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Putting Tips with Rebecca Hudson

Written by  Andrew Wild on Wednesday, 10 August 2011
England's Rebecca Hudson shares some putting tips to help you on the green.




The first tip I'm going to give you is that your head should always be over the ball. An easy way to do this is to take your putting stance, hold the ball over your eyes, and drop it. Wherever the ball lands is where it should be positioned.
 
The next tip is about your grip. I believe that the grip should be very neutral and very soft. The palms of the hands go on the putter grip, so it keeps everything parallel and everything square.

There are lots of extremes too with putting such as the cack handed, and the bernhard langer - but if you notice, everything still stays parallel. 

The next tip I've got for you is for distance control. The amount of times I see amateurs having a practice swing on a putt for ten feet, and swinging it as though they're going for the other side of the green - this isn't going to help. What you should try is to have a practice swing as though you're actually putting the putt. It's nice and smooth, so that when you go over the ball you can just do the same swing.
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Andrew Wild

Andrew Wild

Andrew manages all aspects of Sandford Springs including Food and Beverage, Golf, Finance and Memberships.

Andrew originally met the Chairman, Paul Gibbons, when he was an assistant Golf Pro at Reading Golf Club 28 years ago.

Interestingly, 15 years later Andrew was giving Paul a series of lessons, during which he mentioned there was a club in Hampshire which was up for sale. After going to visit the club, Mr Gibbons ended up buying Sandford Springs. 

Andrew joined the company a couple of years later and six years on, he became the General Manager at the club they had first discussed all that time ago.

Andrew has a deep passion for the game of golf, which aids his enthusiasm in all his endeavours at Sandford Springs. Aside from playing, he enjoys simply being around the golf club and takes a great interest in looking after his members.

He believes that the atmosphere at Sandford Springs is second to none and finds it such a pleasure to be involved with the club that, in his own words – "Sometimes it doesn't even feel like work".

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