Golf Australia – April 2018

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SPIETH’S ONE

KEY FOR GREAT

PUTTING

Jordan Spieth has one of the best

putting strokes in the game, and it’s all

based on one key fundamental he

learned growing up.

“I think that the most important

fundamental in putting is

understanding where you’re aligned,

understanding where your putter is

aligned,” Spieth says.

“If I’m a degree off in my alignment,

when I set the putter down and I look at

the centre of the hole, and my putter

face is pointed at the right centre, right

edge, especially on a course like

Augusta National where you have to be

perfect with your speed and matching

the line of speed, I mean, that can miss

the hole from fi ve feet.

“So I keep checks on my alignment

by using an alignment stick (during

practice) on the top toe of my putter

pointed at the right edge. Then I know

my putter is perpendicular to it and

know it’s pointed right to the middle of

the hole. That’s something that I do that

is very helpful for me.”

It could be pretty helpful to you too.

HE SWING DOCTOR | GOLF AUSTRALIA’S RESIDENT SWING THERAPIST

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