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Click here to get your golf handicap tracker. I know, in the real world there’s no such thing as perfect putting and, it there were, Tiger Woods and others would spend their time on the practice green before every competition round. However, if you follow these simple steps then it is possible to get pretty close to perfect putting.

I know, in the real world there’s no such thing as perfect putting and, it there were, Tiger Woods and others would spend their time on the practice green before every competition round. However, if you follow these simple steps then it is possible to get pretty close to perfect putting.The secret starts with using the correct grip. Place you hands lightly hands on the club and avoid the temptation to squeeze it to death as if it were snake trying to kill you. Wrap your fingers lightly around the club, but don’t overlap or interlock them, and avoid the temptation to put an angle on the club, as you would when playing off the tee or on the fairway. Then address ball squarely and, above all, relax.

Your feet should normally be no further apart than the width of your hips and your weight should be balanced slightly towards the inside of your left heel, if you are a right-handed player.

As you address the ball it should be towards the front of your stance and centered between your shoulders. In essence, you want the ball roughly in the center of your stance and, if anything, slightly towards your left instep. Your hands should be near the top of the grip and your eyes should be focused directly over the ball. Your stance should also place you at right angles to the hole so that as you putt you follow a natural pendulum line between the ball and the hole.

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