Try the following. Assume your current setup. Note how open your shoulders are to your target line. Now, lower your right hand two inches below your left on the putter grip. Notice how doing so opens your shoulders even more, and how it drops your right shoulder and moves your weight to your back foot.
Go back to your current setup. This time, move your right hand up the shaft so that your hands are on the putter in the same position. Notice how your shoulders begin to square themselves to the target line.
Now, assume a left-hand-low cross-handed grip on your putter. Your shoulders should be square to the target line and level. Furthermore, more of your weight should transfer to your front foot. If your shoulders are closed to the target line in this position, move your ball forward in quarter-turn intervals until your shoulders are square to the target line. If your shoulders are still a little open to the target line, move your ball position back in quarter-turn intervals until your shoulders are square.
Notice how subtle changes in your ball position create large changes in your shoulder lines. Path Perfection From your new, cross-handed setup position, make a practice stroke. If the putter path is square to the target line, you've found the perfect, cross-handed setup.
If the putter path finishes inside or outside of the target line with your left-hand-low grip, fine-tune your setup by opening or closing your stance, depending on where you started.
If you started with your stance square to the target line, open your stance a half-inch at a time. The majority of readers will need to move to a maximum of one inch open to find balance.
This is due to the fact that in addition to your shoulders being open, your hips are open as well. Practice your setup in front of a mirror a few minutes each day so that it's well-rehearsed and automatic when you get to the course.
As you well know, thinking your way into your setup will cause missed putts regardless of how good it may be. Cross-Handed Practice Most students adjust quickly to cross-handed putting for short putts, but they struggle with speed control on long putts. Here's a drill that will give you good speed control on putts of all lengths. Set up three feet from a hole. While keeping your head as still as possible, make a practice stroke and feel the path down the target line.
Find a blade of grass in the back of the hole on your line. Stare at that blade of grass and take a deep breath. As you begin to slowly exhale, bring an image of that blade of grass back to the ball. Hold that image as you stroke your putt. Notice how good your speed is after 10 or 15 putts. As you perform this drill, make an effort to use consistent grip pressure throughout the stroke. Changes in grip pressure will alter speed, path and face position.
In your practice and play, hold the same pressure. First, they tend to have too much right hand influence left hand for left handed golfers in the putting stroke causing inconsistent distance control. Second, their left wrist right wrist for left handed golfers breaks down at impact causing the putter face to close and miss short putts regularly. Another reason an individual may switch is because they have open shoulders at address and this causes a slight out to in path.
Evidently, this gets worse under pressure. The Cross Handed technique naturally squares up the shoulders and keeps the putter moving straight down the target line. The following tips will help you become a better putter while utilizing the Cross Handed Putting Style.
Tip 1 How To Grip It. Gripping it Cross Handed is quite simple. For a regulation putter with a regulation size grip, you would have your right hand on the very top of the club left hand for left handed golfers. You would then place your left hand below leaving no space between the left pinky and right forefinger.
In some cases, players prefer to overlap the right forefinger over the left fingers. It is recommended to do some trial and error and find the most comfortable way to have your hands and fingers on the club.
Notice in each image how the right-hand tries to mirror the orientation of the left hand, creating neutral forearm and shoulder alignment. From top to bottom we have: i Classical Vardon reverse overlap, ii both hands level, iii left-hand low and iv left-hand low claw grip. All of these putting styles can work well.
Have a play around when choosing your preferred style. Creating these grips in front of a mirror will prove really useful when checking the difference between what you feel and what you do. One final point, but an important tip for excelling with this approach. Feel that your left hand has lots of contact with the putter grip and feel more grip pressure on the club with your left hand than with your right. This style of putting puts your left hand as the controller, it is important that your grip pressure matches this notion.
For all of its benefits, cross-handed putting and variations of cross-handed putting, create some new issues. Firstly, the changes in your grip will produce a steeper swing arc and more of a descending strike compared to traditional putting methods. The second issue is that this variation of grip often shortens your backswing and limits your ability to produces effortless lag putting.
Cross-handed putting will often help golfers who struggle to hole putts consistently inside feet. However, this approach does require a little more pace putting practice. Check out this article on putting drills and try out the 10 to 20 feet putting drill. When playing this game you will need to actively think about making a longer backswing as you move to 17, feet and beyond.
This is a small tradeoff for the benefits provided by this putting style and is something that just needs monitoring and practicing from time to time. The key to great putting is to build a repeatable putting stroke over time that is based on sound principles.
The golf ball only cares about impact and how the putter is moving through that zone. Cross-handed putter provides a great framework for golfers who struggle with wrists stability and an over-active right hand through impact. There are a few trade-offs but I hope this article has shown you how to execute this approach successfully.
For more putting tips check out this link. Remember, if you use this approach stick with it and keep refining the small but important details. Both cross-handed putting and traditional putting techniques are great pathways to becoming an exceptional putter — just stick to your approach and learn to master it.
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