Reddit mentions of Dave Pelz's Putting Bible: The Complete Guide to Mastering the Green (Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series)

Dave Peltz has several really good instructional books on the short game and putting. I'm reading his putting guide right now and it's amazing. Lots of little things to change the way you think about the short game. Here's the one on putting.

Re: chipping: The hinge and hold lesson that Phil has up on youtube was really helpful to me. This one. It's a simple little thing that will get you more consistent. (I hinge my hands before I even bring the club back. Doing it on the way back is too many moving parts for me.)

Dave Pelz's Putting Bible helped me a lot. I like to break things down into details and he does a great job explaining the physics and arts of putting. Before reading that I wasn't really practicing with any purpose or focusing on the problem areas. I was just putting balls around hoping to eventually get better.

If you ever want to spend more time and effort on learning how to putt, I'd recommend Dave Pelz's Putting Bible. He takes a scientific approach to the game that many people enjoy, and breaks out putting into different areas that you can work on both at home and at the course. I have a couple of training aids I use at home, but my favorite is an 8" piece of 1/2" wide PVC tube. I use it to see where my putter's face angle is at impact. If the tube goes straight when I hit it, then it's square. If it spins counter clockwise, then the face is open, and clockwise when the face is closed (for a righty). It helps me make sure the ball goes where I want it to go, and gives me clues on what may be wrong with my swing and where to look for a fix.

Look at tour leaders on putting averages per distance in 2015:

20+ ft: 12.06% (Spieth)

15-20 ft: 30.63% (Mahan)

10-15 ft: 44.8% (Baddeley)

5-10 ft: 65.52% (Koekpa)


And these are the #1 rankings on the entire tour. Not even the average. If you're not hitting it inside 10ft, you will miss well over half your putts. So rule #1 for good putting is ALWAYS hit it closer. It sounds dumb, but it's true. Work on your short irons. But, it is still obviously always uber-important to spend time on the putting green (just ask Spieth and his 1000 putts in a day thing).


I'd check out Dave Pelz's Putting Bible. He also has a Short Game Bible book that's great.


I'm a big fan of drilling with an alignment stick along my putter. Can't putt well if you're never starting the ball on the line you want. This will help make sure you're keeping the club face square the entirety of your stroke. Peter Finch has a great video on it here. Check out the rest of his videos too. Lots of great tips and easy to do drills.