Every now and then something comes up that really impresses you. Not only can it change the way you do a particular thing, it can also cause you to rethink other things that you always assumed were true.
I have played golf for over 25 years and people in general have been playing it for hundreds of years. I thought that everything that could be learned about the game was already known. I was wrong.
For the past few years, I have suffered from a chronic case of yips. Having gone through all the grips, long putters, and numerous putting training aids, I had practically given up.
I would just take all three of my footnotes so I don’t have to be embarrassed. He didn’t seem to have a problem from about 10 feet or more away, and he could still hit the ball quite well.
Then one day about a month ago, something happened. I came across a book on the internet. I read the sales page and got a little interested.
He promised something new and different that worked instantly. I didn’t believe it, so I went about my business. It wasn’t until a week later that I stumbled across the same page again.
I was going to play the next day and decided to give it a try. After all, the ad promised instant results so you could test it out right away. I ordered the book, downloaded it, and read it in about 30 minutes.
Then I took out my putter and hit a few putts using what I had learned. It seemed like every putt started in line and there was no sign of the yips. But there was no hole in the floor of my room either.
I was very excited the next day. I think it was the first time I got excited about making a five foot putt! I got to the practice green and gave the new method a try.
I did 10 three feet in a row! But he was not yet on the course. Any clown can putt on the practice green. I couldn’t wait to get to the first green.
Luckily I ended up doing tap ins on the first five holes! But on the sixth hole, I had a fairly straight climb of five feet for par. These had been my worst nightmare.
I lined everything up and hit it. It started and ended in neutral! The rest of the day was pretty good too. Out of a total of 7 putts from 8 feet or less, I made four of them. That’s four more than I would have earned if I hadn’t received that book.
As I continue to use the method, it gets even better. Now I look forward to the challenge of shooting from shorter distances as I am having some success.
I’m still not playing like a tour pro, and I miss 1 in 4 from five feet, it’s a far cry from having to pick up the ball just to keep my sanity.
If you have similar problems with your putting, you should purchase this book. It’s called Target Putting. It only costs about $ 23, much less than a lesson.
The book is not very long. About twenty pages. And you don’t have images, but you don’t really need them. My success tells me that the point has come home.
But what you will learn at Target Putting is that some things that you always assumed were true or correct about putting are not correct at all. There is something new to learn about putting.