Golf Australia – August 2019

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consistency, and as tight a deviation as you can get

your hands on.

Skid When a putt is skidding it’s not rolling, and the

idea is to get putts rolling as quickly as you can.

Look to get skid as low as possible. Deviation is

key – where very average club golfers might see a

difference of more than 15in in skid (on a 10-12 foot

putt) between putts, elite players can reduce skid

differential to less then two inches.

Angle of attack As we’ve mentioned, you ideally

want to hit putts on the up to promote lower skid and

a smoother roll; this is where you get to see if your

stroke is up to it. Downward strokes can jump putts

off the turf, causing inconsistency.

Deviation The amount of difference between your

best and worst (or lowest and highest) numbers in

any particular category. It goes without saying the

tighter the deviation, the more consistent you are, so

pay close attention to bringing down those deviation

numbers during a fi tting.

GOOD ROLL

Created during a session on Foresight’s GC Quad,

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a typical putt. Note though that a great average can

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