Left to Right Putts

Video Transcript

"Okay, there's a variety of different putts and as you play the game longer and longer, you're going to see these. There's uphill, downhill, side hill, left to right, right to left. So, we're going to focus on the left to right putt. So, what that means is the putts going to start on the left and it's going to curve to the right. So, for me as a right hander, this is probably my least comfortable putt and the left handers, their right to left would be. So, to me a putt that goes from right to left is more comfortable because that fits in more with the natural stroke. But, so, but you get these putts, it's not up to you. So you have to master them and become comfortable with them. So, right here where I'm standing, I see that the putt is going to break to my right because that's the way that the green is sloping. So, I have to adjust for my stroke. What I like to do on these types of putts is instead of having the face of the club square, I open the face a little bit so I'm already naturally going to put a little bit of side spin on it so that way it will kind of grip the line that I want. So, I just get in my stance, I line up and I open the face a little bit and I take and I'm a little short with that one. Now they just watered the greens here so that's my excuse. And that one's a little on what's called the pro side so that's okay. This hole's getting real small today. So, there we go. So, that's how you get the putt when it's left to right is I like to open the face a little bit. So, I'm going to kind of fade the ball a little bit or slice it a little bit. So, that way it tracks naturally and if it's in down; somewhat of a down hill fast putt, I might strike the putt more off the tip of the putter. So, I can still get a natural feeling swing so I don't have to like decelerate and kind of slap at hit. I want to just take a small back swing if it's a fast putt, hit it more off the tip and then hit a natural swing and that way your putts will be much more natural and easy to sink."