Putting Practice--Do You Really need It?

Putting practice:Is it needed?
By MARK GROVE
DATE: 2004-10-12--This is a Repost of an old article by yours truly 

A lot of you who golf regularly are probably saying I already get enough putting in my regular game and don't need any extra work on my short game.

Wrong guys and gals. Think about the pros and where the level of their game is at because of the extra practice. Chances are their putting is practiced more than their long game and they the putting greens at a course to practice.

I always say to practice your putting 10 to 15

minutes 3 to 4 times a week to work on the problem areas of your putting such as follow through technique, putting from different angles and distances as well.
                                                                                                                                                               By pulling extra putting duty you'll wonder why you didn't just do a little extra while your buddies are at the Golf club bar hammering down a few. Now you may think that doing just 10 to 20 minutes won't do anything to help your putts, but if you think you need an hour or more chances are you won't keep it up and quit practicing your short game.

As well,you only get so much out of practice and concentrating on your problem areas for a short period 3 times a week will go a long way to shaving strokes off your game. Just do a little more Putting Duty.

Mark