Ball Striking
How to find the sweet spot
You must still remember the first time you swung a golf club and with the slightest of apparent effort absolutely nailed it and the ball flew for miles and miles ??? This is when you’ve struck the ball with great timing and right out of what’s called the ‘sweet spot’.
Every single golf club has a sweet spot, including your putter, but when you are putting clearly you’re not trying to hit the ball as far as you can.
However, striking your putt out of the sweet spot will help you with the most crucial part of putting, and that is consistent distance control, or pace.
To check how consistent your strike is, next time you are practising, don’t aim for an actual hole, but hit (say) 4 or 5 putts with exactly the same length swing at the same tempo. If your strike is consistent (and you’re using the same type of golf ball !), every putt should roll the same distance, give or take an inch or so. If not you need to work on your strike !
Unfortunately there’s more to a great strike than simply hitting it out of the sweet spot. If only it were that easy !! Over and above finding the sweet spot you also need to perfect your tempo and ensure the putter is still accelerating when you strike the ball.
On our DVD Maurice will show you how to find that sweet spot every time and teach you the characteristics of a great strike!
