How to Read a Putt
Reading a putt requires a player to look at the slope of the green from all directions.
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Golf Shirts
- Golf Bags
- Golf Balls
- Golf Gloves
- Golf Clubs
- Golf Shoes
- Golf Practice Equipment
- Golf Club Cleaners
- Golf Hats
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Stand halfway between your ball and the hole to get a better idea of the slope of the green. This will help determine how fast or slow the putt should be.
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Walk directly behind the hole and look back at your ball.
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Read the slope of the green to be straight or angled more to the right or left.
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Return to your golf ball and stand behind the ball. Read the slope of the green once more to see if it looks the same as it did from the other side of the hole.
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Approach the golf ball, and take a practice stroke using your putter.
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Place the putter behind the ball and putt the ball into the hole.
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Tips & Warnings
When reading the green, you might get different ideas, depending on which side of the hole you're on. In these cases, go with the read from behind the golf ball, since it's usually the most accurate.
Think about your putt while other group members are putting to speed up the play.
Squatting down to read the line often helps to produce a more accurate read.
Avoid stepping in other putting lines while reading your putt.
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Comments
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Nov 22, 2005
Usually the most forgiving view of how the putt will go is from behind the hole (facing the ball and its path). Also, if you're some distance away from the green, analyze the overall contour and elevation changes of the green, and analyze other players' lines if their putting line is similar to yours.
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Nov 22, 2005
When putting downhill on fast greens, allow for less break. Also, don't wash your ball.
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Nov 22, 2005
When you find the line for your putt, look six inches in front of the ball where the line is. Don't take your eye off of it. When you putt the ball and it hits the spot you were looking, the ball goes in the cup.
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Nov 22, 2005
When you're walking up to the green from your first or second shot, don't start slacking off and start talking to your caddie or playing partner. Study the green while you're walking up to it, seeing slopes that you can't see when your actually on the putting surface.
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Nov 22, 2005
Look at the grass growing around the cup. Observe how the grass lies down. This will affect the line of the putt.
