Sunday, April 18, 2010
Golf Pro Brian Gallant Talks Breaking Putts And How To Get A Handle on em' For Stupendous Results
With Brian Gallant CPGA Associate Professional Fire Rock Golf Club London,Ontario
By Mark Grove
Breaking putts are one of the toughest shots to keep on the right path without ending up in a sand trap or water hazard. It is easier than you you think to know where your putt will break, but another thing to keep it aligned after the break point. Canadian Golf Pro Brian Gallant from The Fire Rock Club in London,Ontario tells all the duffers out there how to set up and keep your putts following the right path even after the break.
As well,Brian has a website where rabid golfers like you can sign up for golf instruction at Fire Rock, and learn from someone who will really teach you step
by step.Not like a lot of golf teachers who just want to go through the motions
and get paid. Creating value for golfers is what Brian's BG Golf Academy does
for people who want to learn from one of Southern Canada's best golf teachers.
Here are Brian's Credentials as a Canadian PGA professional.
PGA Of Canada Member
2011 Ontario Coaching Excellence Award/Coach Assoc. Of Ontario
2011 Golf Coaching Award-Golf Assoc.Of Ontario
Lead Golf Coach-London Golf Development Centre/BG Golf Academy
at Firerock
Brian's site. http://bggolf.ca
So let's get you some focused instruction on getting those Breaking Putts down
like a champ from Brian Gallant.
The top putters in the game have issues with breaking putts as well,so lets get a little knowledge on how to get a handle on putts that have a nasty break or round-off,as I like to call it.
MG: How do you figure out where the break in a putt is?
BG: The break in a putt depends on the slope of the green the greens speed, the length of the putt,the speed the ball is rolled and a few other things.Most important is the slope of the green as gravity affects the roll of the ball.At any given speed, the greater the slope of the green, the more the putt will break down hill.
Most often, golfers identify the break of the putt by identifying the break point,a point approximately halfway between the ball and the hole in which the ball will roll and break to the hole.Golfers often do not read the area from the ball and the break point leading to missing the ball on the low side of the hole. To read the break more accurately,golfers need to identify the break for the area from the ball to the break point. With this break, you will identify the initial starting line, called the aim-line.
MG: When you're setting up for a breaking putt, should you be aiming for the hole or the break point?
BG: When setting up for a breaking putt it is important to aim your putter so that the ball will start rolling over the initial starting line and not the break point. This allows the ball to take the entire break of the putt and have the best chance to enter the hole. As noted above,every putt has an optimum speed and break that must match in order to increase the chances of holing the putt.
MG: Should you focus as well on where the ball will break left or right,and adjust your putting stroke for that?
bggolf.ca
BG:Your focus should be on the ball rolling over the starting point initially,which is the aim line. This will allow you to make your normal putting stroke without compensating and overdoing it and veering off the aim-line.
Amateur golfers often aim for the break point and compensate during the stroke to get the ball to start on the proper path which again, is the aim-line.Remember to aim the putter along the aim line, thereby allowing you to make a consistent
stroke without stroke compensation.
Brian Gallant--Associate Professional Golfer—CPGA (Fire Rock Golf Club London, Ontario Canada)Brian's email to get started learning golf the right way is just below this.
brian@bggolf.ca
And if you want to learn Putting,especially Short Putting,just go to my blog at
http://shortputtingcures.blogspot.com
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