What Should My Knees Do During My Putting Stroke (Video) - by Pete Styles
What Should My Knees Do During My Putting Stroke (Video) - by Pete Styles

Lots of different putting tips, we’ll talk about lots of different parts of the body. Well one area we often overlook is the knees. Now in a lot of people golf stroke the knees do far too much work. And the reality is the knee should do very, very little in the whole golf stroke. Now it's not to say that they shouldn’t be flexed or be straight, what they should be is consistent. So for some shorter guys when they're setting up to the putt they're going to want to keep their legs quite strong, quite tall and get up on the ball, then tilt forwards.

But importantly the knees now wouldn’t do much. For some taller people they like to bend over a little bit more, you see Michelle Wie then I really bend over, really bend over as well at the hips. But then her knees stay very still and very consistent. So the shoulder turns and for what your knee should do is nothing. Whatever they did at the start position, they should stay in exactly that position when you take your putt and you should rock them through nice and carefully. There is one thing that I see peoples’ knees do a regular basis particularly on longer putts, is they start to rotate. And that’s because the body in the hips starts to rotate as well. People start to turn through the ball with their upper body, therefore the hips will follow, therefore the knees will follow. So if I can give you one tip about your knees it would be to make your stroke and then just check that your knees are still flat and they haven't started to turn. And if you could improve your knee control you probably will be able to improve your distance control and your accuracy with your putting.
2014-10-15

Lots of different putting tips, we’ll talk about lots of different parts of the body. Well one area we often overlook is the knees. Now in a lot of people golf stroke the knees do far too much work. And the reality is the knee should do very, very little in the whole golf stroke. Now it's not to say that they shouldn’t be flexed or be straight, what they should be is consistent. So for some shorter guys when they're setting up to the putt they're going to want to keep their legs quite strong, quite tall and get up on the ball, then tilt forwards.

But importantly the knees now wouldn’t do much. For some taller people they like to bend over a little bit more, you see Michelle Wie then I really bend over, really bend over as well at the hips. But then her knees stay very still and very consistent. So the shoulder turns and for what your knee should do is nothing. Whatever they did at the start position, they should stay in exactly that position when you take your putt and you should rock them through nice and carefully. There is one thing that I see peoples’ knees do a regular basis particularly on longer putts, is they start to rotate.

And that’s because the body in the hips starts to rotate as well. People start to turn through the ball with their upper body, therefore the hips will follow, therefore the knees will follow. So if I can give you one tip about your knees it would be to make your stroke and then just check that your knees are still flat and they haven't started to turn. And if you could improve your knee control you probably will be able to improve your distance control and your accuracy with your putting.