How to Improve Your Distance Control in Putting

With a conventional putting stroke, all your feel, touch, and distance control comes from the hand that most instructors tell you to take completely out of the stroke.

Your trailing hand — the right hand for right-handed golfers — is responsible for the feel and touch of the entire stroke. It is critical for distance control in putting.

That’s actually fantastic news. Think about it: if someone handed you a ball and asked you to roll it toward a hole, you’d naturally use your dominant hand. You wouldn’t grab it with your non-dominant hand and backhand it toward the target — that would be absurd.

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Since most golfers are right-handed (if you’re left-handed, simply apply this to your left hand), all your dexterity, sensitivity, feel, and fine motor control already reside in your right hand. You just need to learn how to use it properly in your putting stroke.

The best putters in history have always understood this. When elite players arrive at a new course to practice, they’ll spend 30 minutes putting with their trail hand only to learn the speed and touch of the greens.

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