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Welcome to Purgatory Golf Club here in Noblesville Indiana. My name’s Jon Stutz, I’m a golf
professional here. We’re right on our practice putting green working on a little bit of putting
today. A couple things that I find are really key and important factors in putting, 1 is
that we need to make solid contact with that putter. We need to find the middle of that
putter face. So I set up a couple drills here. A couple tees to help us promote that. I’ve
also got a couple tees in front of us here that are going to control where we start the
ball, because another key in putting is being able to start the ball on the line that we’re
looking for. So you can see, I’ve got some tees set up here. I’ve got the putter about
the width of those tees. So as I swing that putter in-between those tees, you can get
a nice, solid contact with my putter in the center of the putter face. If I’ve got it
aimed correctly and I make a good stroke, I’m hopeful that that ball is going to roll
between those two tees in front of us, and here, we can control where I’m starting
the ball. So as I get ready to go, you can see, for an example, if I was to pull that
ball, and hit that tee, it’s not nearly as good of a roll, okay? So my objective is
to try to get lined up, let’s see if I can hit between these tees, and make it into the
hole. You can see there, I didn’t do a very good job with that one. That’s a little
better, I got it between tees, I was able to control where I’m starting the ball,
and get it into the hole. So again, this is a nice little way to practice some shorter
puts, promoting the solid contact with the putter, with those tees about a putter-widths
head apart. Control where you think the balls will start, put a little gate there, so you
can see whether or not you’re starting the ball on the correct line. Hopefully this will
help you, and it’s a great way to practice your putting.