Why is that Golf Putting is one of the most frustrating part of many peoples golf game, when really it should be the simplest shot in the book?

How can the simplest of golf shots, golf putting, become the absolute bane of an adult golfer’s life? Well, there is no easy answer.

Experts and amateurs are equally baffled. The saying it’s all in the mind was probably never more true than in this golfing case.

Several years ago, a golf putting machine was developed by an American company. Tests were carried out in optimum putting conditions and the testers were gob-smacked to discover that their pride and joy couldn’t hole every putt. The machine was taken apart and tweaked every element of it until they were certain that it was in perfect working order.

And, guess what? It continued to fail to hole some putts. If this doesn’t go to prove that there is at least an element of black art about golf putting, then nothing will.

The best lesson to take from the above is that you really never are going to achieve putting perfection. If a machine in perfect working under operating under perfect putting conditions fails to hole every golf putt, then a human being with all his or her imperfections never is.

So, the first rule is, stop giving yourself such a hard time whenever you miss a few putts. It happens to even top professional golfers. In fact, any problem you have with putting is much more likely to be psychological than physical, so the very last thing you should be doing is getting down on yourself mentally; this can only make matters worse.

Is there anything you can do if you really do have severe, regular putting problems? Well, apart from working on the mental side of things to inculcate strong belief that you really can putt, one piece of advice is to see if a change of putter will do the trick. Take your lead from the professionals.

So many professional golfers who’ve suffered terribly from the yips on the putting green, such as Bernhard Langer, found their salvation in the broom handle putter - maybe you should give one a try.