After my putting woes of the last few rounds I decided to get together with my mate/coach Chris and see if he could get me back on the right track with the putter.
I took some practice putts and then we got the stroke on film and it highlighted a few little issues that if sorted, would get the putter back in my good backs.
First issue was ball position. I had moved the ball forward in my stance gradually over the last few months, but I have always had it quite a way forward and almost level the insole of my left shoe. We have now moved this to a more central position. Second issue was the club path, going right at the end of the stroke meaning a slight pushed line to the right.
We got this all in line and at first it felt to me like the putts where being pulled to the left but they where actually going straight, a strange feeling. So plenty of practice this week and I know feel happy with the putting stroke and confident I can go forward from here with the refined style and onwards to hole more important putts.
After some practice with the stroke on Monday night I went out and played nine holes, as I did on Tuesday and again the long game was functioning well, putting was misfiring a little but it was mainly a distance judgement thing rather than a direction of the ball and missing left or right. I will also be putting a lot of practice in this evening(Thursday) if the weather holds and then I have a golf psychology session tomorrow evening with Andy Morrison to discuss the wall I seem to have hit this season and hopefully how I can get past that.
I then have a couple of competitions on the weekend, Presidents Prize at my home club on Saturday and then the Royton Sword at Crompton and Royton on Sunday which is a 36 hole scratch medal.
Looking forward to watching some of the Open Championship over the end of the week and over the weekend and see that the scores today are in the low numbers and a lot of players are under par already including a dangerous Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
10 to plus, is it possible?? 