Pulling Putts, Why It Happens (Video) - Lesson 1 by PGA Pro Pete Styles
Pulling Putts, Why It Happens (Video) - Lesson 1 by PGA Pro Pete Styles

And to answer this question about why do you pull your golf putt; first we have got to define exactly what is pulling putts. So a pull putt for a right handed golfer is going to be putts that continually miss on the left hand side and for the left handed golfer it’s going to be putts that pull down onto the right hand side fairly regularly. So there’s probably three reasons why you might be pulling your golf putts on a consistent basis. Let’s look at the reasons for that, if this cane in here is marking my target line so notice I'm not aiming at the hole here I'm aiming at the camera. If the cane is my target line I could be aiming my body in the wrong direction at the start in the set up. So if my body is aiming too far to the left as a right handed golfer my feet are open therefore my knees, my hips, my shoulders will most likely be open. If I make a putting stroke here it’s generally going to be pulling the putts down the left hand side. So if you’re missing putts left first you check that your body and your feet your knees your hips are all aiming parallel to the left hand side. Notice they are not aiming at the hole they should be aiming parallel to the hole so this distance running all the way down like two train lines just to the left of the hole and to the right hand side for the left handed golfer.

The other reason why you might be pulling your putt is actually the alignment of the club face, the club face could be aiming too far left of the set up effectively closed for the right handed golfer at set up and then make quite a good stroke aiming straight to the hole but the closed nature of the club face just drags the ball off line. The last reason; this is more related to your stroke, if you feel that you have actually got your club lined up perfectly, you have got your feet lined up perfectly and everything is looking good but then during the stroke the ball still disappears left. There is a fair chance that it is actually the fault of your stroke that is causing that, potentially because the club is taken outside the line on the back swing, then pulled back across the line on the down swing and the face squares up to the path which ultimately then makes the face aim left and the ball gets pulled off down that left hand side. So consider that we have got good square alignments, we want the club to come back in a straightest line, come through in a straightest line as possible with the club still pointing relatively close to the hole and the finish and defiantly not outside and pulled way across. So I could consider those three reasons the biggest reasons why you could be pulling putts is your alignment of your body, alignment of face and alignment of the actual stroke. If you can improve on that you should stop pulling your golf putts. 2014-10-07

And to answer this question about why do you pull your golf putt; first we have got to define exactly what is pulling putts. So a pull putt for a right handed golfer is going to be putts that continually miss on the left hand side and for the left handed golfer it’s going to be putts that pull down onto the right hand side fairly regularly. So there’s probably three reasons why you might be pulling your golf putts on a consistent basis. Let’s look at the reasons for that, if this cane in here is marking my target line so notice I'm not aiming at the hole here I'm aiming at the camera. If the cane is my target line I could be aiming my body in the wrong direction at the start in the set up. So if my body is aiming too far to the left as a right handed golfer my feet are open therefore my knees, my hips, my shoulders will most likely be open. If I make a putting stroke here it’s generally going to be pulling the putts down the left hand side. So if you’re missing putts left first you check that your body and your feet your knees your hips are all aiming parallel to the left hand side. Notice they are not aiming at the hole they should be aiming parallel to the hole so this distance running all the way down like two train lines just to the left of the hole and to the right hand side for the left handed golfer.

The other reason why you might be pulling your putt is actually the alignment of the club face, the club face could be aiming too far left of the set up effectively closed for the right handed golfer at set up and then make quite a good stroke aiming straight to the hole but the closed nature of the club face just drags the ball off line. The last reason; this is more related to your stroke, if you feel that you have actually got your club lined up perfectly, you have got your feet lined up perfectly and everything is looking good but then during the stroke the ball still disappears left. There is a fair chance that it is actually the fault of your stroke that is causing that, potentially because the club is taken outside the line on the back swing, then pulled back across the line on the down swing and the face squares up to the path which ultimately then makes the face aim left and the ball gets pulled off down that left hand side. So consider that we have got good square alignments, we want the club to come back in a straightest line, come through in a straightest line as possible with the club still pointing relatively close to the hole and the finish and defiantly not outside and pulled way across. So I could consider those three reasons the biggest reasons why you could be pulling putts is your alignment of your body, alignment of face and alignment of the actual stroke. If you can improve on that you should stop pulling your golf putts.