Mental Golf Strategy Putting Tips and Lessons

This mental golf strategy article provides golf putting tips, as well as, links to putting lessons to help your putting golf course management.

Golf strategy is not just for avoiding the trouble approaching the greens. It also involves avoiding the problems the greens offer.

The golf tips below will open your eyes to playing a strategic putting game.

So checkmate the greens and hole your putts.

Putting Strategy Off The Tee and In The Fairway

Of course, the problem manytimes is that the risk outweighs the reward for attempting certain shots. This is even true for the pros on many hole.

Nonetheless, we should all play to the greens with a strategy in mind that allows us to get as close to the hole as our strengths allow.

Here is a quick mental golf strategy putting tip list of things to consider off of the tee.

• What is the best fairway landing zone to reach the part of the greens where the flag sits?

• How close can you reasonably get to that fairway zone?

• What club can get you to that fairway zone the most often?

• If you cannot reach the ideal fairway zone, think of an alternate plan for minimizing your score.

Here is a quick mental golf strategy putting tip list of things to consider during your approach shot.

• Did you land in a spot where you can reasonably attack the flag?

• If not, did you land in an area where you can reasonably attack some part of the green?

• If not, what is the best shot to make to set up your strengths to attack the green on your next shot.

Putting Strategy When Chipping and Pitching

• Balls played to roll to the hole will be affected by the break in the green.

• Balls flown near the hole will not be affected by anything other than significant break.

• Flying a ball into a significant slope will kill the ball and possibly throw it off line.
  • So, fly the slope or get the ball rolling before the slope.

• Short shots hit downhill to a green will go further than normal.

• Short shots hit uphill to a green will go shorter than normal.

• Putt whenever your putting will be likely more accurate than your chip or pitch.

• Find a landing area for your chip or pitch and figure the amount of roll from the landing area.

• Think of chipping or pitching to a zone.
  • The size of zone is based on your accuracy.
  • Make sure the zone you are playing for leaves you the best chances for a one putt.

Putting Strategy Once You Are On The Green

• When you are putting to lag the ball, you need to think about a zone you are trying to reach to leave the best chance for a one putt.

• When you have decided to make the putt you will need to decide whether to charge or die putt the ball into the cup.

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