Chart your putting success: If you are honest, creating
a diagram as shown above will provide an accurate
analysis and great feedback on where you need to focus your practice.

We have all been told how feedback and stats are keys to improvement but with putting they can be mis-leading, especially if you miss a lot of greens and chip close. One way of analysing your putting strengths and weaknesses is to chart your total putts on each green – not just the amount of putts but what they comprised. You are really studying your ability to read a green, your aim and ability to stroke your putt on target and at the right pace. The diagram (right) shows how I create a tick box of whether I aimed and got the target right, then stroke accuracy and pace.

Words: Joel Tadman  

Photography: James Cheadle