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Putting · Technique

Read greens from the low side in three sections

The instructor reads break by looking from the side rather than behind the ball, standing at the point of an imagined triangle. He reads the putt in three sections, first third, middle, then the end, paying most attention to the end because as the ball slows it takes more break. He notes you see slope far more from the low side and side angle than from behind the ball.

Channel: Dan Grieve

Watch official source at 16:29

Try it

  1. Look from the side, standing at the point of an imagined triangle, and read the first third of the putt
  2. Then read the middle section, then the end, weighting the end because as the ball slows down it takes more break