Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer.
If you want to make more putts, you’ve not only got to dial in your stroke, but also your green reading. Having a solid stroke and knowing how to read greens are complimentary skills, with each being useless without help from the other.
We’ve written plenty on this site about honing in your putting stroke, but today we are covering the other essential element of putting: green reading. In the video below, defending U.S. Open Champion Bryson DeChambeau shares a trick he uses when reading greens — and one that you can use next time you play as well.
