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Slowly getting there...

• Gukkon 21 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2012 3:04 PM

  Hi guys, 

  I have putting in a good few hours worth of practice in after reading the chipping and pitching advice thread and also the putting speed thread and I have to say they have helped me a lot! So thank you to the guys for making that thread.

  However just to fine tune my game a little more I would like to pick your brains once more. Two things really.... 

  First thing is I can get to fairway easy, but to get onto the green ready to make an easy put I am finding a little difficult. Don't get me wrong I can get on the green, I just want to get that extra yard or two closer to the pin. What a normally tend to do is say im 170yds from the pin and its elevated say 3yrds, I add the 3 to the 170 to make that 173. I then look at my lie and if im on fairway (which is about 95% of the time) then i tend to forget adding more power to my shots to compensate for it as its 0%. But now what I do out of habit is maybe find a club closest to that 173 and use that. 9 times out of 10 I fall short even with full power. Where am I going wrong? am I even close on my theory? Also about 50-60% of the time I put full back spin on so does this affect the distance and power? The ball im using at the moment is the WGT tour starter so it has a little spin on it.

  Secondly are there any "easy" theories to ready the break on the greens? I get the speed right about 9/10 times but the line all wrong due to me not being able to ready the break properly. Ive had a look at someones thread about counting how long the dots move across the line but then it turns into an A level maths class or something and I just get lost. Im hoping theres a quick way and simple way to figuring this out. 

  If you could help with these points guys then I would be truly grateful.

  Thanks 

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2012 11:09 PM

  hi

  i generally club up and hit full bs, this way I can fly to the hole and stop it. I may need not to hit full club, but with practice I can work that out.

  break is also practice. faster the shots more the harder it breaks, so start a round and hit same putt a new times and then see if you can anticipate the break:)

  -wgticon

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2012 11:12 PM

  I find taking notes helps.

• bblackh1 159 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2012 11:14 PM

  Upgrading to better clubs will help significantly.

  Wedges, Driver, FW, Putter, Irons all need to be

  upgraded ASAP.  You will be less frustrated also.

   

  bblackh1

• alosso 21,066 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2012 11:51 PM

  What he said!

  The Starter equipment has a low trajectory, and at elevated targets that trajectory is even flatter - long shots unevitably roll forever.

  You have a custom ball which helps a little, but better clubs would improve that behaviour largely.

  I'm not saying that you must buy all clubs now, but one or two decent wedges would be a good start - those Starter wedges suck, foremost in the short game of pitch & chip.

  Generally, playing with Starter clubs, you must respect what they can't do: Hit to the pins of elevated greens and stop the ball on the dime! In many cases, you must find the spot to land anywhere on the green which ensures that the ball stays on the green, or lay up and try with a shorter club. E.g. CCC#1 and #2, you'll have to roll it through the front opening (or play back from the rough).

  (I know what I'm saying, I did this till Master)

• Gukkon 21 Posts

  Sat, Jul 7 2012 3:12 AM

  Thanks for advice guys, I am thinking of getting some free credits and purchasing a new set of clubs today so will give them ago. 

  Any tips on working out the break on greens though? Ive watched plenty of videos where players hardly think where place the aim and just hit it and it goes in. Is there a system for it? or is it just practice and more practice :)

  Thanks again for your help guys