Recently, a player in a Champions Tour event used seven different putting grips in three days. He ended the tournament putting with a 3-iron. This player also practices putting with a 3-iron, regardless of the grip he uses to putt with. His rationale: You have to concentrate on striking the ball with the clubhead’s leading edge. If you hinge your wrists, the ball hops instead of rolls. That extra bit of concentration smoothes out your stroke and improves your putting.

This player’s thinking is different. But it’s worth considering because it could dramatically impact your putting and your golf handicap. For example, practicing with a 3-iron improves your putting because it provides great feedback. If you’re a “wristy” putter or you have the yips, practicing with a 3-iron (or even a 4-iron) tells you instantly you’re doing something wrong. As strange as this suggestion seems, it may be just as helpful as attending golf lessons or reading golf tips on putting, and maybe a lot less expensive.

Alternative Putting Grips
Putting is probably the most individualized of all golf activities. Golfers have different pre-shot routines, different clubs, and different ways of reading a green. They also have different grips. In fact, there are several different putting grips out there. The most popular is the reverse overlapping grip. It’s been around for decades. Most instructors teach this grip in golf lessons, and many sports magazine provide golf tips on putting this grip. It’s an effective grip that works well for many golfers.

The most popular alternative is the cross-handed grip. With this grip you simply reverse your hands. Instead of gripping the putter with the right hand (left hand for lefties) below the left (right for lefties), you grip the club with the left hand below the right. This encourages a more pendulum action back and through. More importantly, it locks the left wrist through the stroke, preventing miscues and problems like the yips.

Another popular alternative grip is the paintbrush or claw grip, where the putter’s shaft is wedged between the thumb and forefinger, like you’d hold a paintbrush. Like the cross-handed grip, this grip prevents you from breaking your wrists. It’s also used a lot with belly putters and long putters. Then there’s the left-hand low grip that Vijay Singh uses and the underbelly grip that players use with long putters. These grips have all been effective for golfers to some degree or other.

Keeping The Subconscious Out
Most players settle on one grip and use that until they get dissatisfied with the results. Then, they make a change. But there’s a theory out there that suggests changing your grip now and then helps to stay ahead of the length/tension curve. What’s that? If you use the same grip all the time and start missing putts, your brain tries to help. Once that starts, bad things happen. Your subconscious creeps in and your putting goes south. By changing your grip every so often, you keep your subconscious out of the stroke and avoid running into the length/tension factor.

See The Line, Stroke The Putt
Regardless of your grip, there’s one thing that won’t change when it comes to putting. The rocking motion of your shoulders propels a good putting stroke—not your hands. The hands stay still as the front shoulder rocks down in the backswing and up in the follow through.

Other golf tips on good putting include: keep the wrists firm when you putt and strike the ball on the upswing. In addition, make sure your follow-through is at least long as your backswing. Follow these suggestions and you’ll whittle strokes off your golf handicap no matter how you grip the putter.

Jack Moorehouse is the author of the best-selling book “How To Break 80 And Shoot Like The Pros.” He is NOT a golf pro, rather a working man that has helped thousands of golfers from all seven continents lower their handicap immediately. He has a free weekly newsletter with the latest golf tips, golf lessons and golf instruction.

I’ve seen it a million times and it’s just as painful now as it was the first time I saw it.

Painful because it is SO EASILY CORRECTABLE that it just kills me to think someone is robbing themselves of distance and accuracy without even knowing it.

If you’re 55 years or older and are starting to lose distance on your shots or can’t seem to hit the ball consistently straight, then you’ve absolutely got to watch this video.

http://www.break80today.com/seniors/senior-golf-swing-mistake.php

Pay close attention at about the 34 second-mark…Bobby will show you exactly how many seniors look when attempting a backswing.

Today’s drill will show you exactly how to cure this problem and even if you don’t have this problem, this video will help you realize how to hit the ball properly with less effort.

Tap on the link below to check it out.

http://www.break80today.com/seniors/senior-golf-swing-mistake.php

Enjoy!

Jack

P.S. This video tip is part of the brand new Seniors DVD which we recently launched. Learn how to play the best golf of your life with this unique and proven system.

First off, this message is intended for Senior golfers (ages 55+). If you’re not in that category, then please disregard this post. If you ARE in that category, please pay close attention…

We just put the finishing touches on one of the finest DVD’s we’ve ever done…and it’s designed strictly for Seniors.

There’s a short video about it which you can see here:

http://www.break80today.com/seniors

With guys like Tom Watson and Greg Norman turning back the clock and competing (if not winning) against competitors half their ages, it should serve as real inspiration that age now is a small factor in how well you play.

As a senior, you should still be able to hit the ball far, make pure contact and putt lights-out.
And I’m gonna show you how.

For years you guys have been clamoring about us coming out with a DVD specifically for Seniors and now we’re ready to deliver it to you.

And oh yeah, did I mention that the method we’re teaching is designed to be be 100% PAIN-FREE?

Here’s some of what you’ll learn in the DVD:

* How to hit more greens in regulation.
* Achieve greater distance than you imagined possible.
* Stop worrying about bogies and start making pars and birdies again.
* Special methods and techniques for seniors only

http://www.break80today.com/seniors

You don’t have to worry about being one of those old duffers that nobody wants to play with and everybody wants to play through. I’ll make sure of that!

Enjoy!

Jack

P.S. I forgot to mention the DVD is 30% off if you order it now. So save yourself some money – as well as some time.

Huge drives. We all want them but sadly most of us have no clue how to do it.

And if you can look me in the eye and tell me your game couldn’t use more distance off the tee, I’d say you’re probably not telling the truth.

So let’s talk about distance. There’s this guy who has created quite a buzz recently in the golf world. He’s been featured in Golf magazine and many other golf outlets such as the Golf Channel.

And I’m gonna show you how he hit it 400 yards in just a minute.

But surely you’ve heard of this him…guy named Nyle Pruitt. I have been getting a bunch of emails and inquiries about this guy so I got a hold of Tim Oyler from Performax Golf (the guy who shoots all those HD videos for Nyle).

Now, I’d never heard of that product before so many of my readers started asking about Nyle but do remember one teaching Pro friend of mine mention his name recently.

Tim (from Performax) and I chatted and it turns out he has a pretty interesting story. Tim told me he is a fanatic golfer but he was sick and tired of being out driven and ridiculed by his friends. So he
drove from Oklahoma to Texas to track down a Long Drive Champion called Nyle Pruitt in the hope of finding out his secrets to hitting long drives.

Now Nyle has a really impressive long drive resume (he even played on Tour for a number of years) and Tim convinced Nyle and a bunch of his buddies to spill the beans on all their secrets…then he videotaped them doing it.

You can check it out here.

YES! You heard that right. Tim has Nyle the “Nyleator” Pruitt and his long drive buddies showing you their secrets…and it’s absolutely FREE.

In the videos you’ll see step by step stuff like:

==> The #1 mistake most bad golfers make with their swing.

==> How to easily and naturally add yards to your drive using stuff you already know. (If you can hit a baseball, swing a tennis racquet or even skip a rock on a lake…this will work for you)

==> Why everything any golf pro has ever told you is dead wrong…and how your lower body is the secret to longer drives and a safer back.

==> And much, much more…

Tim has agreed to give my readers access to some of Nyles’ best videos.

But don’t worry…even though Nyle is a pretty solid well built dude…these techniques will work for you no matter where your game is or what physical condition you’re in.

In fact Nyle’s Power Secrets have been scientifically tested by doctors, chiropractors, engineers, orthopedic surgeons and are proven to prevent injury and increase longevity. (Heck–half the people who use his techniques are in the golf business as players, coaches or therapists.)

Now I got Tim to give you a special never before released to public video when you visit this page.

There’s more great content coming for you from Tim and Nyle over the next few days so keep an eye out for it.

Enjoy!

Jack

P.S. By the way, these guys have a complete system for hitting the ball a country mile called “Power Secrets”. They normally sell it for $97 on their web site but I’ve arranged a deal with them so you can get it for free. Read here for more details.