Jon's Ultimate Collection of Putting Tips

1. Relax your grip to eliminate manipulation.
2. Place the ball towards the front of your stance or in front of center.
3. Don't choke down on the grip. Keep your hands at the top of the grip.
4. Place your eyes directly over the ball (target-line).
5. Make sure your shoulders are square to the target line. This will allow your
    natural pendulum stroke to run true to the target line.
6. Right handed golfers should lock in their left hand when putting. Left handed
    golfers should lock in their right hand.

The following tips were taken from: http://www.ritson-sole.com/

Usually, when we 3-putt, it's because we have left the first putt either too long or too short; rarely do we leave our first putt too wide left or right of the hole. The reason for this is...

                                         Lack of feel.

What is this thing called "feel"? Is it something that exists in our hands? No - feel exists in your subconscious! Take a ball and throw it to a target; you'll find that not only do you not think of your target distance in feet and inches, you don't consider how far back to take your hand to achieve this distance. This is because we grew up as kids throwing a ball and our subconscious knows exactly how hard to throw the ball to reach the target. So if you want to develop good feel as a golfer, you have to train your subconscious to know exactly how hard to hit your long putts.

                                         The Method.

Set up about 20 balls and aim for a target about 35 feet away Once you have lined up, I want you to putt the ball at the target looking at the hole and not at the ball. Now this may feel a little weird at first, but you'll soon get used to it. Remember, do not look at the ball when you putt - look at the hole. If you hit your first putt too hard, then hit your next putt a little softer, still looking at the hole. If you hit that putt too soft, then hit the next one a little harder. Continue this with each ball until you get the feel for exactly how hard to hit the putt.

Once you have hit all the balls to your target, pick a new target and start all over again. Remember, though, this is a practice drill for the putting green only. When you are on the course, take your practice swings looking target, but once you line up look at the ball to make sure contact with the center of face. This practice drill, ( my tips on short putts last lesson, will all but eliminate 3-putting from your golf game.

The following tips were taken from: http://www.pelzgolf.com/tips_archive_2.html

"The Killer Downhiller" How to put the brakes on that scary downhill putt.

1.Stand next to your ball and make several practice strokes as you normally do. Keep stroking until your mind's eye sees the perfect length and rhythm for your stroke.

2.Once this perfect stroke has registered in your subconscious, immediately set up over the ball and lower your hands (choke up) at least three inches (and sometimes as much as six) down the grip. The shorter the putter, the less energy will be transmitted to the ball.

3.Now make the exact same stroke you just practiced. You'll be surprised how softly your putt rolls while staying on its intended line.

4.Using the 'short putter' works better than a toe-stroke to soften the blow, because the ball is struck on the putter sweet spot, the face remains square and putts start on-line (where as toe-stroke putts tend to start to the right).

5.The faster the putt, the farther down the grip you go. If theputt is ridiculously fast and ridiculously fast putts do exist go all the way on to the bare metal shaft with your grip.

6.When you learn how much break to play with this technique, you'll start making a few of your "killer
downhillers."

The following tips were taken from: http://www.golfcoasting.com/GolfCoastingMag/putting%20tips.html

Although there are many different ways to putt, most great putters have one thing in common. They repeat their stroke consistently. To achieve this they approach the putt the same way each time by following a strict pre-shot routine. The pre shot routine allows them to get their body into the same position, then relax and stroke the putt. Looking deeper into the pre-shot routine I feel there are two things that should be practiced the most. First, the eyes should be positioned directly over the golf ball. To check this while practicing, set up as you normally would, remove your right hand from the club (left handers remove the left), hold a golf ball to the bridge of your nose and drop it. The spot where your ball lands is where your eyes are in relationship to the golf ball. It is acceptable to have your eyes slightly inside and/or behind the ball if you wish.