They may open their stance to allow the ball to start a little higher, or close it for the ball to start a little lower.



These are moves that are usually learned after they have had the experience to know that they are not playing enough break. It would be much better for them to aim farther away and make a straight stroke.

Following the theory that every putt is a straight putt; even if it breaks you want to use a straight stroke towards the target.

When shooting a breaking putt, the target is no longer the hole; it is a point to the side of the hole. Aim for that point, make a straight shot and let the slope of the land move the ball into the hole.

Avoid steering the putt into the hole, read the green and decide on your target, and putt at the right speed to the target.

Dont think about the hole in a breaking putt, or you may subconsciously adjust your putt to the hole. The target is what you want to think about, it becomes your hole.

It is common for golfers not to like to play break, what they do is hit the ball harder to minimize the slopes influence.

However, hitting the putt harder means that if the putt misses, the ball travels a lot further, making it harder to get the putt in the next shot.

Breaking putts should only be hit harder when they are short and uphill and you want to make sure you get the ball to the hole.

Thinking of a putt as straight when you know it will break is difficult, but you must continue to use a straight stroke to learn to consistently hit the right putt for a break.

Your putting will only improve by continually, in every situation, using a straight stroke.