Week Two: Lag Putting

Students will be able to:

• learn the difference between short and lag putts

• apply putting drills to improve putting skills

• participate in a putting contest

• play the famous long putt competition

• learn about playing the ball and general rules

• define courtesy

Quiz 2

Putting

Week 2 Notes:

1. Chapter 2 Rules: Playing the Ball

   a. Playing the Ball

   • Play the ball as it lies. This is the MOST important rule in golf and your ULTIMATE goal!

   • Play the course as you find it. Do not improve your lie, the area of your intended stance or swing, or your line of play by moving, bending, or breaking anything fixed or growing, except in fairly taking your stance or making your stroke.

   • Do not press anything down or build a stance. The penalty for improving your lie is two strokes.

   • Grounding the club = touching the ground with your clubhead. This is not penalized unless you are in the sand. If you are in a bunker, you may not ground the club until you actually strike it. The penalty for grounding your club in the sand is 2-strokes.

   • If your club strikes the ball more than once in a single stroke (double-hitting), count the stroke- no penalty incurred.

   • If you play a wrong ball, you incur a two stroke penalty and must then play the correct ball.

   b. General Rules

   1. See some general golf rules below:

      • Put an identification mark on your ball. The first thing you should do in your round is identify your ball, because if you cannot identify your ball, it is lost.

      • The maximum number of clubs you can carry during your round is 14. It is a two-stroke penalty for each hole you have more than 14 clubs in your bag. This penalty is incurred for two holes, so a four-stroke penalty total is the cap on this penalty. If you finish the round with more than 14 clubs, you are disqualified.

      • Don’t ask for advice from anyone except your caddie or partner. Likewise, don’t accept advice from anyone except your caddie or partner. Penalty is two strokes.

      • During a hole you can take a practice swing but not a practice stroke. Between holes you may practice chip or putt on or near the putting green of the last hole played or the tee box of the next hole. Penalty is two strokes.

      • Slow play is penalized two strokes.

   2. Lesson: Putting

   • Vary the length of your swing (your “Y”) for different distances

   • Use the line on your ball, the line on your club, and your feet to aim in the START. Then, maintain the clubface’s swing path throughout the swing…it should stay along the target line. At the end of your swing, HOLD YOUR FINISH

   • Don’t look at the ball after you hit it. You will hear the ball clunk if it goes in the hole!

   • 100% of short putts don’t go in. Always make sure it gets to the hole

   • You should always try to 2-putt. If you have lag putt, your goal should be to get the ball within three feet. If you ball is within three foot, you should be able to putt it in. Three putts will certainly hurt your score.

   3. Practice: Putting

   • Work on two putting. Place the ball 20 feet from the hole and practice 2-putting. You aren’t expecting to make very many putts from 20 feet, but you should be able to get the ball close enough to 1-putt.

   4. Videos: Ball Play it as it lies