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Answer by caddyshack
There are a few things that can help with this.

1. get a chalk line and find a 3 foot putt that is straight on a practice green. Chalk a straight line to the center of the cup out 4 feet. Put your ball on the chalk line and hit putts over it. You can very clearly see the line and your putter’s line. You will be amazed at how quickly it helps you see exactly where your club is going. After a while you actually start to see the chalk line when reading putts in your head.

2. Put 5 tees in the green about 3 inches apart in a straight line. Then put 5 more tees parallel to the first 5 with just enough room for your putter to fit in between them. Hit puts through that “gate.”

3. A more complex but less intrusive way to do this is to put two tees or small sticks in the green over a level section of green about 5 feet apart. Then Tie a small string to the two tees. Then you putt under the suspended string. Your goal is to hit the tee farthest from you.

Hope these help, and good luck!

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By the time the swing reaches the top the left hand will have gone from a palmar flexion to a radial deviation without any effort on your part. It is the natural tendency. The only thing you have to watch is that it doesn’t go too far and fall into a backward flex.

So why not use the break that brings you to the top naturally in the right position, instead of a break that you have to control carefully or manipulate?

Without going any further into anatomical details, it can be stated flatly that the longer the backward wrist break is delayed on the backswing, the more difficult it becomes to make it correctly. The later this break takes place, the more liable we are to let the left hand bend backward, thus getting it under the shaft at the top and opening the face of the club. So, make the break early.

Start making it as soon as the club leaves the ball and you will find it does a surprising number of things. We’ll list them:

1. Sets you in the proper hand-wrist position early. (All you have to do is hold it.)
2. Everything you have to do with the hands and the club, in the way of manipulation, is done early and in your full view.
3. Gives you the feeling that you have plenty of time to go to the top and come down.
4.Starts your swing in the right plane.
5.Brings the right elbow in tight immediately.
6.Prevents a “bouncing” club head at the top.
7.Tends to shorten the swing, thereby providing a brace against overswinging.
8.Gives you a feeling at the top that you have to move the body in order to get the club down to the ball. (Reduces inclination to hit from the top.)
9.Tends to bring the club to the ball with the wrists leading, as they should be.
10.Kills any temptation to pronate or supinate.
11.Promotes—almost insures—a late hit.
12.Promotes a solid contact on the center of the club face.

The first three points are probably the most important. The others stem chiefly from the first three.

One of the hardest things for the average golfer to master is the proper hand and wrist position at the top. At least one reason this is difficult for him is that, with the orthodox late break, he is always trying to get into it after the swing is in full motion. The early break sets his hands in the proper positions by the time they are hip high.

Another value is that this break divorces your mind from the club head. In the orthodox late break, with what has been called the one-piece takeaway, the player is thinking of moving hips, hands, and club head all at the same time. The fact that he is thinking of the club head at all is dangerous.

With the early break completed, there comes a feeling of time to spare. Nothing else needs to be done, except to swing the club to the top and bring it down. The hands will be right, the wrists will be right, the face of the club will be right—all you have to do is swing.

This feeling of what might almost be called serenity, plus points 4, 5, and 6, all contribute to getting you to the top of the swing in an excellent position. And the right position at the top goes a long, long way toward insuring a good downswing.

All Quiet at the Top
One reason that the early break seems almost to keep us from hitting too soon is that with it we reach the top with a controlled, “quiet” club head. With the ordinary wrist break, which is late, the club head moves quite fast in the late stages of the backswing. It moves fast enough, in fact, to exert a strong pull on the hands and wrists as it reaches its backward limit. Its momentum, actually, is checked only by the resistance of the hands and wrists to this pull.

As a result, in answer to this resistance of the hands and wrists, there is a quick rebounding of the club back toward the ball. Try it and you’ll see what we mean. Since the average player usually lets the backward pull loosen his grip, he quickly re grips on the rebound, producing, almost, a “bouncing” club head. This starts the head of the club back toward the ball much faster than it should be moving at this point. This is one reason, and a strictly mechanical reason, why so many of us hit from the top.

If you are starting with a good solid stances as you swing, which includes proper posture, as well as shoes and alignment with the ball you are going to have a much better attempt at improving your backswing. Without a good sturdy posture, you are going to twist at the wrong moment and even potentially have huge problems with not being able to really grasp the club properly. This combined together can create huge problems in a successful backswing. Your first line of defense is to always ensure you have the right stance, which will allow you to quickly and easily perform the appropriate follow through for your swing.

If you have any doubts about your stance take a picture with a camera, or ask someone else to take a picture. Then compare the proper stance with the exact way that you are standing. If this is not an option for you, look into some lessons, which will allow you to work with someone to truly master your stance. Building your skills upon a good set of foundation skills is necessary in order to ensure that you are learning the right skills as you need them. If you have the ability to work with an instructor this is going to be the best way since they can be much more honest with you about the flaws in your stance than you will be with yourself.

Your next set once you have corrected your stance is to look at the problems with your grip. If you are overextending your grip, or even holding the club the wrong way you are going to have a bad backhand from the very beginning. There is no way possible to have a correct backswing if you do not grip the club appropriately. It is physically impossible and you will find that you are met with countless frustration from attempting it. Sometimes even changing the position of your hands by just a fraction of an inch can provide a dramatic difference in results that you would not be able to otherwise notice.

The last major consideration when improving your backswing is that you need to pull the club back from the ball before you lift it off of the ground. Most players make the mistake of lifting the club back and up at the exact same time. This will result in you hitting the ball off centered and can greatly damage your backswing. Ensure that you are pulling the club straight back before you start lifting it up and you would notice an almost instant improvement. This is not something that should be unnatural of difficult to do. As long as you make a conscious effort to pull the club back before up, you should find that is enough of an improvement to help your backswing.

If you are starting with a good solid stances as you swing, which includes proper posture, as well as shoes and alignment with the ball you are going to have a much better attempt at improving your backswing. Without a good sturdy posture, you are going to twist at the wrong moment and even potentially have huge problems with not being able to really grasp the club properly. This combined together can create huge problems in a successful backswing. Your first line of defense is to always ensure you have the right stance, which will allow you to quickly and easily perform the appropriate follow through for your swing.

If you have any doubts about your stance take a picture with a camera, or ask someone else to take a picture. Then compare the proper stance with the exact way that you are standing. If this is not an option for you, look into some lessons, which will allow you to work with someone to truly master your stance. Building your skills upon a good set of foundation skills is necessary in order to ensure that you are learning the right skills as you need them. If you have the ability to work with an instructor this is going to be the best way since they can be much more honest with you about the flaws in your stance than you will be with yourself.

Your next set once you have corrected your stance is to look at the problems with your grip. If you are overextending your grip, or even holding the club the wrong way you are going to have a bad backhand from the very beginning. There is no way possible to have a correct backswing if you do not grip the club appropriately. It is physically impossible and you will find that you are met with countless frustration from attempting it. Sometimes even changing the position of your hands by just a fraction of an inch can provide a dramatic difference in results that you would not be able to otherwise notice.

The last major consideration when improving your backswing is that you need to pull the club back from the ball before you lift it off of the ground. Most players make the mistake of lifting the club back and up at the exact same time. This will result in you hitting the ball off centered and can greatly damage your backswing. Ensure that you are pulling the club straight back before you start lifting it up and you would notice an almost instant improvement. This is not something that should be unnatural of difficult to do. As long as you make a conscious effort to pull the club back before up, you should find that is enough of an improvement to help your backswing.