Reading greens in Golf

Reviewer About as good as it gets -- specific, credible, and immediately usable on the course.

Moderator A tour player's actual pre-putt routine -- assessing the green on the walk up, finding the high point, walking the low side, pacing distance. All of it is the process of reading a green.

Reviewer Two tricks (read the color, read the cup wear) most golfers have never heard -- from someone who's actually won on these greens.

Moderator Major champion talking pure green reading top to bottom -- watching others' putts, drainage, color/contrast, and hole-edge wear. Never strays off topic.

Reviewer Clear, correct, and genuinely useful - a real system, not vague feel-based advice.

Moderator Entirely about reading greens - finding the low point, clock-face break direction, and the perpendicular-max-break concept. On topic throughout.

Reviewer Elite-level detail from a genuine authority on this exact skill.

Moderator Every second of this is Brad Faxon's actual green-reading process, from the walk up to the green through the practice stroke. Nothing else in the frame.

Reviewer The clearest, most complete explanation in the batch - actually teaches the physics, not just the steps.

Moderator Comprehensive, entirely dedicated to reading greens - definition, why it matters, every contributing factor, and the mechanics of slope/break/speed. Nothing else competing for time.

Reviewer Genuinely useful trick for when your eyes lie to you on short putts.

Moderator Entirely about reading the green — specifically using your feet to feel slope on short putts. On topic.

Reviewer If you've ever missed low on a breaking putt, this is exactly why -- required viewing.

Moderator Entirely about the apex-point-vs-aim-point mistake on breaking putts, demonstrated live with actual misses and corrections -- squarely reading greens.

Reviewer The best plain-language explanation of how to actually find your read -- teach this to every new putter.

Moderator The entire video is the walk-the-circle-to-find-the-straight-putt method -- squarely, single-mindedly about reading break.

Reviewer Great breadth - covers how to practice this skill, not just how to apply it on the course.

Moderator Comprehensive green reading content - practice methodology plus on-course technique plus alignment. Entirely on topic.

Reviewer Explains the method properly instead of just showing someone doing it -- genuinely instructive.

Moderator A full AimPoint lesson -- feeling slope percentages, calibrating your own judgment, setting the aim point with your fingers. Entirely about reading greens, just through one specific method.

Moderator Covers the fundamentals of figuring out which way a putt breaks, then layers in grain reading on Bermuda greens. Stays on green reading throughout.

Reviewer Great starting point, and the grain-reading tip is something most players never get told.

Reviewer Full pre-putt routine any newer player can actually use, explained from the ground up.

Moderator Entirely about the process of reading a green from start to finish. On topic.

Reviewer Excellent — nails the exact reason most players miss reads they got basically right.

Moderator Squarely about translating a green read into where you actually start the ball — different rules by distance (inside 2 feet, 3-6 feet, beyond 6 feet), and the core insight that most players under-read and miss on the low side. This is applied green reading, not adjacent content.

Reviewer Genuinely excellent — shows the real process, including getting it wrong first.

Moderator This is an accomplished putter walking through his actual pre-putt read process end to end — broad horizon scan, confirm with a 360 walk feeling the slope, then a final check right at the hole where break matters most. All of it is the mechanics of reading a green.

Reviewer Explains why it works, not just what to do — that's rare.

Moderator Deep, specific AimPoint teaching from a real AimPoint instructor — measuring the middle third of the putt because that's what actually governs the curve. Exactly on target.

Reviewer A real system you can actually use on the course, explained patiently.

Moderator The entire video is the clock system for reading greens — find the straight uphill putt, use it as 6 o'clock, and reason about break direction and magnitude from there. Nothing else competes for time.

Reviewer Useful new vocabulary for reading breaking putts, though this clip cuts out before the full demo.

Moderator Entry point, start line, apex point, ball-to-target line -- all vocabulary and concepts built specifically for reading and aiming breaking putts. Fully on topic.

Reviewer One core idea, taught really well - this is where green reading actually starts.

Moderator Entirely focused on one specific, foundational green-reading concept - finding the straight/uphill putt as your reference point. On topic throughout, tight and focused.

Reviewer Simple, memorable system you can actually use on your next putt.

Moderator Fully dedicated to a specific, repeatable green-reading process - find the low point, apply the clock system, reverse-engineer your line. On topic throughout.

Moderator Beginner's guide to reading a putt: eyes (15 feet or more back, view from the side for up or down) and feet (a third and two-thirds of the way, feel the slope), then pick the line, plus a circle drill to practice. All green reading.

Reviewer How I'd start a student. Get 15 feet back to see slope, check up or down from the side, feel it at a third and two-thirds, then practice with the circle drill. Clear and accurate.

Moderator A fall-line read. Find the low point around the hole, the way water would run off, put it on a clock from where you stand, and the putt breaks toward it. Most break when you're square across the fall line, less as you get closer to it. Then pick a speed. Whole video is one green-reading method.

Reviewer Simple and right. Find the low point, everything breaks toward it, and you see the most break when you're square across the fall line. The 'stop over-reading it' point is spot on.

Reviewer Solid, practical system -- the phone-level trick alone is worth trying.

Moderator A full personal system for reading greens, built around finding the low point and feeling slope severity with a level. Squarely about how to read a green.

Reviewer Real substance here -- the zero-line idea alone is worth the watch.

Moderator Full green-reading walkthrough -- course design and water runoff, zero lines, break categorization. Squarely about reading the green before you putt.

Reviewer The linear vs. non-linear bit alone is worth it — properly expert-level.

Moderator Continuation of the same AimPoint lesson — feeling slope with your feet, rating it, translating to a finger count. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer Clear and practical — this'll change how you walk up to a putt.

Moderator Squarely on target — a genuine 4-step process (feel it with your feet, calculate the break, pick your line) from real coaches, shot on actual tricky US Open greens.

Reviewer Turns a technical concept into something you can actually go try on the course today.

Moderator Wall-to-wall green-reading content: the zero break line concept, planar slopes, using grain/fray marks, and the walk-the-circle method to find the straight putt. Exactly the sub-skill, in depth.

Moderator One specific green-reading skill: stop reading the line and read the area. Compare three or four feet either side of the line to find the higher side and aim toward it. All about reading greens.

Reviewer Forty seconds that changes how you look at a green. Compare three or four feet either side of the line and the high side jumps out. Try it next round.

Moderator Walks through reading a 70 foot putt with several slopes. Split it into thirds, call each third up, down or flat, check which side is higher for the break, build one picture of the putt, pick a spot and commit. Squarely green reading, aimed at long putts.

Reviewer Thirds for up and down, then check which side is higher for the break. Simple and repeatable on any long putt. I'd want a word on lag speed, but the read is solid.

Reviewer A short but important principle -- worth knowing, even if it doesn't walk you through a full read.

Moderator Short, but entirely about the physics behind green reading -- how ball speed changes how much a putt breaks. Squarely on topic even though it's brief.

Reviewer Simple and something you can actually use on your next putt.

Moderator Specific, concrete technique for picking your start line off a dead-pace read. Right on target.

Reviewer Find the straight uphill and downhill putts and you know where the max-break putts are. He skips how to find the fall line, so you need that part sorted first.

Moderator Fall-line read on a clock. Find the straight putt down the hill (12) and up the hill (6) and the 3 and 9 putts are the max-break ones, with everything between scaling off them. Notes speed changes the break too. Squarely green reading.

Moderator Two-step green read: feel the slope through your feet a third and two-thirds of the way, then step 15 to 20 feet off to the side and judge uphill or downhill, since that changes speed and how much it breaks. Whole video is a green-reading method.

Reviewer Good routine for a newcomer. Quick feel at a third and two-thirds, then look from the side for up or down. Don't stand on it for ten seconds either, your body just starts compensating.

Reviewer Fascinating to hear how a tour pro actually thinks through a putt.

Moderator A tour pro walking through his actual process — starting from behind the hole, matching speed to line, using a ball line. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer Real diagnostic coaching that isolates reading from stroke — valuable framing.

Moderator After the setup about the student's overall game, this becomes a live green-reading diagnostic — the four-foot-circle drill, checking the student's read against the coach's, and applying the clock/straight-uphill-putt method in real time. Substantial, direct green-reading content.

Reviewer Simple tip that'll actually change how you look at a putt.

Moderator Exactly on target — the 'macro read,' scanning the whole line with level eyes like a radar sweep before zeroing in on the last few feet. Nicklaus reference is a nice touch.

Reviewer Smart correction trick for a putt almost everyone misreads -- minor gear plug aside.

Moderator Narrow and specific -- just the downhill-putt misread problem and the fix -- but that narrow scope is squarely on green reading, not padded with anything else.

Moderator Uses a 3 percent training green to show how to find the zero-break line by feel, then reads every putt like a clock face around it: straight down is 12, straight up is 6, one half of the clock breaks left to right, the other right to left. Squarely green reading.

Reviewer 'Stop hunting the break, find the zero-break line' is a useful way to think, and the clock face makes it easy to picture. Done on a practice stage, so you'll have to take it onto a real green.

Reviewer Good primer from a tour player: learn to feel 1, 2 and 3 percent with a digital level. It never shows the finger part, so you'll need a proper AimPoint lesson to finish the job.

Moderator Adam Scott on the basics of AimPoint: feel the slope in your feet, give it a percentage, and calibrate what 1, 2 and 3 percent feel like with a digital level, then use your fingers to find the aim point. Directly about green reading.

Reviewer Good cheat-sheet tips, just don't expect much depth.

Moderator On topic — the three classic factors: high/low points, grain direction, and how speed changes the amount of break. Correct fundamentals.

Reviewer Watching it work on a real putt is what sells this one.

Moderator Same plumb-bob method, this time run on an actual 20-25 footer — on target and shows the technique working.

Reviewer Good method — just skip past the channel-plug intro.

Moderator On target — full plumb-bob walkthrough: find your dominant eye, hold the putter as a sightline, cover the ball to see where the flag shifts.

Reviewer Good fundamentals and a useful analogy, once you get past the ad.

Moderator Once past the sponsor read, this is David Orr — a well-known putting coach — introducing green reading fundamentals: feel the slope with your feet first, then see the break direction, then judge the amount, with a ski-slope analogy to build intuition.

Reviewer Easy to follow for a newcomer, but plumb-bobbing only gives a rough direction. No amount of break, no speed, and no substitute for walking the putt.

Moderator Step-by-step plumb-bobbing: stand behind the ball in line with the hole, hang the putter from your fingers, use your dominant eye, cover part of the ball with the shaft and see which side of the shaft the hole shows on to get the break direction. Green reading technique start to finish.

Reviewer Complete how-to, but buried in banter, and the technique itself is old-school and unproven.

Moderator The whole segment teaches plumb-bobbing as a green-reading technique, in three clear parts. On topic throughout, wrapped in a comedy-duo format.

Moderator One green-reading clue: a frayed or broken cup edge collapses on the low side, so the hole itself tells you which way it falls. On topic but narrow, one clue rather than a method.

Reviewer Nice little confirmation clue. Look where the cup edge is frayed and collapsing and you've found the low side. Back your read up with it, don't build the read on it.

Reviewer Hitting the same line at different speeds shows why read and pace are one decision. Good if you already read slope, it won't teach you how.

Moderator Coach shows what he actually pictures when reading a green: the whole line like a putt tracer, and how the break changes with the speed you hit it. He says up front it isn't a how-to. About green reading, but the mental picture rather than the mechanics.

Moderator A tour player's trick for sizing the break: picture hitting it straight at the hole, imagine how far it misses, then ask if starting it that far the other side would go in. A green-reading technique, though a snippet of a longer talk.

Reviewer Asking 'if I hit it straight, how far does it miss' turns a feel into a number. Only a snippet though, it assumes you can already see which way it breaks.

Reviewer Good technique, briefly stated - assumes you already know how to read a green.

Moderator There's real green-reading content - his intermediate-target method for a single constant slope - but a good chunk of the runtime is interview banter (pin-in vs. pin-out) that isn't about reading the green itself.

Moderator Plumb-bobbing demo on a 20 to 25 foot putt. Line the shaft up with the ball, cover each half of the ball in turn and see which side of the shaft the flag shows on, then read the break from that. Straight green reading, though it's one tool only.

Reviewer Shows the plumb-bob setup clearly enough, but it's a rough check at best. I wouldn't trust it over my own read from 25 feet.

Reviewer Getting low to read slope is a legit trick and costs nothing to try. It's one cue, so don't expect it to tell you how much to play.

Moderator Short tip on reading slope from down low. Drop down and the break and the path of the ball are easier to see. A real green-reading cue, but one cue rather than a method.

Moderator Part of this lesson is genuinely green reading -- walking a putt to feel uphill versus downhill -- but a big chunk of the session shifts into stroke mechanics, which is a separate skill from reading the green.

Reviewer Light on green-reading substance -- useful mainly if you want to see a real lesson in action.