"Feel" the length

After determining your line, settle into your putting stance a few inches in front of your ball. Make a few practice strokes while looking at your target. Keep the putter moving back and through. What's happening is that your eyes are sending signals to your brain to move your arms and shoulders at the correct speed to putt the ball the needed distance. If you make practice strokes with your head down, obtaining a feel for distance becomes very difficult.

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Neil Beckerman	Neil Beckerman
To make more long putts, make your practice strokes while looking at your target.	Making practice strokes with your head down won't give you a good sense of distance.

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Already owner of a game without any weak links, two-time U.S. Open Champion Retief Goosen is making more than 5% more putts from greater than 25 feet. Good scores require making the long ones every once in a while.

"Long-range putting is all about pace. I start to read my putt before I get to the green by looking at the fall of the ground. This gives my long putts that much more of a chance to get near the cup."
-Retief Goosen