Tiger's Putting a 26 Footer!

Tiger just keeps on keeping on! Won his fifth straight tournament!

What I see is that he is now keeping his drives in the fairway and his putting has improved drastically. Yes-sir, that putting is so hugely important!

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What I figured out, finally, for myself is that I must make my stroke straight back and straight through with a smooth pendulum-like stroke. The motion seems to be all in my shoulders with the arms and the wrists remaining perfectly still. I suggest you practice over some sort of straight line when you groove that pendulum swing back and through.

My distance seems to be most predictable when I allow the putter head to swing through farther than it moved on the back swing. Test it out for your self at home and then on the putting green.

Another thing you will see happen as you swing back and forth: the putter head opens very slightly on the back swing and closes very slightly on the through swing. You have the feeling you will pull the shot to the left but you will see the ball go straight for the target. The biggest putt killer for me is when I try to over-control the motion of the putter head. When that happens I will often push the putt to the right.

Finally, it is a big mistake to "pop" the ball with a short jabbing stroke. Just watch the pros on TV. You will see them come up short or the ball will roll off line. The commentators will call it a "mis-read" but I think it is due to the lack of smooth pendulum rhythm with long follow through. When you "pop it" your distance control will suffer. What you need is a smooth long follow through and hold it while you watch the path of the ball's roll.

I suggest you check out the information Dave Pelz gives you in his DVD "10 Minutes a Day to Better Putting."