Improve Your Putting Game With Practice Putting Greens

On each hole, putting is the culmination of all your efforts funneled right down to a solitary stroke. Putting is a science and has to be meticulously rehearsed again and again in preparation for those clutch situations on the green. It is the most underestimated part of golf and can make or break a golfer.

The short game is a crucial aspect of golf, and it isn't practiced enough. Putting can be disheartening, that is why a lot of golfers devote their time on the driving range. Nevertheless, every golfer knows in the back of their mind, the primary key to improving their golf game is to practice their putting.

Arnold Palmer accurately stated that putting is like wisdom, partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience. If you weren't fortunately endowed with putting as a natural gift, then a practice putting green can help you accumulate that essential experience.

Some practice putting greens are beneficial. The kinds you see at pro shops are useful for straight ahead putts on flat greens, yet not all greens are even. Every player knows greens have curvature: slopes, slants and breaks. Simple flat putting systems that burp the ball back to you don't quite recreate the realism of actual putting.

Real greens are mimicked by more modern practice putting greens. You're provided the opportunity to practice those tricky breaking putts with adjustable practice putting greens. They allow you to customize the topography of the green so you can angle you putts according to the break.

The purpose of a practice putting green is to recreate the putting experience you have on the course, so not only can the slope of the practice putting green be adjusted, but so can the pin as well. Additionally, the surface allows the golf ball to roll smoothly and accurately, as if on a real green.

Yet, to putt, you need to first get on the green. How often have you hit what you thought was a nice approach only to discover your ball has rolled just off of the green? I'm sure many. Now you need to get up and down to make par, or bogey. Developing a good chipping game can help save your round and give you a lot of confidence, but it needs a lot of practice. Because of this, many practice putting greens these days include a chipping matt. You can chip your ball onto the putting surface and watch it break toward to the cup. This provides a great opportunity to learn how the ball interacts off the face of the wedge so you can practice making it skip, bite and release to the hole.

Most practice putting greens are available in several different sizes so you can fit them inside or outside; in your basement, or in your office. So don't let your short game ruin a long drive or an awesome approach. Practicing your putting with the proper tools can help you gain confidence, sink more putts and improve your handicap. Like the classic golfing proverb says, even God has to practice His putting.