How to Dial In Distance Control on Long Putts | Titleist Tips

Make every shot easier for you any player of any level can do it's gonna help you and you're gonna love it How did that not go? Let's talk about putting let's talk about a place in putting where you can actually make up some strokes stop wasting them You can actually gain strokes. That's a big term strokes gained. You'll be surprised where you can find them on the putting green I love asking players college players professional players actually players of any ability Point out a 30-foot putt on the screen Notoriously, some of them will look at a cup that is so far away. You would need a telescope to see it That's clearly 30 feet, but it's way more What I want you to understand first and foremost is what a 30-foot putt looks like. I think you'll be surprised It's not from here to that cup. It's from here to that cup This is 30 feet and it is a lot closer than you think it is Why is 30 feet important because on the PGA tour in the LPGA tour if you to putt from just outside This distance and yes, that's probably 30 feet and 6 inches But if you to putt you're going to start to gain strokes on the field now You're not going to gain an entire stroke, but little by little you're going to be bettering the other players in the field Oh and for what it's worth. I have a lot of 30-foot putts I do not hit the ball next to the flag all the time And by the way, the professionals have a lot of 30-foot putts to usually on par fives And can you imagine when you hit a par five and two how happy you must be if you three putt at this distance? That's where they start to make up strokes to putt from here on a college level and a tour level means Birdies that you can put in your pocket and keep walking forward So what are some of the keys for a 30-foot putt? I'm going to offer you two and then I'm going to give you a way with your stroke to try and train and regulate it One thing you don't want this putt to do is to start on a line that would get it going low of the cup All that means is as the ball gets towards the hole. It's going to be getting further and further and further away from the cup Secondly you want to try and roll the ball to the cup or just slightly past That way if you pay attention You can see what the ball does as it comes to a rest This will give you an idea of what your comeback putt is going to look like I've set up a little scenario down here. Very simply. I've got a stick beyond the hole That's about a putter length back from the hole and I've got a stick just below the cup on the low side When I practice this I want to hit a putt That finishes in this zone in this two putt zone because I feel fairly confident If I can putt this putt, I've got my line. I like that. I like that That's where I want that ball to finish up That is an easy to putt that will help me gain some strokes on the rest of the field when you practice this Take those two other golf balls that come in the sleeve and see if you can do that three times in a row If you can test yourself on uphill test yourself on downhill This is a little left to right test yourself the other way now How can you get good at this? I'm going to give you a very very basic cheat code that will help you control your distance It's quite simple Control your follow-through if you will learn to pick a spot where the putter is going to follow through to Your mind and your brain will build in the end of it I'm going to show you what I mean as I get set over this ball. I'm going to set my follow-through Just past my left leg So the rest of this putting stroke has to gauge the distance for me I don't want to rely on trying to putt fast or soft or hit it firm or try anything crazy I want to rely on my natural ability and develop a stroke that truly looks like a pendulum I'm looking at the spot that I'm trying to roll the ball to I'm making my practice stroke That's telling me how far back to take it as I get set up here Just a hair short, but I think I would take that Why don't we try hitting one more just to see again? I'm going to look at the spot I'm rolling it to I know where my follow-through is going to stop. I've got my eye on it I'll take that and for those of you that didn't think it was 30 feet 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 that is just outside 30 feet It's a lot closer than you think so technical wise control your follow-through and you will learn to control the speed of the putt training wise Set yourself up with some parameters. You got to finish at the line of the hole or Just a little bit past if you can do that and get those golf balls three of them in That little zone of two putt I think you're going to be very happy from outside 30 feet Which for me and for you means a lot more happiness on the golf course