Learning to read greens is your Malaska Golf Quick Fix Friday. First, start by reading off the green from 40 to 50 feet away. This will help you see how your ball will break when it lands.
Second, look from behind the ball and towards the hole.
Third, where Mike spends most of his time is walking it off, standing behind the pin, and viewing the putt from this angle. Doing this is a great way to gauge your putt's path and give you the best perspective of how the putt will break in the last 3 feet.
Once you make that decision, step up, aim the ball, take the putter back and try to roll the ball on the line. This is a great way to read greens.
This Quick Fix Friday focuses on improving hitting the ball square on the clubface. On the putting green, put down four tees in a box shape slightly wider than your putter head. Get set up, and practice hitting the ball without hitting the tees.
The goal is to hit the ball in the center of the ...
Joe Nichols, one of Mike Malaska’s mentors who helped him throughout his career, always said that if you are putting inside of 10 feet, assume the put is dead straight.
Follow this philosophy unless the green dictates otherwise. Make the ball break out of the hole and not into it. When you get ...
This Malaska Golf Quick Fix Friday is all about your least favorite shot.
Most golfers tend to slice the ball, so this week, practice hitting hooks. If you hit a hook shot, strengthen your grip, shut the clubface a little, swing from the inside and try to turn the clubface over.
Take your dri...
