PUTTING Feel distance with your right hand

Long putts are all about pace, rolling the ball close. A safe two-putt. One way to tune yourself in to the speed of the greens is to spend the first few minutes of your practice session putting with just your right hand. This gives you a nice feel for the pace of the greens and helps you to set in motion a free-flowing, rhythmical stroke. As you do this you also want to feel the 'lag' in the right wrist as you change direction. This gives your stroke a nice fluency and paves the way for a smooth acceleration into the ball. When you then work on your stroke with both hands on the club that feeling will help you to create a good momentum with the putter and roll the ball with a heightened sense of control and pace.

Placing your left hand on the right shoulder helps to keep the shoulders working nicely in line as you run the putter back and forth and roll the ball towards the hole