Easiest Golf Tips Ever. Part 3

"Hi I'm Howard, and I'm a Golf-aholic!"
"Hi Howard!"

I used to be obsessed with the game, now, not so much.
How do I know?
There was a time when I'd have a few bad holes or an awful round and then spend the next 3 hours on the range trying to figure it out.
Now, I play good/bad and when its' over I move on. I actually don't care anywhere near as much as I did and end up having a way better time.

Funny thing is I play pretty well but I can no longer concentrate for more than 9 or 10 holes. Seriously. In the last week I've played a lot because my buddy Lumby and I went away and played a couple of rounds and a nine in Ottawa and then yesterday I played my weekly round here in the O-dot.(Oakville yo)
Anyway here are my front 9 scores. 36, 37,38, 38.
Here are my back 9 scores. 43, 44, 44, 41
It's not because I'm getting loaded on beers or dogs either.("Have a dog, make a double").
Something happens after the turn and I just start to play like hell. Except now I could care less.

Today's Easiest Golf Tip(finally.)

Putting is Voodoo.
I mentioned last time that putting was Voodoo and that it's the most individual part of the game, but a few basics apply that will make you instantly better.

1) Let your arms hang down as naturally as possible and lighten your grip.(Whatever grip you use.)
2) Stand closer to the ball than you think you should. If the balls too far away your putters path will never be consistent.
3) Find your putters sweet spot and hit the ball there. This is kind of complicated but worth it.
Take a ball and just lightly rap your putter with it. You'll see where the putter head twists and where it doesn't. Where it doesn't is where you want to hit the ball.
Hitting the sweet spot will give you a truer roll and you'll sink more putts.
4) Between line and pace always think pace first. You'll miss way more putts that are right on line but short than the other way around.
5) Go with your first instincts. If you walk up to a putt and you think it breaks right to left, stay with that read, 99% of the time you'll be right.

There you go.
Why do I say "Putting is Voodoo?"
Mainly because I've seen guys who can't hit it out of their shadows, putting cross-handed with a cut down push-broom with their eyes closed, sink everything they look at.
There's no explaining it.
Like a lot of golfers, I've often bemoaned(yes bemoaned) the fact that a 4 inch putt is worth the same as 275 yard drive.
Stupid ass game.