Golf lessons: Putting

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Yasin Ali from the David Leadbetter Academy at JA The Resort Golf Course talks you through the key elements to get you around the course in one piece.  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  UAE, golf, learn to play, beginner’s guide, tutorial, coaching, golf clubs, golf tips  #UAEnews #golf #sports

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00:00So, we're now into putting, so here's a couple of things to remember.

00:11As if golf wasn't hard enough as it is, we now have to change our grip for putting.

00:16So, in the actual golf swing, when we're hitting the golf balls, the iron, sorry, the grip

00:21goes diagonally down into the, in the palm, but for putting, we want to feel that the

00:27grip is sitting more in the lifelines, more vertical.

00:31So, you can imagine, you've got the lifelines there, you want the putter grip to fit in

00:36that position there, almost as if the palms are facing each other.

00:40From here, you just wrap the hands around, so my left hand goes around, the tips of my

00:45three fingers there are on the grip, I let that finger slide down the side, left thumb

00:51bang down the middle.

00:53From here, I put my right hand on there, I wrap the fingers around, my right thumb

01:00is down the middle there, and from here, my palms are facing each other, okay?

01:06Posture wise, again, feet not too wide, we're going to keep them slightly narrow, but how

01:12we stand is very important, because this club is much shorter, we're always trying to get

01:17our eye line right over the ball, so it's no good being there, that far away, and we

01:22certainly don't want to be too close.

01:24So, how do we stand?

01:26From here, get your arms out in front of you, put the elbows out for a second, so my elbows

01:32are outward, from there, I'm going to tuck the elbows down, I'm going to bring them closer

01:36to my chest, and I'm just going to bend from the waist until my eyes are right over the

01:41ball.

01:42It's the simplest way to show you, and then from here, I do the same thing again, arms

01:48are out, bend elbows down, elbows in, bend from the waist, the ball is lined up right

01:54in the middle of my putter, I keep my head down, rock the shoulder back and through,

02:00and listen for the ball to drop.

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