Have you ever wondered if your biggest putting issues are the same for all amateur golfers or is it just you? Does everyone miss short? And what makes those single handicap golfers so good at sinking putts and avoiding 3-putting? What do really good putters do that...
Where do you go to learn about putting tips and techniques to improve your game? Do you read golf magazines, search web articles, maybe watch videos, or perhaps visit the local pro? How about a chat with an AI chatbot? Artificial golf Intelligence With all the...
If golfers like us are unlikely to rebuild a swing to look like Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, or Lydia Ko, how can we be better golfers in 2023? After exhaustive analysis of my recent woeful golfing performance, I decided better putting was the answer to low scores. If I...
How can you be a better golfer in 2023? I asked myself this question a few weeks ago. My last three winter rounds had been totally underwhelming. I had no excuses – except for a bad back, awful weather, bobbly greens and a total lack of fitness compounded by...
A spell of the putting yips was wrecking my confidence on the course. No matter how hard I tried to sink short putts, they would find a way to avoid the hole. Something odd was going on. I’m usually a decent putter so how can I suddenly lose the ability to sink...
How do you go about learning to be a better golfer? Do you get lessons from a local professional, watch YouTube videos, read books, blogs and magazines or just use good old trial and error? Why my swing looks like Jack’s I first started to learn to play in the...
I always take the weather into consideration when thinking about my game plan. Cold and raining = stay home. Sunny and warm = break out the shorts. Windy = just play the downwind holes. The problem is the weather variables keep changing. In April it was sunny and...
No matter where we are — the tee, the fairway or the rough — our practice swing always seems to feel really good. Smooth and relaxed, guaranteed to hit the mark. And then we’re over the ball, thinking. Reality sets in: we actually have to hit that little round...
“No such thing as a 3-putt green — just a bad first putt” This phrase was allegedly one of Earl Woods’ mantras for Tiger. And when you think about it, it’s probably one of the most sensible things ever said about putting. We very rarely 3-putt when our first putt...
Greens - Not a level playing field If you’re a tour professional or you play on greens surveyed by 3D laser mapping technology, you get access to a lot of data to help you read the slopes. Golfers like us – not so much. If you and I had a Green Book showing the...
My brother, Paul and I — I’m Neil by the way — came up with PuttBANDIT because we wanted to be better golfers (for the full story, see our About Us page). We’re not the best golfers. We may dream of being scratch golfers, hitting the ball 300 yards and turning the...
