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Master the Green

Putt efficiently and freely

COLUMN BY CATHY KIM
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GINGER BRUNER

liminating three putts and lagging it close to the hole is technique may be, it is just as important to let your mind and
the quickest way to reduce your handicap. Putting can be body execute the putt just as you plan to. Most of our mental
Ethe easiest part of your game one round and the tough- energy is burned up on the putting surface, but how much of it
est part of your game the next. As important as your putting is necessary?

see LET’S LOOK AT HOW TO

PUT T EFFICIENTLY & FREELY

WHEN READING YOUR PUTT, BEFORE RETURNING TO YOUR BALL,
make sure to look at it from both sides of the walk up and rehearse your putting stroke two feet from the
hole. If you end up with two different reads, hole, while looking at the hole. This will give you the best
trust the read with the most break. read on which way your ball will turn.

Pro Tip: If your putt looks like it is moving in two different directions, play a straight putt.

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