https://pinhighpress.com/tags/putting/ Recent content in Putting on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/how-to-read-greens-a-practical-guide/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/how-to-read-greens-a-practical-guide/ <p>Watch any professional golfer crouch behind a putt on television and you could be forgiven for thinking that green reading is a kind of divination — a gift bestowed upon the talented few and forever withheld from the rest of us. It is not. Green reading is a skill, and like most skills in golf it responds to a framework, a bit of practice, and a willingness to look at the ground with slightly more attention than most of us currently give it.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/lag-putting-pace-over-line-on-fast-greens/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/lag-putting-pace-over-line-on-fast-greens/ <p>The amateurs I play with spend almost all of their pre-putt routine staring at the line. They squat behind the ball, they walk to the low side, they hold a finger up to the slope, and then they stand over a forty-foot putt and roll it nine feet past. The line was probably fine. The problem was always the pace, and the pace got about three seconds of attention.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/putter-fitting-guide/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/putter-fitting-guide/ <p>If you&rsquo;ve never had a putter fitting, you&rsquo;re far from alone. A recent survey of club golfers in the UK and the US suggested that fewer than one in eight players had ever been fitted for the most-used club in the bag. That seems mad when you think about it. The putter accounts for around 40% of the strokes you take in a round, and most amateurs are using one that fits them roughly the way an off-the-rack suit fits — close enough, but not quite right.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/spring-golf-tips-lower-your-scores/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/spring-golf-tips-lower-your-scores/ <p>Spring is here, the courses are opening up, and you&rsquo;ve told yourself that this is the year you finally break 90. Or 80. Or whatever number has been taunting you from the other side of the scorecard.</p> <p>The good news: meaningful improvement is absolutely achievable. The bad news: it probably won&rsquo;t come from watching slow-motion swing videos at midnight. Real improvement requires a shift in how and where you spend your practice time. Here are five things that will actually make a difference.</p>