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We can all exceed at the beautiful part of this game.

On this online golf tips page I am going to discuss how we can all excel at the beautiful part of the game, putting. It is the only part of the game where we are all potentially equal, as there are no special attributes required for this skill.

From a fairly young age until the autumn of our lives, regardless of gender, we can all propel a ball the required twenty yards or less towards the tin cup.

I have often heard the following two tips,

1) You should visualise the hole much bigger than it actually is.

2) Roll the ball to the hole from the professional side (the high side).

I have trouble with both of these even although they are sound tips. I have on occasion managed to visualise the hole as being much larger than life size but it really isn't something I have been able to do at will.

As for the second tip, it is the accuracy towards the professional side that I find difficult and not the mere task of sending my ball to that side.

By placing the bucket (opening downwards) over the hole, you have created a visual target that is almost 3 times wider than a normal cup.

With a breaking putt of around 5 feet(1.5 metres), simply attempt to hit the pro side of the bucket with a reasonable weight of putt. You will find this somewhat easier than the normal sized target but perhaps not as easy as you thought it would be.

When you are achieving high levels of success move further away. I do this exercise for about ten minutes and it prepares me for the visuals that I need during my game. When I get onto the course, the last visual that I plant in my mind's eye before striking each and every putt is of a tiny golf ball hitting the pro-side of a big black bucket.

This is of course quite easy as I have just had a good ten minute session where this was the visual. The smaller I can see the ball and the bigger the bucket the better.

I have recently changed this visual to seeing a tiny ball roll into the bottom of a wide bucket sized hole. The results I achieve have become much better because my visuals have become much clearer.

I will not go into the complicated science of the results. All I will say is hold onto your golf cap as your ball manages to find the cup from all distances.

One last tip.

If you happen to have a caddy or partner with you for this drill, get them to stand by the hole and have them prepared to lift the bucket.

When the ball is going to hit the pro-side of the bucket, that's their cue to lift it. It will shock you that the majority drop in when the weight is good.

By the way, I find by using this larger target, my feel for the length also improves.

Because of this exercise, I tell my students that the cup is the size of a bucket when you approach it from the correct side.

Yes the size of a 12" bucket.

Go on try it for yourself.

S.MacD.

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