Reading Putting Greens With Fingers

Look at the cup to find out which way the grass is growing.

Reading putting greens with fingers.

Watch morning drive 7am et. The grain of a course of course has an effect on where you have to aim a putt. Stretch your arm out in front of you and hold up the number of fingers that corresponds to the grade you gave the slope. Reading a golf course s grain.

Imagine a line tracing how the ball will roll into the hole after you hit it and consider how any slopes will affect your ball s trajectory. This is done using the grade of the slope and your fingers. Lydia ko details the aimpoint method that she and several other professionals use in their putting. For example aim slightly to the left when you putt if a slope forces your ball curve right.

Line up your fingers to find the aimpoint. Putts downgrain in the same direction the grass is growing go faster than putts into the grain in the opposite direction from the grass growth.