Drive for show, putt for dough. Relax the nerves, trust your line. Eyes over the ball, smooth take away. Accelerate through the ball, and…Klinka tinka tinka — yes! The sweet sound of a birdie putt, or even a 6-footer for par, dropping into the cup. It’s a great feeling, especially if you just finished the 18th for a personal best round. Or if you just won 5 skins to make your buddies shell out some serious coin. A hot day with the putter can make you feel like a million bucks. Actually, in the case of a PGA tour pro, it can earn you a million bucks.Too bad that for the average golfer those days seem to come so infrequently. The average Joe uses up anywhere between 32 and 40 putts per round, while the best pros average around 30. Tour pros make just under 90% of their putts from 4-5 feet, while average guys make around 50%. That’s a lot of shots to give up! Think about this: if you are a thirteen handicapper, your average score is around 85, and you average 36 putts per round, then 42% of your shots are putts! And what do you spend most of your time doing at the range? If you’re like most guys (and gals) then you spend most of your time beating balls with your driver or mid-irons. Yet, according to the numbers you should be spending almost half of your time on the putting green.So how can busy people with little time for golf practice still improve their putting game without doubling practice time or drastically reducing the amount of time spent practicing their full shots? Golf training aids are the answer. Many training aids exist that can quickly improve your putting stroke and green reading without spending hours on the putting green. Just 10 to 15 minutes per practice session is required for most golfers to drop strokes quickly. Here are some tips for finding right training aids or a combination of training aids to maximize your results:1. Look for training aids that allow you to easily see the following things: square clubface, shoulder alignment, eye placement (over the ball), foot alignment, and stroke path. Some devices use mirrors, some use low-power lasers. Most training aids have physical barriers that keep the putter on the right path during the stroke.2. For eye alignment you can always do this: line up the putt and address the ball as if you were going to hit the putt. Then take a ball from your pocket, put it between your eyes, and allow it to drop straight down. Wherever the ball lands is where your eyes are lined up. They should be directly over the target ball.3. Whatever device(s) you choose, make sure that they are not too large and/or awkward. My experience is that you don’t use the device unless it is convenient.4. Follow through is also important, so make sure that the training aid gives you feedback for the whole stroke. You need to see that your stroke path is straight and putter face releases properly after contact, otherwise you will have consistency problems.5. Use the golf training aid consistently, every time you practice. You need to groove the stroke and you can’t do that unless you keep at it. Also, if possible, use the device at home or at the office when you have a spare minute. This extra practice time really helps.I wish you good luck and a hot blade!

Putting is an essential part of golf but for whatever the reason people spend most of their practice time swinging the big clubs and ignoring what arguably is the most important club in the bag. If you watch a major championship then you should know that the title is not won or lost when using the big clubs but what happens when the putter is pulled out of the bag. The worlds most famous golfer Tiger Woods knows this and he starts his best selling “How I Play Golf” with ways to improve your putting.

There is nothing sexy about putting and unless the putt is in the twenty foot range it tends not to bring out the loud cheers although it should. Take a look at your last golf card and you will quickly see that most of your strokes are not off the tee but on the green. Now imagine that the majority of your three putts become twos and the majority of your two putts go straight in the hole and the impact it would have on your scorecard. The best way to drop your score is not in a drive that goes an extra twenty yards but on your consistency on the green. Two putt every hole on a typical round adds up to thirty six strokes on your scorecard and is a very good reason why you are struggling to break eighty or possible a hundred.

Next time you head out to the driving range think about the smallest club in the bag and make sure that it sees some daylight in between rounds for as they like to say in the big leagues putting is where you earn your paycheck. Improve your putting and the rest of your game will follow plus you will make some money off of your friends during those friendly wagers.

Drive for show, putt for dough. Relax the nerves, trust your line. Eyes over the ball, smooth take away. Accelerate through the ball, and…
Klinka tinka tinka—yes! The sweet sound of a birdie putt, or even a 6-footer for par, dropping into the cup. It’s a great feeling, especially if you just finished the 18th for a personal best round. Or if you just won 5 skins to make your buddies shell out some serious coin. A hot day with the putter can make you feel like a million bucks. Actually, in the case of a PGA tour pro, it can earn you a million bucks.
Too bad that for the average golfer those days seem to come so infrequently. The average Joe uses up anywhere between 32 and 40 putts per round, while the best pros average around 30. Tour pros make just under 90% of their putts from 4-5 feet, while average guys make around 50%. That’s a lot of shots to give up! Think about this: if you are a thirteen handicapper, your average score is around 85, and you average 36 putts per round, then 42% of your shots are putts! And what do you spend most of your time doing at the range? If you’re like most guys (and gals) then you spend most of your time beating balls with your driver or mid-irons. Yet, according to the numbers you should be spending almost half of your time on the putting green.
So how can busy people with little time for golf practice still improve their putting game without doubling practice time or drastically reducing the amount of time spent practicing their full shots? Golf training aids are the answer. Many training aids exist that can quickly improve your putting stroke and green reading without spending hours on the putting green. Just 10 to 15 minutes per practice session is required for most golfers to drop strokes quickly. Here are some tips for finding right training aids or a combination of training aids to maximize your results:
1. Look for training aids that allow you to easily see the following things: square clubface, shoulder alignment, eye placement (over the ball), foot alignment, and stroke path. Some devices use mirrors, some use low-power lasers. Most training aids have physical barriers that keep the putter on the right path during the stroke.
2. For eye alignment you can always do this: line up the putt and address the ball as if you were going to hit the putt. Then take a ball from your pocket, put it between your eyes, and allow it to drop straight down. Wherever the ball lands is where your eyes are lined up. They should be directly over the target ball.
3. Whatever device(s) you choose, make sure that they are not too large and/or awkward. My experience is that you don’t use the device unless it is convenient.
4. Follow through is also important, so make sure that the training aid gives you feedback for the whole stroke. You need to see that your stroke path is straight and putter face releases properly after contact, otherwise you will have consistency problems.
5. Use the golf training aid consistently, every time you practice. You need to groove the stroke and you can’t do that unless you keep at it. Also, if possible, use the device at home or at the office when you have a spare minute. This extra practice time really helps.
I wish you good luck and a hot blade!

If you are playing golf from time to time, you must have already understood that the thing golf players call “the small game”, is what you need to learn in order to improve and advance in your golf game.
The small game, like a game within a game, is all that is not the long game, not requiring woods, hybrids or low irons, is the approach game, or a small game. Putting is a huge part of this part of the game of golf, and is no less crucial than a good drive or a good save out of the rough.
Putting has a huge part of this game, it is the part that finishes all what you have done before, therefore a great drive and a wonderful iron swing will not be enough to get that small white ball to that small hole, this will be achieved by putting, and if executed well enough, you will consistently have a “two putt” game, which means that you will get your ball close enough to the hole on your first putting attempt, and that you will finish it off by putting your second try into the hole.
This is exactly why you should realize how important it is to get better in putting and better in understanding the powers that make a great putter. While confidence and swing trust are something that can be achieved and practiced without the use of a golf ball, a putter, or anything actually, a good, consistent putting can definitely be achieved by regular practice and commitment to get better.
That is why putting is the first thing you should think about when you start thinking of expanding you golfing to beyond your club, or the local golf course. If you will practice putting a few times a week, in you home or in your office, you will probably discover that you have a much better approach to putting altogether, and that you find it easier to putt and score.
Consistent rehearsal of your rhythm, you putter swing and some of the tips and tricks you learn, will ultimately give you a winning advantage over your less committed golfing friends, understand your putt and you will not arrive at the green with fears and anxieties towards that dreaded four putt.
While putting is much less glamorous than other aspects of golf, and while most men love to invest all their time and energy into making that small white ball fly a long distance and spend as much time as possible in the air, putting is what gets you results, lowers your handicap and allows you to enjoy the game more, any player that improves his putting discovers that golf has many other sides to it other than the mechanics of a swing and power of following through.
The best thing to do is to visit a few online golf shops and look at what golf training aids they have that will improve your putting, next thing is to go out and find a shop that has one of those and trying it for real, once you make up your mind its only a question of how and when you buy this golf training aid, and how committed you really are to improving your small game.

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Except for the very beginners maybe, everybody knows that one of the most important parts of the golf game, is the putting. If you are a newcomer in the golf world or even if you consider yourself a seasoned player you can use a golf training aid to improve putting. If you manage to improve your putting you will be more likely considered an advanced player, because you will have lower scores.There are several golf training aids from books to online websites, DVDs and courses offered on golf training aid systems and individual aids depending on the part of the game you want to excel. You can use the practice green to become more comfortable with controlling the distance and the speed. Do not expect the perfect putting the first time. You need to learn how to concentrate on the ball and how to center the ball on the putter rather than sending the ball in the hole. Of course the ultimate goal is to get each ball in, but before that, getting better at the stroke and concentrating on the ball is more important if you want to become a master in putting. If you have a yard or a room with a little bit more space you can set markers around a set perimeter and hit the ball at different distances.You can also exercise the different types of putts, like for example the long putt or the short putt. When you exercise do not go further than six feet away from the hole. Try to make as many good putts as possible and exercise all kinds of putts, especially the short putts. Also when you start practicing make sure the surface you practice on is flat. Leave uneven surfaces and slopes for later when you are confident enough with your stroke, your eye position, your grip and your wrist movement. There are several training aids that can help you excel in one part of the game or more. Whatever part of the game you are practicing try to stay positive and do not give up if it’s not working the first time you try it. You should always try and keep your putter in a straight line and if this means making a temporary line on your practice mat, then do it.You can improve your putting even in your living room or at the office. You need a putter, a little space and you can get putting aids that you can attach to the head of the putter. The putting aids can help you center the stroke until you are comfortable enough with hitting the ball with the center of the putter. Hitting the ball straight takes a lot of practice and patience and even the professional players take time and study their strokes and exercise. It is important to learn how to appreciate distances especially on the course. One thing to practice is hitting the ball from different distances even if you do not get the ball in the hole. Try not to get stuck on a certain distance, but keep moving around the practice area. Hit the ball from different distances from the hole, but always in a straight line and with the center of the putter. Get a training aid and make a habit of exercising your strokes and hitting the ball. Choose the one that suits you best from the wide variety available on the market.

A laser system that helps you practice keeping your swings on line, and in propper form and rotation.

The Big Putt – Golf Training Aid The Big Putt is the perfect golf training aid to practice those 2 to 8 footers that are the key to lowering your scores The Big Putt is 35% larger than a regulation ball, but has precisely the same feel as a tournament quality ball. Mis-hits are magnified and provide immediate feedback, and the larger ball promotes a smooth stroke and requires the golfer to accelerate through impact. You’ll find all of the latest golf training aids at www.intheholegolf.com

It never ceases to amaze me on how some of the best things in the world are so simple in concept. That is the case with the awesome new training putter from CSI Golf and their Gradu-Weighted Training Ball System. My 4 year old daughter loved the putter and I was quite impressed with the results she achieved in the short time she used it at the CSI booth at the 2010 PGA Show.

Ernie Els endorses golf’s first “tee-to-green” golf training system. Kit includes a club swing weight, putting stroke trainer and putting rhythm trainer. Easy to carry in your bag, use with any club in your bag at home or on the practice range.