Focus on Your Faults: Putting
Nicole Morales / Mount Kisco, N.Y.
May 2008
Because my Long Game Handicap was 5, my coach, Cheryl Anderson, said there was no reason I couldn't achieve that level in Putting. Studying my stats, we knew to zero in on putts from 21 to 30 feet. A typical 5-handicapper would three-putt only 10 percent from that range, so that was my goal. It's neat knowing the averages for each level of player and then trying to beat them, though I'm only 11. Cheryl fit me for a shorter, more upright putter, which helped me set up more consistently and make a freer stroke. To improve my one-putt percentage, I had to sink 50 three-footers in a row, or else do it again.
