Ball position and accuracy

How does inconsistent ball position in putting affect your accuracy? Placing the ball too far back in your stance will make you aim to the right. Having the ball too far forward will make you aim the ball to the left.

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What should you practice the most?

Your short game. A typical 96 shooter spends 62.5% of their shots on his or her short game. Forty of those shots are putts.

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Tempo and Rhythm

Some people confuse Tempo with Rhythm in golf. They are two different things. Simply put, tempo equals time and rhythm equals ratio.

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Putting Aids – Your Eyes

For years I didn’t understand the value of my eyes as putting aids. Recently, I’ve really worked hard on aiming with my dominant eye and using quiet eye when putting.

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Blast Motion Golf

The best way to improve your putting is to practice with purpose. Measure your putting stats with Blast Motion Golf.

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Alignment Aids: High Tech or Simple

I’ve always been a tech geek. So some of the alignment aids I have are lasers, but some are simple string lines.

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The Perfect Putter

This is a great tool for finding the correct break and speed of putts. Putting can be practiced perfectly using The Perfect Putter.

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Putting: Where to direct your attention

Mental and visual focus in your putting pre-shot routine is really where you direct your attention in order to make the putt.

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Digital Green Reading

Times have changed and I think for the better when it comes to finding the slope on greens using digital green reading devices.

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Wellputt putting mat and practice

The Wellputt putting mat gives you the freedom to putt at home everyday if you want and tune your game so you are ready for the course.

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Face and Pace: Making more putts

With putting the two most important things to focus on are face angle at impact and the pace of the putt. Face angle controls the start line and Pace controls the distance the putt rolls.

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Putting resources and Reviews

Welcome to Old Duffer Golf. We like all things golf, but focus on putting resources and reviews of putting training aids. Take a look around. Check back for new articles regularly. Any reviews posted here are of items I’ve purchased and my opinions are based on ease of use, functionality and value.