TRThe Rick Shiels Golf ShowFind a 15-foot uphill, straight putt and adjust your ball position until it rolls straight.
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TRThe Rick Shiels Golf Show
DMDanny MaudeEnsure your shoulders are level to improve distance control and strike.
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The swing thought
Ensure your shoulders are level to improve distance control and strike.
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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
- Find a 15-foot uphill, straight putt and adjust your ball position until it rolls straight.
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The swing thought
As you walk up to the green, assess the broad horizon to find the high and low points.
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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
Rotate your sternum through stroke
Feels like: “Chest is the engine”
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Why it works
This video teaches how to prevent putting deceleration through a taller setup, chest rotation, firmer grip, and a unique "pop stroke" drill.
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The 2-minute check
- Stand taller at address, raising your chest to allow arm movement.
- Use your chest as the engine for the stroke, rotating it instead of rocking shoulders.
- Grip the putter a little bit firmer to prevent it from lulling around.
- For the "pop stroke" drill, take your normal setup, then move your lead foot forward.
- Make a stroke, trying to stop the putter immediately after impact with your lead foot.
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The swing thought
Maintain constant putter acceleration through impact, varying only backswing length.
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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
- 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
For putts up to 20 feet, use 1 inch of backswing per foot, adjusting for stimp.
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Why it works
Teaches controlling putting distance by precisely adjusting backswing length based on green speed and putt distance.
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The 2-minute check
- Set up a tape measure and alignment rods to mark putt distances and backswing lengths.
- Determine green speed (stimp) to calculate your adjusted backswing length for each distance.
- For putts up to 20 feet, use 1 inch of backswing per foot, adjusting for stimp.
- For putts over 20 feet, use 0.5 inch of backswing per foot, adjusting for stimp.
- Practice putts using a metronome, focusing on a shorter follow-through, about half the backswing.
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The swing thought
Accelerate backstroke, then let putter swing
Feels like: “Pull elastic band back, then release”
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Why it works
This video teaches a three-step process to improve putting pace control by optimizing backstroke acceleration and using stroke length.
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The 2-minute check
- Practice putting with your thumbs off the grip to feel better force application.
- Place a coin on your putter's back and practice backstrokes, aiming for an earlier, smooth release.
- Use markers to define consistent backstroke and follow-through lengths for various distances.
- Utilize a metronome to establish a consistent putting rhythm and tempo.
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The swing thought
Prioritize distance over aiming the line
Feels like: “Focus on the putt's speed”
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Why it works
The video teaches a feel-based approach to lag putting, emphasizing distance control over line, using specific drills and a putting game.
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The 2-minute check
- Practice hitting putts as close to the fringe as possible without hitting it.
- Practice putting using only your trail arm to enhance feel and stability.
- Set up a "par game" with tees to define a gimme range around the hole.
- Play the "par game" aiming to keep putts within the defined gimme range.
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The swing thought
Use your feet as a visual reference for backstroke length on the course.
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Why it works
This video teaches a method to calibrate putting backstroke length using your feet as visual references for effortless distance control.
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The 2-minute check
- Set up a practice station with markers for 5-foot increments.
- Calibrate your backstroke length for 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40-foot putts.
- Use your feet as a visual reference for backstroke length on the course.
- Step off putts to know the exact distance in steps.
- Adjust your baseline stroke length for daily green speeds and slopes.
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The swing thought
Symmetrically control stroke length
Feels like: “Longer backswing, shorter follow-through”
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Why it works
The video teaches applying grip force on the sides, finding optimal eye position for aiming, and using a longer backswing with a shorter follow-through for speed control.
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The 2-minute check
- Place tees to mark a longer backswing and a slightly shorter follow-through for your putter head.
- Practice putts using only your trail hand, focusing on a longer backswing and a coasting follow-through.
- Rehearse the longer backswing and shorter follow-through with both hands before hitting putts.
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The swing thought
Adjust stroke length for distance
Feels like: “Match the ball's speed”
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Why it works
Lucas Herbert teaches a clock-face reading method, aiming small, and using stroke length for distance control to avoid three-putts.
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The 2-minute check
- Read breaking putts from under the line to visualize the roll
- Control long putt distance by adjusting only your stroke length, not force
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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
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
For putts outside 10 feet, putt to a tee, stopping the ball close.
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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
- For putts outside 10 feet, putt to a tee, stopping the ball close.
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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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The swing thought
Avoid big hit or deceleration
Feels like: “Putter always moving, constant pace”
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Why it works
This video teaches Tommy Fleetwood's 'putt with loft' chipping method, specific bunker setup for hitting sand, and lag putting speed control.
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The 2-minute check
- For lag putting, walk around the hole and read the putt from its lowest point.
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The swing thought
Match stroke length to putt
Feels like: “Practice stroke feels the distance”
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Why it works
This video teaches on-course strategy, club selection, and risk management to improve decision-making during a round.
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The 2-minute check
- During putting practice strokes, match the stroke length to the required distance, asking if it will get there.
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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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