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Justin Rose plays best when relying on instinct

Justin Rose plays best when relying on instinct

Justin Rose’s good putting is “instinctive”.

The 44-year-old golfer thinks his poor shots come when he is thinking too much about all the elements of his stroke.

He told Today’s Golfer magazine: “When I’m putting well, I feel it’s more of an instinctive process.

“When I’m putting poorly, it’s too conscious; I’m working on my stroke, feeling the rotation of my putter, trying hard to line up the blade.

"Sometimes the harder you try on a putt, the more elusive it can be.

“It has to be visual, creative and you have to trust yourself.”

Justin believes finding the right rhythm is key to a good putt.

He said: “Rhythm is often overlooked.

“If you’re too quick to the ball, you’ll typically leave the putter face open, but if you decelerate, the right hand takes over and you miss left.

“Everything has to move together.

“Keep your eyes quiet, so you look at the back of the ball through impact to help you move everything together as one ‘block’.

“A great way to keep your speed constant is to think ‘tick-tock’ on the backswing and throughswing.

“That rhythm stays the same irrespective of the stroke’s length.

“We all have a slightly different natural rhythm – it just has to be consistent.

“That is how to control ball speed in putting.”

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