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Reading the Green

Reading the Green
by Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones

Read the Green with your Eyes and your Feet!

Many times when I play with amateurs I am amused at how often they will misread the Green. Most often they will under read the break because they become too general in their attempt to see the break and calculate the speed.

Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones won 13 times in her LPGA Tour career. (WireImage)

I use not only my eyes to read a break but also my feet, and I do so as I first step on the green as I walk up to mark my ball or as I walk up to pull out the flag stick. If you stay in tune with your feet, legs and body you can feel whether you are moving uphill or down, leaning right or to the left. Too many times a player will only use their eyes to determine the undulation and speed of green and not pay attention to the balance of their body as they site their putt. Remember Putting is all feel and we need to stay in touch with our athletic intuition as well as the visual read.

Editor's Note: Check back next month for another tip from Rosie Jones. You can learn more about Rosie at her website, www.RosieJones.com
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  1. Said on 09/08/2008, at 11:47 PM EST

    “i would like to see moore on reading the green from her because it takes fenes moore to reach the hole and detemining the speed of the ball and angle of the green to determine which way the ball is going to the hole ”

  2. themo

    themo Said on 01/05/2008, at 6:08 PM EST

    “man that is cool”

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