WHY QUESTIONS HOLD THE KEY TO PUTTING IMPROVEMENT

As summer approaches, what are you most looking forward to? Warmer weather, longer days or holing more putts? While we can’t promise 12 hours of glorious sunshine every day, we can deliver a tried and tested approach to improve your putting.

Over the last few years, hundreds of golfers have attended Putting Performance Principles Schools and Masterclasses in Europe and holed more putts, shot lower scores and ultimately had more fun on the golf course by applying the following simple principles.

What separates the great from the good and the good from the average when it comes to holing putts? From our combined experience, which amounts to more than 60 years of coaching players of all standards from weekend golfers to winners of Major Championships, we have discovered one simple truth: great putters ask great questions!

Questions, good or bad, focus the mind. As the world-famous motivational speaker Tony Robbins once said, “The quality of your questions will determine the quality of your life.” We believe the very same applies to putting.

However, the majority of golfers we see and speak to tend to ask terrible questions. “When will I ever hole a putt?” “Why can’t I get the pace of these greens?” “What will happen on my next putt if I run this one three feet past?” “Why can’t I ever seem to read a putt well?” Sound familiar?

So let us introduce you to some really great questions that you can ask yourself on each and every putt you create from now on. We’re not suggesting you ask all the following questions all the time; but please try them all at some point and find out which ones work best for you.