How improving your mental approach to putting will cut your score.
What do you expect to happen?
Have you ever noticed that when you get nervous about a putt, it's because you are thinking about putts that you have missed?
Or perhaps you're worrying about your next putt! i.e. My aim is to get the ball close enough to avoid 3 putting.
Your aim on every putt should be to sink it no matter how far away you are. Remember similar putts that you've holed in the past, then take this feeling into your current putt.
Pre-game visualisation
You'll remember from last month that just by visualising yourself doing something successfully you improve your performance by up to 25%!
So take some time to remember - or even better write out a list of all the good putts you make after your round. This will build up your confidence and help you expect to make putts.
Visualisation on the course
Experiment with different things that help you feel like you're going to get your putt.
Imagine there are magnets along the path from your ball to the hole.
Or perhaps your ball is on the end of a piece of elastic that is pulling it back into the hole.
If you have a downhill putt see the ball running fast enough to just slip over the edge of the hole.
For an uphill putt see the ball striking half way down the back of the cup as it runs into the hole.
Don't hit your putt until you have pictured your ball going in.
What do you expect to happen?
Have you ever noticed that when you get nervous about a putt, it's because you are thinking about putts that you have missed?
Or perhaps you're worrying about your next putt! i.e. My aim is to get the ball close enough to avoid 3 putting.
Your aim on every putt should be to sink it no matter how far away you are. Remember similar putts that you've holed in the past, then take this feeling into your current putt.
Pre-game visualisation
You'll remember from last month that just by visualising yourself doing something successfully you improve your performance by up to 25%!
So take some time to remember - or even better write out a list of all the good putts you make after your round. This will build up your confidence and help you expect to make putts.
Visualisation on the course
Experiment with different things that help you feel like you're going to get your putt.
Imagine there are magnets along the path from your ball to the hole.
Or perhaps your ball is on the end of a piece of elastic that is pulling it back into the hole.
If you have a downhill putt see the ball running fast enough to just slip over the edge of the hole.
For an uphill putt see the ball striking half way down the back of the cup as it runs into the hole.
Don't hit your putt until you have pictured your ball going in.
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