To improve your putting stroke you need a stroke that is longer back and shorter through (at roughly a 60/40 ratio) for generating the smoothest roll.

Calm acceleration is the key to sinking more putts.

To practice the 60/40 stroke, stick three tees in the green. Place one tee marking your ball position, one tee at the end of your backstroke, and the other tee at the end of your forward stroke.

The middle tee should be about 60 percent of the distance from the back tee to the forward tee. Therefore, if you have a putt of eight feet (on a flat surface, medium speed), and the total distance of the stroke is 22 inches, the back should be 14 inches from the ball and the forward tee 8 inches. (You’ll have to experiment on your own to determine the length of strokes needed to cover various distances.) Practice swinging the putter head back and through to the bookend tees, and before long you’ll have the perfect stroke grooved for whatever length putt you need to dial up.

To produce the smooth acceleration that is necessary to hit putts online with the perfect speed, try a stroke that is longer back and shorter through – about a 60/40 ratio. This accounts for the energy lost at impact and also promotes a more gentle acceleration through impact that negates the putter head twisting or rise at impact. You can also practice this ratio using an indoor putting mat.

Improved putting is all about “Longer Back, Shorter Through.”

Here  Are Two Things You Need To Learn To Become A Better Putter

To improve your putting you will need to learn two key elements in making putts and practice them over and over again to become a repeatable putter. So let’s take a look at two vital elements related to putting:

1. A Repeatable Putting Stroke

You need to develop a putting stroke that is repeatable. It is a must. Without a stroke that is repeatable the ball will have a different speed for each putt and travel in a different direction. To become a good putter a repeatable stroke is a must. Your stance, grip and alignment can be wrong as long as you use the same old boring repeatable stroke every time.  A repeatable stroke will help you to be better a putter making more putts per round. Many of the golfers I play with use different putting strokes, grips and stances during the same round. It shows in their inconsistent putting.

Achieving a repeatable stroke will allow you to improve your putting and reduce your number of putts per round of golf.

2. Reading The Green’s Slope And Breaks

Reading each putting green is vital in becoming a repeatable putter. Even if you hit the ball with a repeatable stroke, you will miss many putts if you are reading the green wrong. Most weekend golfers will read too little break or to must break. They also fail to properly read the speed of the putt. Knowing how the ball is going to break and the speed needed to hole putts is very important to making more putts.

These putting tips may seem simple, but they are the basis elements for making every putt you face during every round of golf. So develop your repeatable putting stroke using a putting mat and become a better green reader and you will be on your way to getting your putts per round under 30. Believe me I have.