golfer’s most common swing faults. Coming over the top is an all too common problem and is what causes most pulls, shanks and slicing resulting in high golf handicaps.

For some weekend golfers, however, coming over the top is more than just an occasional mistake. You always hear about how coming over the top is the number one flaw of amateur golfers, but you are not always aware you are doing it if you can’t see yourself swing.

The key to fixing the problem of coming over the top is to first understand why it happens.