Reading Putting Greens With Fingers

Lydia ko details the aimpoint method that she and several other professionals use in their putting.

Reading putting greens with fingers.

Imagine a line tracing how the ball will roll into the hole after you hit it and consider how any slopes will affect your ball s trajectory. If you want to improve your golf game by reading greens take some time before putting to view the green s slope. Look at the cup to find out which way the grass is growing. Putts downgrain in the same direction the grass is growing go faster than putts into the grain in the opposite direction from the grass growth.

Stretch your arm out in front of you and hold up the number of fingers that corresponds to the grade you gave the slope. Reading a golf course s grain. Return to your spot a pace or so behind the ball to decipher a precise point on the green at which to aim. Line up your fingers to find the aimpoint.

The grain of a course of course has an effect on where you have to aim a putt. Watch morning drive 7am et.