Golf Master Tips, Putting Techniques of the Great Putters Throughout History - When we analyze the putting techniques on some of the great putters throughout history, you would think at least most of them would have something in common. The only thing you might be able to take away is that they all have amazing powers of concentration, and of course to be a great putter that almost goes without saying. But as far as a common putting technique, they range all over the board in putting style.
Putting Techniques of the Great Putters
When we analyze the great putters we look at those that have done it over a period of many years. There are one-hit wonders that come and go; those golfers who putt out of their minds for maybe a year and then drop back to normal. They shouldn't be included with the greats.
Those would include Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper, and Ben Crenshaw to name a few. But if you looked at the putting style of Tiger Woods, who many feel could be the greatest putter of all time and compare it to Jack Nicklaus the differences are almost night and day.
Take Wood's putting style, for instance. In his prime his set-up was flawless and his putting stroke was sound. The putter blade moved through the ball almost like the ball was invisible, and his midrange putting was extraordinary. Five to ten foot putts could almost be conceded when Tiger was in his prime. Nicklaus had an entirely different look.
He crunched up in a pronounced crouch, but that way he was able to eliminate a lot of moving body parts with this style. His head rarely moved at all and is arms were locked close by his side. Basically he pushed the ball with his right palm and forearm toward the hole, but he was a great pressure putter because there was less that could go wrong.
Another great putter from a few years ago was Billy Casper. He basically used his left wrist as a hinge, brought the putter straight back and aggressively accelerated through it. Every style of all great putters is different, but they were still successful.
What we perhaps can take from this is there is a lot of leeway when it comes to being a successful putter. All of these players developed a style that's suited their body type, but also suited their mentality. Putting as we mentioned earlier is mental, so whatever putting stroke anyone develops has to bring the feeling of confidence, which in turn helps the mental aspect of putting. That is probably why most of us end up tweaking our putting game more than any part of our total golf game.
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