RT and Like - Here we go!!! It's time for the The US Open picking game. You must pick two from the 3 categories which are screenshotted. Please take some time to read the rules below and each category will be in a tweet below the rules. #USOpen #USOpenGolf

#1 Glad you’re golfing! Welcome! # 2 All anyone cares about is that you’re conscientious about it! If you’re not playing well and it’s a little slow, pick up if you have to. Let people through. It’s the lack of attention that drives people mad. #3 Glad you’re golfing!

It really shows you how great Crenshaw was with one. And Palmer, too!! Nicklaus played a knockoff one for many years from McGregor!

IMO there’s only 1 non-negotiable in putting; Delivering the appropriate speed of putter head to ball. There are many other important factors such as green reading, aim, face control. But all of them CAN be compensated for. I recommend doing them well, but if you don’t you still have a chance. Eg under-read a putt but aim higher. Or aim right and pull a putt. The reality is this is how most golfers putt. When we drain a 20 footer the compensations typically worked out well. But, to hole that 20 footer you did need to have good speed. You simply cannot deliver the wrong speed consistently from putter head to ball. Too much = ball flies past / you shrink effective hole size. Too little = come up short. Both scenarios mean you won’t hole much and you risk a lot of 3 putting 😭 By far, and it’s not close, the biggest problem I see is; over-accelerating the putter head through impact. Stop panicking about deceleration. It’s almost a non-issue and is actually making your over-acceleration worse. The clue of over-acceleration is a long follow through. See left video below. You also don’t really see tour pros with long follow throughs. For good reason. The fix is NOT to shorten your follow through. That is just a by-product of the acceleration. The root cause is the BACKSTROKE. It’s either too slow or too short or both! Practice without targets at first. Take longer / faster backstrokes. Learn to “coast” the putter head through impact. Stop “hitting” putts and start “stroking” them. Your backstroke should “load” the putter head. Something Tiger has said he likes to feel going back. Remember I said delivering good putter head speed is the only non-negotiable in putting? If you agree on its importance then hopefully you agree it deserves your attention. It’s much harder to build great feel over time for something that’s rapidly increasing in speed compared to something that’s cruising nice and smoothly. Trust me this probably affects you more than you realise. Most golfers have gotten so used to over-accelerating it’s normal to them. If you struggle with distance control at all, this is the area to look at. A “before and after” video below of over-acceleration vs coasting. Any questions please ask.

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Any doctor writing BS like that should lose their license to practice. STAT. @JReinerMD

Best analogy I have ever heard about Tournament Golf. why tournament handicap is very different from weekend local club handicap Play tournaments, it will make you better. Support your local and state Am Associations!