The Best Putting Aids to Lower Your Score
Improving your putting is one of the most effective ways to lower your golf score. With FinalPutt’s putting aids, you can target and improve specific putting skills, from start line control and speed management to alignment and stroke consistency. Here’s how to use each aid to get the most out of your practice sessions.
1. Putting Ruler for Start Line Accuracy and Stroke Consistency
The Putting Ruler helps you refine your start line and maintain a consistent stroke by providing instant feedback. Its patented rail keeps the ball on track, allowing you to see immediately if your stroke or alignment is off.
- Why It’s Effective: The Putting Ruler provides instant feedback. If you push or pull your putts, the ball will roll off the ruler, helping you identify and correct alignment and stroke path issues.
- How to Train: Position the ball at the end of the ruler and align it with your target line. Practice making smooth, straight strokes to keep the ball on the ruler, building muscle memory for a square impact. Just a few minutes with this tool can help develop the consistency needed for better putting performance.
- Ideal For: Golfers looking to improve precision and start line accuracy in their putting stroke.
2. Pro Tutor for Instant Start Line Feedback and Precision Training
The Pro Tutor is designed with a unique two-ball gate that gives instant feedback on your start line. If your putter face is not square or if your stroke is off-line, you’ll hit one of the gate balls, providing quick and actionable feedback.
- Why It’s Effective: The Pro Tutor is a precision training tool for start line control, ensuring each putt starts on the intended path. By helping you make slight adjustments as needed, the Pro Tutor reinforces muscle memory for a consistent, square stroke.
- How to Train: Set up the Pro Tutor on your target line and practice rolling the ball between the two gate balls without hitting them. Begin with short putts, focusing on a smooth stroke, then work up to longer putts for full-range accuracy.
- Ideal For: Players at any skill level aiming to refine their start line control and develop a more consistent, reliable putting stroke.
3. Putting Template for Stroke Path Control and Instant Correction
The Putting Template provides a guided stroke path that helps golfers keep their putting stroke straight and repeatable. With built-in ball gates and tees for feedback, it helps ensure that your putter head moves along a controlled path.
- Why It’s Effective: The Putting Template is perfect for reinforcing a steady, straight stroke. The ball gate feature ensures that you’re rolling the ball precisely on target, while the tees provide feedback if your stroke veers off course.
- How to Train: Set the template down on your practice surface and align your putter head along the guide. Practice making strokes within the template’s path, focusing on a controlled takeaway and follow-through. The ball gate and tees provide immediate correction if your stroke strays from the ideal path.
- Ideal For: Golfers looking to eliminate errors in their stroke path and improve overall stroke consistency.
4. Ball Gates for Start Line and Speed Control
The Ball Gates are designed to improve both start line accuracy and speed control. With three different gate sizes (50mm, 55mm, and 60mm), this tool allows you to customize the difficulty to match your skill level and create varied challenges for start line and speed.
- Why It’s Effective: The Ball Gates give immediate feedback on both start line and speed, helping you understand whether your putts are on line and traveling at the correct pace. Practicing with different gate sizes also enhances focus, as it requires you to be precise with both direction and pace.
- How to Train: Place the Ball Gates a few inches in front of the ball, aligned with your target line. Start with the largest gate, and once you can roll the ball cleanly through it, move to a smaller size. Practicing this way refines both accuracy and speed, essential for consistent putting performance.
- Ideal For: Players aiming to perfect start line control and develop a refined sense of speed for putts at various distances.
5. Elevated String Line for Visualizing Target Line and Enhancing Alignment
The Elevated String Line is a visual guide that helps golfers with alignment and start line accuracy. By following the string with your putter and ball, you can ensure your putter face is square, and the ball is on track to reach the target.
- Why It’s Effective: The Elevated String Line helps build confidence by showing a clear, straight path to the target. This feedback helps golfers improve alignment and stroke direction, both of which are essential for reliable putting.
- How to Train: Set up the string line over your target line from the ball to the hole. Align your putter face and stance to the string and practice rolling putts along the path. This setup reinforces what a well-aligned stroke looks and feels like, helping you transfer that confidence to real greens.
- Ideal For: Golfers working on alignment issues and looking to improve confidence and accuracy on the green.
6. Putting Bundle for All-in-One Putting Improvement
The Putting Bundle combines FinalPutt’s three essential tools—the Putting Ruler, Pro Tutor, and Putting Template—into a comprehensive set. Together, these aids create a complete practice solution for golfers focused on perfecting start line accuracy, stroke consistency, and alignment, covering all aspects of effective putting.
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Why It’s Effective: Each tool in the Putting Bundle targets a specific putting skill. The Putting Ruler helps you master start line control with instant feedback on stroke alignment, while the Pro Tutor provides precise guidance on start line with its unique two-ball gate, helping you make straight putts under pressure. The Putting Template complements these tools by guiding your stroke path and providing feedback with its ball gate and tees, helping you maintain a straight, repeatable stroke. Practicing with these three tools in tandem builds a complete and reliable putting technique.
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How to Train with the Putting Bundle:
- Start with the Putting Ruler to establish a square stroke and see immediate results in start line control.
- Add the Pro Tutor to refine your start line even further, focusing on developing muscle memory for a square putter face at impact.
- Finish with the Putting Template to reinforce a consistent stroke path and avoid cutting across the ball, using the ball gate and tees to identify and correct any stroke deviations.
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Ideal For: Golfers looking for a structured, all-in-one approach to putting improvement. The bundle covers every putting skill, from start line control to path consistency, making it perfect for players at any level aiming to lower their scores.
Final Thoughts
FinalPutt’s putting aids, including the Putting Ruler, Pro Tutor, Putting Template, Ball Gates, and Elevated String Line, provide structured practice opportunities that enhance every aspect of putting. By incorporating these aids into your routine, you’ll build a solid foundation of accuracy, consistency, and confidence that can significantly lower your scores.
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