TRThe Rick Shiels Golf ShowFind a 15-foot uphill, straight putt and adjust your ball position until it rolls straight.
STARTS AT 6:33 · RR 45
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TRThe Rick Shiels Golf Show
DMDanny MaudeUse a mirror to verify your eye line is directly over the golf ball.
STARTS AT 3:54 · RR 49
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The swing thought
Use a mirror to verify your eye line is directly over the golf ball.
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Why it works
This video teaches a repeatable putting system focusing on proper setup, eye line, and a consistent pre-shot routine.
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The 2-minute check
- Film yourself face-on to check head and spine alignment over the ball.
- Ensure your shoulders are level to improve distance control and strike.
- Adopt a primary gaze, looking straight down at the golf ball.
- Use a mirror to verify your eye line is directly over the golf ball.
- Practice the 1-2-3-4 routine: set, look at hole, back to ball, stroke.
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The swing thought
Find a 15-foot uphill, straight putt and adjust your ball position until it rolls straight.
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Why it works
This video teaches how to improve green reading using the "fine straight" drill, optimize putter fit, and develop a fluid, continuous pre-shot routine.
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The 2-minute check
- Measure your putter length against your wrist-to-ground distance for proper fit.
- Find a 15-foot uphill, straight putt and adjust your ball position until it rolls straight.
- Practice looking at the hole during your practice strokes to feel the desired speed.
- Develop a continuous motion in your pre-shot routine to avoid overthinking and stagnation.
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The swing thought
Look behind the hole to see how the ball breaks as it loses speed in its final few feet.
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Why it works
This video teaches a systematic process for reading greens, assessing high/low points, and identifying break on bent grass.
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The 2-minute check
- As you walk up to the green, assess the broad horizon to find the high and low points.
- Perform a 360-degree tour of the putt, walking on the low side and feeling the slope with your feet.
- Look behind the hole to see how the ball breaks as it loses speed in its final few feet.
- Commit to your read and hit the putt with confidence, even if it feels like a big break.
- For short putts on fast greens, hit it firm, favoring the side of the hole where it might break.
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The swing thought
Double the distance of the ball's trajectory from the baseline at the two-thirds point to determine your aim line.
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Why it works
This video teaches how to accurately read breaking putts by using the "two-thirds reference" point instead of the apex.
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The 2-minute check
- Double the distance of the ball's trajectory from the baseline at the two-thirds point to determine your aim line.
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The swing thought
Use fingers to establish aim point
Feels like: “Fingers show the true break”
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Why it works
This video teaches the controversial Aimpoint green-reading system, focusing on feeling slopes and using fingers to accurately determine break.
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The 2-minute check
- Rehearse a 10-foot putt swing length and tempo.
- Rehearse a 20-foot putt swing length and tempo.
- Rehearse a 30-foot putt swing length and tempo.
- Repeat these rehearsals with actual putts.
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The swing thought
Walk a half-moon around the hole
Feels like: “Sense the slope through your feet”
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Why it works
Teaches green reading by using visual cues and foot feel, and distance control by varying backswing length with constant acceleration.
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The 2-minute check
- Get low to the ground to visually read the green's contours.
- Walk in a half-moon shape around the hole to feel the slope with your feet.
- Maintain constant putter acceleration through impact, varying only backswing length.
- Stride out 15, 30, and 45-foot distances on the practice green.
- Practice putts at these set distances until you develop a consistent feel.
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The swing thought
Adjust stroke length for pace
Feels like: “Get the feel of the greens”
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Why it works
Teaches Masters winner Fred Couples' feel-based putting warm-up routine, emphasizing pace control on unfamiliar greens.
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The 2-minute check
- Start your putting warm-up with 40-50 foot putts to get the feel of the greens.
- After 10 minutes of long putts, transition to practicing shorter putts.
- Place two tees to define your backswing and follow-through for consistent 10-12 foot putts.
- Practice distance control by hitting three balls, each progressively a few feet further.
- Before leaving the green, hit three putts as close as possible to the fringe.
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The swing thought
Place an obstruction to force taking more break on practice putts.
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Why it works
This video teaches fundamental putting setup, the interdependent relationship between line and speed, and mental strategies for confidence and reading break.
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The 2-minute check
- Practice aligning your ball using a stencil on the practice green.
- Practice hundreds of one-foot putts to build confidence and alignment.
- For putts outside 10 feet, putt to a tee, stopping the ball close.
- For short putts, widen your stance and move the ball to the center.
- Place an obstruction to force taking more break on practice putts.
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The swing thought
Focus only on putting pace
Feels like: “Free your brain for speed”
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Why it works
This video teaches strategic course management to simplify short game shots and specific chipping techniques like toe-down chipping.
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The 2-minute check
- Practice toe-down chipping by picking up the club handle and gripping it like a putt.
- Chip the ball off the toe of the club for consistent flight and roll out.
- Take the same half swing with sand, gap, and pitching wedges for distance control.
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