Great putters employ a combination of good technique, creativity, strategy and mental application to excel on the greens.

As a result, the game’s best putters average about 28 putts per
round. Compare this to your own putting statistics (most amateurs
with a handicap between 13 and 26 have, on average, 32 to 38
putts per round) and it immediately becomes apparent that if you want to shoot lower scores, you need to be a better putter.

In most cases, for golfers with a handicap greater than 15, the
easiest way to improve their scores is to reduce their number of three-putts rather than increase their number of one-putts. This may also be true for low markers but the fact remains that
the number of three-putts a player has increases with the length
of putt. As better players tend to hit shots nearer the hole, they are
more likely to have fewer three-putts.

Great putters have very few three-putts. Avoiding three-putts
will lower any player’s score. Lowering that score even further will depend on your ability to improve your shot-making to put yourself in a better position to have a crack at more one-putt greens.

Over the following pages, I’ll show you some of the technical and
strategic methods the world’s best players use to make more oneputts and have fewer three-putts.