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Drills for the WGC-Accenture Match Play (2:53)
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Michael Breed, host of ‘The Golf Fix’ shares a tip for playing in cold weather while Martin Hall, host of ‘School of Golf’ teaches you how to putt like defending champ Luke Donald.
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-The final match of last year's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
was delayed by snow, and you can usually count on
being cold at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. I wanna give
you a tip on helping you play a little bit
better golf when it gets a little bit cold, and
it's as simple as this. Most of you when you're
out there and it's cold, you're gonna have a lot
of stuff on. You're gonna have some sweaters; you're gonna
have some jackets, and what typically is gonna happen is
when you're playing, because you have all these stuff on,
you don't make as complete a swing. So what I
want you to do is I want you to make
a fuller turn as simple as that, and one of
the ways that you can make a fuller turn is
by taking your right foot or your trail foot and
just dropping it back. When we play a little bit
close right here, it's gonna allow that hip to turn
just a little bit more, which is gonna free up
the shoulder to turn a little bit more, and we're
gonna make a fuller swing. Now, with all that stuff
on, we tend to make that shorter swing. So, what
we're gonna do is we're gonna get setup. It's very
simple to do. You get setup like this and then
all you're gonna do is you're just gonna drop that
foot back just a little bit, and then you're gonna
allow those hips to move. And what's gonna happen is
as you start to do that, you're gonna make a
fuller swing and that fuller swing is probably gonna get
you back to where you normally would get to if
you didn't have all that stuff on. Okay? All right,
Martin, we've got that backswing faded out, what have you
got? -Thanks, Michael. No matter what the condition is, nobody
putted better than Luke Donald in 2011. Not only did
he win both the PGA and European Tour Money Titles,
but he also led both tours in putting average. Unbelievable.
Now, how did he do that? Well, I believe that
he probably spent a lot of time working on the
mechanics of his stroke at home, and then did all
the touch stuff on the greens. You need to work
on your mechanics at home so you know you can
start the ball in the right direction. Here is a
very good way to do that. I don't know if
Luke Donald does this, but a lot of people do.
I've got my elevated aim line, my string line above
the ball, and I've taken 2 driving range tees. Now,
I put them about 2 feet down my line, and
I've given myself just a little bit of clearance there
that if I start that ball straight, which probably means
my putter face was pretty square, then my ball should
pass through those 2 tees. This string is not necessary
to swing straight back straight through. It just gives me
a reference to aim with. And can I start that
ball on my chosen line? Apparently, I can. I know
if I can start it on line. The only thing
you've got to worry about then is distance control. Great
thing to do if you want to putt better. Thanks
for joining us on GolfChannel.com for the Best in Golf
Instruction. Whether you're playing in cold weather or trying to
make more putts, Michael's tip and mine are sure to
help you at home, on the pros of the WGC-Accenture
Match Play Championship putt better.
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