Comments on: golf putting. I take the putter outside on my backswing. I’ve tried everything to stop. Any suggestions?

By: green_lantern66

green_lantern66 — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:48:44 +0000

Take an iron and trap it under your triceps while holding your putter. Get in your stance, and make a putting stroke. Hold that club under your arms, and you’ll make a nice putting stoke. If you drop it, you’re bringing the putter outside.

By: googie

googie — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:30:24 +0000

Split your grip and let the right hand dominate. That will take the putter to the inside.

By: mbl

mbl — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:33:02 +0000

Check your shoulder and forearm alignment. Typically people’s strokes follow their shoulders. Almost everyone I see who takes the putter outside has his shoulders open at address. You can strengthen your right hand grip on the putter which will get your right elbow closer to your right hip and thus help square your shoulders better.

By: phatboy

phatboy — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:20:27 +0000

plug 4 rows of tees into the green, approx 1/2 inch bigger than your putter, and about 1 and 1/2 inches apart. Place the ball in front of the first row of tees. By keeping the putter from hitting the tees, you are taking it back straight. Practice this and then worry about the distance.

By: c g +1

c g +1 — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:18:22 +0000

I like to practice putting in an open doorway (mine is a bedroom closet). My butt goes against 1 part of the frame, my head rests on the other side and I use the bottom to swing the putter along without actually touching the molding. No way to take it outside, and you stay nice and still over it.
On the course you need to stop watching the putter head while you’re putting. Concentrate on a dimple on the ball, or look for a spot underneath the ball to focus on after the ball is gone. But the fastest way to steer the putter is to look at the putter head.