Mini golf and putting courses

Common Mistakes Golfers Make on Mini Golf and Putting Courses

Avoid the habits that make putting courses harder than the design intended.

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The usual problems

The common putting courses mistake is over-hitting the break because the hole looks playful. For putting-course touch, players also forget that lie, wind, speed, or slope can matter more than total yardage. For putting-course touch, shorter holes and playful settings are not automatically easy; they simply punish carelessness in different ways.

Better habits

  • Walk around the read when putting courses hides the slope.
  • For putting-course touch, aim for the wide side until speed feels calibrated.
  • For putting-course touch, take enough club when imperfect contact is likely.
  • For putting-course touch, laugh off one bad bounce before it reaches the next swing.