Morgan Pressel and coach Martin Hall discuss the fundamentals of her putting. She shares the keys to her putting grip and why she has used it her entire career. She also shares a simple visual aid for getting the ball started on the proper line.
Balance is critical to consistent putting. In this tip, Martin Hall demonstrates a drill with a towel, designed to create a motionless body during the putting stroke.
In this video, Mr. Player shows how a lack of speed control can even make the most accurate putts a risky option in your game. Gary Player shows how holding yourself back a little while putting can make a big impact on your game.
Chris Como gives a great putting thought that he discovered in a hotel room on tour. He demonstrates how syncing up the hands, elbows and the shaft of the putter will lead to a reliable putting stroke.
Before Rory McIlroy goes out to play, he starts his practice at the putting green. He shares with Brandel Chamblee the type of practice he does on the putting green and how much time he spends. The drills range from warming up to learning the speed of the greens with consequence involved.
Dave Pelz discusses his philosophy for approaching long putts. If you tend to have trouble hitting long putts the correct speed, then the problem may be with the way you're looking at such putts. Watch today's tip to learn more!
In this tip, Katie Dahl helps you dial in your speed from distance with a great drill. Take time to practice long putts on the putting green, it will help you shoot lower scores!
GolfPass members ask Rory for his advice on different aspects of putting; everything from grip pressure, speed control to the style of putter he prefers.
Erika Larkin shares a putting technique inspired by the ones pilots use to land airplanes. Try this tip and start navigating your ball into the hole more frequently!
Martin and Lisa Hall share how to manage expectations when it comes to lag putting. Plus, they give great tips on how to give yourself the best chance at getting the ball close to hole every time.
Is your putting inconsistent? If so, give Cameron McCormick's, "Fang Drill" a try before your next round. Create a consistent putting stroke and hole more putts!
Angle of attack is important with the driver, but did you know it also has a big impact on putting? In this tip, John Montgomery shows a great drill to help you hit pure putts that roll end-over-end.
Martin and Lisa Hall gathered their five best thoughts on how to become a better putter, ranging from how to hit a downhill down-grain putt to practicing like Tiger Woods.
The Next Shot host Nathalie Sheehan teaches her favorite putting drills to setup like Tiger Woods, develop distance control and consistently start the ball on the correct line.
Harry Higgs explains his green reading process to Jim “Bones” Mackay. Harry talks about why he does not use a greens book and how he is not super precise with his reads.
Are you someone who gets too wristy in your putts? Michelle Winkler gives you a drill to help stabilize your lower body and control wrist movement for both short and long putts.
Put-in-Bay, a village on South Bass Island in Lake Erie accessible only by ferry, is known as a family getaway of resorts and lakefront rentals that gets a little rowdy after dark, attracting college students and bachelor and bachelorette parties. The Saunders Cottages and Golf Course sits on the west side of Put-in-Bay far enough away from the…
The 2017 U.S. Open won by Brooks Koepka put Erin Hills on the map. This outpost in the Kettle Moraine of central Wisconsin continues to expand its offerings. Overnight guests can enjoy an evening hanging out in the caddie barn. The Drumlin putting course opened in 2020 and is lit for night play. Accommodations include dormer rooms in the lodge…
Tucked into the Carmel Valley, the charming Quail Lodge & Golf Club is a maze of covered outdoor walkways, all beautifully landscaped with flowers, that leads to 93 guestrooms, a nine-hole putting course, bocce ball, tennis and pickleball courts and a heated swimming pool. Its scenic course, redesigned by Todd Echenrode in 2015, is a short walk up…
One of America's great old-line hotels, The Biltmore harkens back to a bygone era of excellent lodgings, service and dining without feeling old-fashioned. The golf course, restored in accordance with Donald Ross' original design in 2018 by Brian Silva, has never looked better. The Biltmore's Coral Gables location puts it just minutes from greater…
The Hermitage Golf Club started offering more of a resort experience when eight new cottages were built in April 2016. Each unit has a great room, two bedrooms with two queen beds in each, kitchenette, two bathrooms and screened-in porch. Outside, there's a private putting green, bunker and fire pit/waterfall area for gatherings. The President's…
One of the premier resorts in coastal South Carolina, Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort is a favorite among beach-bound families and golf groups alike. Accommodations include oceanfront villas as well as inland units that bring guests closer to golf courses like Litchfield Country Club, River Club and Tradition Golf Club. The resort's location in…
The Paradise Golf Resort in Fillmore, Utah, offers beautiful views of the Fish Lake Mountain Range from its nine-hole golf course and motel. The golf facility includes a clubhouse, driving range, putting and chipping green and a fun course highlighted by an island green. The motel boasts a restaurant, swimming pool and hot tub. There’s also a gas…
Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, is one of the most historic golf resort properties in the state, opening in 1929. It features a Frank Lloyd Wright architectural style and has hosted U.S. presidents over the years. The resort features 720 guest rooms, suites and villas, as well as eight swimming pools. Dining ranges from fine dining at…
Naples is a golf hotbed, and The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburon puts golfers in the center of the action. Guests have on-site access to the Black and Gold courses of Tiburon Golf Club, both designed by Greg Norman. With 16,500 square feet of on-site event space, the resort is also well set up for business groups and large family gatherings.
Staying at one of the member-owned villas at Lake Jovita offers golfers a window into what it would be like to live at this 36-hole club, whose North and South golf courses feature a surprising amount of elevation change for Florida. Its central location puts it within reach of Orlando, Tampa and even Jacksonville.
The Prairie Club along the Snake River Canyon in Valentine was founded by Paul Schrock as one of the Midwest’s first remote destination golf clubs. The resort is five-plus hours from major airports in Denver and Omaha, but well worth the journey to discover two top 100 golf courses, The Dunes by Tom Lehman and Pines by Graham Marsh. Both are…
Salishan Coastal Lodge & Spa is located on the Oregon coast overlooking Siletz Bay less than a two-hour drive from Portland. This 205-room lodge dates back to 1965 and features an 18-hole golf course that was renovated in 2004 by Peter Jacobsen and Jim Hardy. The golf club also has a grass putting course and full driving range. Salishan has a…
Boar's Head Resort is a Charlottesville, Virginia, property that features the Birdwood Golf Club, the home course of the University of Virginia. The resort is set on 600 scenic acres and since its opening in 1964 has expanded to 168 guest rooms and suites. Guests can enjoy the Sports Club, open to members and guests of the hotel, which features an…
Little Ocmulgee State Park is located in south Georgia to the west of Savannah. It has some of the most comprehensive lodging facilities of all the Georgia State Parks with golf courses. The main lodge has 60 guest rooms, while there are also 10 2-bedroom cabins as well as RV sites and campgrounds. Little Ocmulgee State Park has a 265-acre lake…
McMenamins Gearhart Hotel is a historic property on the Oregon coast just northwest of Portland. In addition to the hotel dating back to 1890, it is located overlooking one of the country's oldest golf courses, Gearhart Golf Links. Overnight guests are eligible for discounted green fees. Accommodations include rooms in the original building or in…
Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center is located near the city of Richmond and adjacent to The Crossings Golf Club. A Hilton Tapestry brand, the hotel opened in 2000 and has 183 guest rooms and suites, a small outdoor pool and 20-acre green space in addition to the golf course grounds. Amenities for guests include a fitness center,…
Since the 1960s, the Scott family has transformed 2,000 acres in southwest Michigan into one of America's largest golf resort communities. Situated in the appropriately named Augusta, Michigan, near Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Gull Lake View Golf Resort has become synonymous with affordable packages where golfers stay in comfortable villas to…
Stoweflake sits in the center of Stowe's charming mountain village. More than 30 shops, restaurants and attractions are within walking distance. The adjacent Stowe Country Club complements the resort's on-site practice facility, nine-hole par-3 course and putting green with a practice bunker. An award-winning spa and Wine Spectator-recognized…
The Kilmarlic Golf Club is one of the anchor courses of North Carolina's beautiful Outer Banks. As a former host of the North Carolina Open in 2004 and 2009, the course is kept in tournament condition. It also includes a four-hole short course from 27 to 45 yards. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom Cottages at Kilmarlic house golf groups looking to…
The Inn at Gamble Sands has quickly becoming one of the premier golf getaways in the Pacific Northwest. The course by David McLay Kidd came first, featuring 115 acres of bouncy fine fescue turf overlooking the Columbia River and the distant Cascade Mountains. Introduced in 2020, DMK’s Quicksands par-3 course adds to the fun with 13 holes ranging…
The newest university course to open, the latest on two new projects in California, the status of golf in Cabo and a new member-for-a-day auction offering private clubs access.
Tips from instructors Chris Como, Martin Hall, Martin Chuck, Cameron McCormick, Erika Larkin and Michelle Winkler made the list of most-watched putting tips on GolfPass.
Putting is so easy in theory, but it can be quite frustrating, especially for beginners. Use these 5 tips from the GolfPass archives to avoid that frustration and become a consistent putter.
Bandon Dunes owner Mike Keiser used the famous putting courses at St. Andrews and Pinehurst as inspiration for his brand-new Punchbowl, a two-acre putting course with more curves than Kate Upton. Matt Ginella has more from Oregon.
After a six-week review period that recently ended, the USGA and R&A announced on Monday a new interpretation of Rule 4.3 that limits the size and scale of detailed putting maps that players may use during a round.
A $25-million project at The Lodge at Sea Island will add six new cottages, a new state-of-the-art Golf Performance Center, an oceanfront pool and pool house, and a new putting course.
A love of fishing led Jack Nicklaus to discover the beautiful tip of the Baja Peninsula in the 1960s. The Golden Bear returned in the 1990s and designed the original Arroyo and Mountain nines at Palmilla Golf Club, launching a golf boom that continues today.
Poppy Hills Golf Course was originally built in 1986, but in 2013, spurred by the need to replace the course's irrigation system, Robert Trent Jones Golf Course Architects embarked on a major renovation project. The new design cuts water consumption by reducing the area of irrigated turf while at the same time lengthening the course from 6,857 yards to more than 7,000. Beyond the environmental improvements, the layout was also reinvented to incorporate new and different challenges.
Garrisons Lake Golf Club is situated just south of Smyrna and only nine miles north of Dover, putting it at a convenient location to and from all parts of Delaware and the surrounding states. Featuring rolling fairways lined with mature trees and large, undulating greens, the course has been a local favorite for affordable golf for decades.
Put Fraserburgh Golf Club, the seventh oldest club in the world, dating to 1777, on your next golf tour of the Highlands. Located in Aberdeenshire, the club's James Braid-designed Corbie Hill Course is one of Scotland's most underrated links.
The new Pebble Beach Golf Academy & Practice Facility features plenty of space on a 350-yard, double-ended driving range that can accommodate up to 85 golfers. It's a great place to warm up before teeing it up at Pebble Beach.
With large, red-sand bunkers framing holes that lead up to elevated greens, each hole on Sand Hollow's Championship Course is unique and flanked by the backdrop of spectacular mountains that border nearby Zion Park. This is a big, memorable course that's a feast for the eyes. Simply put, there are no boring holes here -- not one.
With the possible exception of exclusive Mountain Lake, there is nothing quite like the El Campeon Course at Mission Inn Resort & Club when it comes to golf in Florida. One of the hilliest courses in the state, El Campeon is also one of the oldest, dating back to 1917. Simply put, it has plenty of character with a finishing stretch among the toughest in central Florida.
No city in Ohio boasts a better combination of good public golf courses and tourist attractions -- three pro sports teams and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- than Cleveland. The region's public golf scene goes deep. Simply put, the golf scene in Cleveland rocks.
Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation in North Myrtle Beach is one of the Grand Strand's prettiest golf courses. It features a collection of holes along the Intracoastal Waterway - as well as several other marsh holes.
The Palmer Course at PGA National Resort & Spa has just reopened after a months-long renovation project. Here's what you need to know about this South Florida layout.
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf was permanently cancelled March 16, 2016. Consider this gallery of the best public courses to host the event as its obituary.
Top of the Rock, a host of the PGA Tour Champions Legends of Golf, is one of the most spectacular par-3 courses in the world. Tour this nine-hole design by Jack Nicklaus.