Category Archives: Golf Tips & Tricks

Tour Tips: Find Your Stroke at Home and Hone It on the Course

Find Your Putting Stroke

I live in Wisconsin where we have long winters and a shorter golf season than most of the country. My coach and I learned a long time ago that in order to sustain a career as a PGA Tour Player, I would need to find ways to effectively practice at home, during the off-season and during my off-time spent at home with my family. Over the last 20+ years on Tour, I have spent countless hours using indoor golf as a vital tool to keep my game sharp and work on mechanics from the full swing all the way down…

7 Putting Drills – Speed Control and Short Putt Consistency

Indoor Putting Drills

Putting Drills, they sound so boring, so mundane, that most people don’t do them to improve their putting stroke. Well, the fact is, if you’re not doing putting drills, you are costing yourself shots. Everybody knows that golf is more enjoyable when you play better and score better. People that are serious about their golf game are always trying to break some scoring mark or move their handicap index to a lower number, maybe you just want to beat a long time nemesis (aka golf buddy). Putting drills are the quickest way to minimize those annoying misses and most importantly; putting drills will…

College Indoor Golf Facilities – Now a Necessity

Recent Project Henderson State University

As I write this it’s 29 degrees outside and needless to say, there won’t be any golf played in the Northern US today. Or will there? If you’re a student-athlete at a school where the Athletic Director has had the foresight to build an indoor practice facility, there sure will be golf played today, or practiced at the very least. Have a Racquetball or Squash Court You want to convert? Visit Here College Financing Available – Learn More Colleges and Universities around the Northern United States are aggressively building indoor practice facilities which are proving to keep their golf teams…

How Important Is Putting

3 putt license plate, never 3 putt again

We hope, desperately hope, that we don’t REALLY need to discuss the importance of putting, relevant to scoring in golf. But you know us, we’re going to anyway! I’ve heard it said: “Half of golf is fun; the other half is putting” Says who! I was watching the Australian Open last night when Adam Scott made one of the rarest shots in golf on a par 5, the Double Eagle, aka the Albatross, aka freakin’ nice shot, Mate! Or whatever our friends down under say. Given the rare nature of the shot, they showed him walk all the way up…

Anchored Putting Rule

Anchored Putting Grip

It appears as though the anchored putting debate has finally been put to bed (or has it). The USGA and R and A announced a joint effort to ban a putting stroke which utilizes anchoring against the body, above the forearm. The ban, or proposed rule change 14-1b, as it’s being called, is currently in a 90 day waiting period in order to listen to the golfing community and to be sure that valid arguments don’t exist which they hadn’t considered. At Pro Putt Systems, frankly we love the proposed ban (from a business standpoint) as it will cause serious…

Scramble to Make Money Putts

We all wish we could hit a high draw 6 iron 210 yards. We all wish we had Phil Mickelson’s miracle flop or Bubba’s 360 yard drives. The reality is…we can’t and the majority of us will never be able to practice enough or build the combo of flexibility + hand eye coordination to hit the ball like a Tour Player. Nope, it’s just not in the cards. There is something that we can all do which requires very little athletic ability and many have developed this skill to be almost as masterful as an average Tour Player. Short Putts,…

Test Yourself: The Ultimate Putting Drill

indoor golf putting green with chipping pad

Use your Ultimate Putting Trainer for this test! Take 10 golf balls and place them in a circle approximately 3 to 5 feet away from the center cup. Don’t leave the green until you have hit 10 in a row from these vital distances. Some days it will take 5 minutes and some days it will take 2 hours. Don’t hit them all from the same spot, placing them in a circle with a fresh pre-putt routine on each putt is the key! Suggested Reading: 7 Putting Drills to Avoid 3-Putts Add some break to your putts to raise the…

The World’s Fastest Putting Greens

oakmont augusta logo

Fast and Furious: Who Has Golf’s Toughest Greens? Guest Post by Daniel Mitchell You think the greens on your home course are pretty fast, don’t you? You go around bragging about the latest double-digit Stimpmeter reading, telling everybody about that time the pro from the club next door racked up six four-putts, how you’ve seen guys knock 2-footers clear off the green. I’ve got news for you, buddy – you haven’t seen tough until you’ve putted the greens at Oakmont. I’m telling you, these greens are fast. (Obliging audience member: “How fast are they?”) Oakmont’s greens are so fast, they…

Simple Indoor Putting Drills

simple putting drill info

We want to take a moment and introduce our newest model, The Ultimate Putting Trainer. This putting green was the request of our customers who were in search of a high quality indoor putting system that allows for a number of various basic putting drills. This design is well on its way to becoming our hottest model! The design considers the simple putting drill that made Tiger the putter he was for so many years. Many people refer to this drill as “Around the World” the idea is that you would not leave the green until you were able to…

Is Your Green a Sand Trap?

sand filled greens

For years synthetic putting greens required messy sand dressing in order to function properly. Many people still believe that sand is required in order for your artificial putting green to function properly. Guess what! No sand here! Sand was great… in the 90’s, but here in the modern era you’ll no longer need messy sand to achieve great playability and top quality feel. The sand was required because nylon was used as the grass and the individual fibers were not dense enough to stand up on their own. In order to keep the individual strands of fiber from matting you…

Indoor Short Game Practice Works

big green putting green in chicago with chipping pad

At Pro Putt Systems, we have been bringing incredibly realistic indoor short game practice putting greens to the market for quite some time. Recently we decided to slightly expand our offerings after a few months of research, R and D, testing, more testing and even more testing. We view indoor short game practice as serious business and we know our customers do too. With that in mind we set out to tackle other areas of short game practice outside of putting. We have to admit that our previous chipping pad offering was not quite perfect and it bothered us. On…

The Putting Doctor – Indoor Putting Video

putting doctor video

Dave Taylor of The Putting Clinic in Pasadena, MD shared a video of himself draining what seems to be about 50 in a row from 7′ on his Pro Putt Trainer. If you live in the Pasadena, Maryland area, you can stop by Dave’s Putting Clinic to try out a Pro Putt Green and get a Free 5 Minute Putting Stroke Analysis.     Dave is a Putting Coach and a strong proponent of the SeeMore Putter. You can swing by his indoor putting clinic and try out a Pro Putt Green and by the looks of his performance in…

Dave Stockton Putting Videos

dave stockton putting video still

Dave Stockton is a legendary putting coach, he and his sons are known on the PGA Tour as the “go to” guys when your putting is in need of a doctor. A 2 time Major Champion on the PGA Tour and 3 Majors on the Champions Tour, Dave Stockton is a guy you want to listen to. Here is a collection of videos Stockton and his sons created which highlight his teaching methods. Suggested Reading: 7 Drills to Control Distance and Avoid 3-Putts

Make the Most Out of Your Putting Green Turf

Adding Undulation It’s easy to add undulation to your putting surface. The least expensive way to add fully customized breaks and even elevation changes is to visit your local Lowes Store and buy a piece of WHITE 32″ x 48″ “Wainscoting” .125″ or 1/8th” thick. It is commonly used for Dry Erase Boards. It is firm and strong enough to walk on and it is also slightly flexible. It works perfectly and only costs approx. $11. Suggested Reading: 7 Putting Drills You can do at Home Place it underneath the putting turf and then use just about anything from around…