Reading Putting Greens With Fingers

Reading a golf course s grain.

Reading putting greens with fingers.

Imagine a line tracing how the ball will roll into the hole after you hit it and consider how any slopes will affect your ball s trajectory. Stretch your arm out in front of you and hold up the number of fingers that corresponds to the grade you gave the slope. Look at the cup to find out which way the grass is growing. The grain of a course of course has an effect on where you have to aim a putt.

If you want to improve your golf game by reading greens take some time before putting to view the green s slope. Line up your fingers to find the aimpoint. One of the first things sweeney and mogg asked me to do in our improvised classroom on the practice green at the golden bear club in windermere fla was to read a 15 foot putt. For example aim slightly to the left when you putt if a slope forces your ball curve right.

This is done using the grade of the slope and your fingers. Return to your spot a pace or so behind the ball to decipher a precise point on the green at which to aim.