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CaddyBytes Caddy Tip I: The Basics To Reading
Greens:
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Welcome to our first installment of CaddyBytes Caddy
Tips. Caddy Tips is our new weekly installment of weekly tips sure to help your
enjoyment of the game! Our first installment of Caddy Tips is on the basic things you need to know about reading greens.
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Begin
to read your putt as you walk onto the green. Pay particular
attention to
the slope of the green between your golf ball and the hole.
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As you approach the hole it becomes
obvious that in this view
(Pictured Above) the golf ball will break dramatically from
right to left.
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To get an accurate view of how much break to play you should get at least
two views
of the putt. One view from the high side of the putt
another and most importantly from the low side of the terrain.
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It's obvious that there is
significant right to left slope in this putt.
(Above Left) Here you are
standing on the high side of the putt. Now walk to the low side
view.
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Always walk behind the hole (with the pin out) to
the low side. Your best look at the break or 'read' will always come from this low side view.
(Above Right)
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Once you decide the direction of the break then you must
pick a line or spot out on the green to aim at accounting for whether the
putt is uphill, downhill, side hill or whatever. Once you have the
line then focus only on the how hard or softly you will need to hit it to
give it a good chance to go in:
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Most putts are not this dramatic and easy to read though. Here's a more subtle look at a left to right putt from behind
the golf ball and then behind the hole views:
(Pictured Below):
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| Left to right putt from behind
the ball |
Left to right putt from behind the hole
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(A look at the hole
from the Low Side,
(Below) the hole close up view.)
Notice how more of the inside of the hole is visible including part of the
white liner. The hole is obviously tilted towards you. A putt
from the left of this view, (Pictured above Left), would break right, and from the right of
this view would break left. |
(A look at the hole from the High Side
(Above) the hole close up
view.)
Notice how more of the inside of the hole is not visible as it
is in the previous view. The hole is obviously tilted away from
you. A putt from the left of this view, (Pictured above Right), would then break left, and from
the right of this view would break right.
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Now you've got the basics on how to read the
green. Remember first pay attention to the slope of the green as you
walk up onto it. And pay particular attention to the slope between
your ball and the hole. Is it uphill, downhill, right to left, or left
to right? Two side it 'High side and Low Side'. How is the cup
'cut'? Does it break in more than one direction? If so factor
that in. If the putt appears to double break account more for the
slope where the cup is cut because as the ball is moving slowest near the
hole it will break even more. Now line it up and try to get your speed
correct. Remember: No one likes slow play. So do this as
much as possible 'BEFORE it's your turn to putt. Have fun and may you knock
'em all in the hole!
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