The Art of Putting: The Revolutionary Feel-Based System for Improving Your Score
A breakthrough approach to putting from the PGA Tour?s premier short-game guru
PGA stars such as Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Peter Jacobsen, and Darren Clarke have all sought advice from fellow pro Stan Utley about their putting, and have gone on to such immediate success on the green that Utley has become the most in-demand teacher in the game. Now, in The Art of Putting he outlines his unique approach to putting for golfers of all skill levels. In a welcome change from mechanistic and overly-complex putting "systems," Utley breaks down the putting stroke to a simple, natural motion, revealing a straightforward method for learning this sure, repeatable stroke. As he guides you through the fundamentals of the proper grip, posture, alignment, and swing, Utley will overhaul and improve your stroke by putting feel back into your game. This definitive book also provides:
? A complete primer on club design, with tips for finding the putter most in tune with the nuances of your swing
? A guide to the sensory aspects of a good putt, from grip pressure to impact response to the way a putt should sound
? Simple steps for reading greens accurately, every time
? Drills to commit your putting stroke to muscle memory and overcome the tics that can knock your putts off line
? Cures for the mental hurdles you?ll face on the short grass
The Art of Putting: The Revolutionary Feel-Based System for Improving Your Score Accessories
 The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down
The Plane Truth for Golfers Master Class
The Impact Zone: Mastering Golf's Moment of Truth
Every Shot Must Have a Purpose: How GOLF54 Can Make You a Better Player
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
Extraordinary Putting: Transforming the Whole Game
The Plane Truth for Golfers
The Game Before the Game: The Perfect 30-Minute Practice
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Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible: Master the Finesse Swing and Lower Your Score (Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series)
The Art of Putting: The Revolutionary Feel-Based System for Improving Your Score Reviews
It will certainly help those in a putting slump to go back to the basics to improve their fundamentals and technique in order to "feel" a sound putting stroke. Mr. Utley has covered all the bases in this book.
Probably the best treatise on putting available. This is an understandable, straight forward, easy to adapt to method.
I would recommend this book to those more serious player that have got medium level of skill. I am now very confident in putting for the range from 8 feet up to 25 feet. I first knew Stan when I read the book "the Art of short Game", after reading that book, my short game improved a lot and ususally, I can get ups & downs by 50%. After that I bought the other book "The Art of Putting", again it is a very good book, but it needs the reader to think before you can learn how to putt well.
I was averaging about 33-34 putts per round. My game will never be the same due to this book. My biggest struggle was with my short game, my pitching was decent at best, chipping was pretty steady, but my putting was awful. I now feel confident over 4 footers whereas last year I dreaded these putts, I'm even dropping some 15 to 25 footers now, which really improves your scores. First off, I am a 3 handicap that is working hard at trying to get to a 0. After reading this book and applying Utley's method, I started getting better and better, now, my last 3 rounds I've had 26, 29 and 31 putts, and shot 75, 73 and 81. I highly recommend this book. I attempted to read both Pelz books but found them extremely dry, poorly written and the methods didn't do anything for me.
I am already more confident with my putting and can focus more on distance and read instead of mechanics. The book could use some better editing, more examples/pictures at different moments in the process, but all in all a great approach to putting that will improve anyones performance who is frustrated with this aspect of their game. Where is the video. After reading this book, I have relaxed more over my putts and the biggest thing for me was alignment and the placement of my forarms. Utley's simple/natural approach to the process of putting is a stark contrast to Peltz more mechanical/technical method. Like anything practice and diligence is key. I love to hate this game and the in-congruity of a ball traveling 400+ yard in two shots then requiring 2-3 shots from within 20 feet has frustrated me for years.
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