Being able to start your ball where you aimed at the correct speed is obviously critical for good putting. But none of that will matter if you are unable to successfully read the break of the putt.
Igo primo maps free download. After looking through some of the archived items in my golfing hard drive I came across the “Dave Pelz Short Game Handicap Test”. For those of you who don’t know Dave is a NASA scientist turned golf instructor who happens to be the short game coach of one of the best wedge players on the planet, Phil Mickleson. Dave Pelz' Short Game Handicap - PDF Download. For those of you looking to quantify your short game abilities here is a great points based test.
Dave Pelz Short Game Handicap
In this skills test, we are testing the players ability to read the break of a putt and then stroke the ball on the chosen line at the correct speed. Nissan ga16de engine vtc service manual transmissions. It is an excellent test as it assesses so many skills that are necessary to be a great putter.
Try it yourself and see if you score as well as you would like, or as well as you need to to reach your goals. If you do not score so well. you would then need to do some additional reserach to decide whay you were not very successful. Did you read the putt poorly? Is it a speed issue? Is it alignment? Were you not able to start the ball on your intended line? Once you know the answers to these questions, only then can you start to work on improving this area of your putting.
Dave Pelz Short Game Bible
But it all starts with the testing. Try and the test and feel free to share your results with me in the comments section below.
I hope you enjoyed this post on how to test your skill at breaking putts. As always comments are welcome and appreciated.
Good Golfing
Derek
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