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.
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!
Do you have so many thoughts on the green that your stroke gets out of whack? Try simplifying the process and letting your big muscles lead the way with this drill from Carolin Pinegger.
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.
The putter is almost always the safest option from just off the green. But there are still multiple elements that need to be considered to lag it close consistently. John Montgomery explains them all in this tip.
Morgan Pressel explains her green reading process and her artistic approach to visualizing her line. She shares the 3 locations on the green that she reads each putt from and why each of them is critical to getting the right line.
U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell talks about dealing with nerves on the green. Preparation, pre-shot routine, visualization and a committed stroke will help you hole more pressure-packed putts.
Visualization is a powerful tool on the greens. In this tip, Carolin Pinegger teaches a unique green reading technique where you visualize the putt from in line with the entry point.
Sean Foley's gives a tip about the awkward positions we sometimes put ourselves in around the green. The key here is to be adaptable with your stance, the way you grip the club and your expectations.
Corey Conners tells Jim “Bones” Mackay about his focus when standing over short putts. He also talks about his preparation on the putting green right before he heads to the first tee.
Devan Bonebrake uses tees and alignment rods to create a feedback station that will improve your putting speed control, start direction, tempo and even green reading.
Martin and Lisa Hall go through a very extensive how-to for reading greens. Martin lays out the “checklist” that you should go through with every putt and Lisa explains why you should never bend down behind the ball ever again.
Aimee Cho explains the difference in how pros read putts versus how amateurs do. Try out different speeds on different lines and learn to play more break like the pros, it will help you shoot lower scores!
The Golf Fix host Devan Bonebrake teaches how to hit putter from off the green like Jack Nicklaus, use a hybrid like Todd Hamilton and chip with a mid-iron like Gary Player.
Dave Stockton is back with another Putter Week tip that concentrates on something that most bad putters lack: a consistent pre-shot routine. Why is your routine keeping you from making more putts? Watch this video to find out.
Avoid 2-chips around the green by tactically choosing the safest shot in every circumstance. Martin explains why you should putt whenever possible and demonstrates how to putt with a hybrid and hit simple chip and pitch shots.
In the Electric Round powered by BMW, Rory answers a series of questions from GolfPass members that range from tee to green. Martin and Rory discuss everything from how Rory grips the putter to how he sets up for long irons and drivers.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Etowah Valley Golf & Resort is a 27-hole golf course in western North Carolina near Hendersonville in the Southern Highlands. The 240-acre property is home to a 27-hole golf course, 65 hotel rooms and two cottages sleeping 6-10 people. A casual tavern is located onsite as well as an event's center. In addition to the 27-hole course designed in the…
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 Sea Trail Resort Villas are located north of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and south of Wilmington, N.C. The property sprawls across 2,600 acres and features three championship golf courses. Villas span from one to four bedrooms in size and are equipped with full kitchens, all within 1.5 miles from the barrier island beaches. Indoor and outdoor pools are…
Located 40 minutes south of San Diego, Bajamar Ocean Front Golf Resort offers more than 80 colonial-style Mexican rooms with either a patio or a balcony overlooking the ocean and property. The resort features a full-service restaurant, a bar and other amenities like a swimming pool, jacuzzi, two tennis courts, walking and biking trails, conference…
Grand Oasis Cancun is the premier destination for nonstop entertainment and all-inclusive luxury in Cancun. Known as “The Entertainment Resort,” this beachfront paradise boasts stunning ocean views, lively events, world-class dining and a vibrant nightlife that sets it apart. Guests can relax on white-sand beaches, lounge by the massive…
Tamarack resort in Idaho is sure to exceed all expectations. Its newly reopened Osprey Meadows Golf Course was transformed by the team of Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Bruce Charlton, bringing life back to the 18-hole track with a bonus 19th hole as well. The course begins in a meadow and winds through the forest, presenting a completely new layout…
El Cid Granada Hotel and El Cid Castilla Beach Hotel are two adjacent 4-star resorts located on the beautiful beaches of Mazatlán. Both properties share accommodation and amenities, offering fully equipped rooms and suites with private balconies. At the Granada Hotel, guests can savor Japanese, Italian and Mexican cuisine across three restaurants,…
The Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas is part of the Station Casinos family that includes the Boulder Station, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Palace Station, Santa Fe, Sunset Station, Wild Wild West and Wildfires Gaming locations. The Four-Diamond Red Rock offers rooms, suites, penthouses and villas for guests, as well as multiple restaurants, casino and…
Tierra del Sol Resort & Golf is perfect for those seeking tranquility. Located just minutes from the shopping, dining and nightlife of Palm Beach, the property offers private villa and condominium rentals away from the crowds. On site, guests may enjoy world-class amenities such as a spa, fitness center and tennis courts, as well as an 18-hole…
Salamander Resort & Spa is a luxury hotel on 340 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains about an hour's drive west from Washington D.C.. It does not have a golf course onsite, just a putting green, but it has an exclusive arrangement with the private Creighton Farms Golf Club nearby. Rounds can be arranged through the concierge. The resort has an…
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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.
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.
Listen up, masters of the putting game who visit the Grand Strand for your annual golf vacation: You may have been taken to the cleaners by your long-driving buddies on some of the Myrtle Beach courses that don't test the short game as much as you'd have liked. Now its time for payback. Book your group at a track where the greens are the real show, and take no prisoners.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Perhaps no club in the world features more ocean holes than the Punta Mita, which sits on a scenic peninsula 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta. Fourteen of Punta Mita's 37 holes have a tee or a green right on the Pacific Ocean. Simply put, Punta Mita is golf nirvana.
Innisbrook Resort is known for its PGA Tour-hosting Copperhead Course. But the Copperhead is just one of four layouts on property. The sporty North Course has just reopened with brand-new TifEagle Bermuda greens.
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.
Narrow fairways and small greens bring the challenge at fun Dubsdread Golf Course, an Orlando-area muni that dates back to the 1920s and has hosted legendary players such as Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and Babe Zaharias.
All the signs of downtown municipal golf are there at Park Hill Golf Club in Denver. The classic course, dating to 1931, is short by modern standard and can be a bit noisy, surrounded by train tracks and a major road. But a potential career round at an affordable price makes it worth a trip to Park Hill.
Bye holes" -- an extra par 3 traditionally built at the end of an 18-hole routing -- are a great bonus perk. They help settle bets and give golfers one more shot at an ace. Here are some of North America's best.
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