| Playing a new golf course can be a great | | | | can detect a high side of the hole it will take a lot |
| experience. But it can also be a big disappointment | | | | of the guesswork out of short putting on strange |
| when you shoot way over your average because | | | | greens. |
| you can't figure out the nuances of the greens. | | | | Lastly, try on every putt to have its final roll be |
| No matter how good of a putter you are at your | | | | towards the hole if you miss it short. In many |
| home course, you are doomed if you can't figure | | | | cases this requires you to play break you really |
| out the line. When faced with a strange golf | | | | cannot see. But you will be rewarded with a lot of |
| course, I have found three things to be very | | | | tap ins, which are priceless on strange greens. |
| helpful in reading the greens and in the confidence | | | | Next time you are out on a strange course, don't |
| of my reads. | | | | just excuse yourself because you can;'t read the |
| First, read the green from the fairway. From 150 | | | | greens. Start by picking the low point in the green |
| yards out you can get a good idea of exactly | | | | from the fairway and you are halfway there. |
| where the high and low points of the green are. | | | | Check for any slope the hole may be cut into, |
| This knowledge will allow you to get a general idea | | | | and overplay the break you see. |
| of the prevailing break on the green. | | | | You will get around in fewer putts and get a lot |
| Another thing that seems to help is to check for | | | | more enjoyment out of the experience of playing |
| a tilt of the hole itself. The amount of any slope | | | | a new golf course, and thats why you went out |
| detected will not be much if any. However, if you | | | | of your way to play it in the first place. |