Putting can be an extremely frustrating part of the game. There’s nothing worse than hitting a couple of good shots only to squander your birdie opportunity with a three-putt. Typically, the culprit ...

You hit a good approach shot to 25 feet and leave your first putt eight feet short. Next hole, similar distance, and you blow it six feet past. The hole ...

Implementing a metronome in practice and a phrase on the course will help you relieve some of the tension in your putting, Harman says. You’ll notice better distance control and more consistent ...

A truly essential skill for scoring well is controlling distance on the greens and getting your first putt close enough to tap in. Distance control starts with solid technique and a simple principle: ...

When putting, many amateurs think that line is more important than distance control, but that is false. You can have a good line, but if you hit it 20 feet past the hole, it is a wasted effort.

Before every shot, every golfer makes the same decision: they judge distance. In the fairway, range finders, GPS devices and even the occasional sprinkler head help calculate the distance to the flag.