00:04Hi my name is Nick Drain, PGA professional and Master Fitting Specialist here at the
00:09Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn. In this video we're going to talk about backswing and
00:14follow-through length in putting. A lot of common mistakes I see golfers make is the misconception
00:19that the putter head has to be accelerating into the golf ball. This can lead to a few problems,
00:25primarily distance control. Secondary can be that face alignment at impact. Are you able to start
00:31that golf ball on your intended target line? To give an example of what I see in a short backswing
00:36and a long follow-through to try and propel the ball towards the target can also make it difficult to
00:41maintain a square clubface towards your intended target line like so. So not only was I struggling
00:51for distance control on that putt, I actually also pulled it to the left as I tried to increase
00:56that clubhead speed into that putt. A couple of key fundamentals to help you improve your distance
01:04control and your putting would be to get a good sound setup where you hold the putter nicely in
01:09the palms of your hands, a nice wide base. You want to eliminate any unnecessary wrist movement that's
01:17going to give acceleration to that putter head. I'm then going to use my feet as a bit of a
01:21reference
01:22for a length of stroke. So if you watch my backswing my follow-through are going to be very similar
01:26in length.
01:32I'm able to maintain that control of that clubface and also better control my distance. Obviously during
01:38the game of golf we're going to be faced with putts of different lengths. The key to being successful
01:42to putting from distance is maintaining a very similar length backswing and follow-through
01:48through keeping a good tempo. So each of us have our own rhythm or tempo built in finding what's
01:54right for you but just focusing on keeping that backswing and follow-through very similar in length
02:00is going to mean that you're going to hit those longer putts closer and causing more two putts rather
02:04than three putts. A really good drill to help you practice your distance control would be to place a
02:09tee peg at 10 20 and 30 feet. Then take a couple of golf balls practice putting to each tee
02:15peg see
02:16how close you can maintain that grouping. This will really enhance your distance control and also give
02:21you a feel for where your clubface is aiming at impact. A really good visual to help you focus on
02:26that
02:26clubface control is to think of a three ball window. So we like that clubface to be nice and square
02:31through the three ball window with the middle ball being the ball that you're going to impact.
02:36That is going to help you start that ball on your intended target line. The middle ball being my
02:41impact ball I'm just looking to keep that putter face nice and square to those three golf balls. A
02:47couple of key things to remember then focus on your distance control through having a nice even
02:52backswing and follow-through length and you should see your distance control and speed be a lot more
02:56consistent and lower your scores.
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