{"id":11939,"date":"2025-04-24T08:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/?p=11939"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T00:49:29","slug":"playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing the Long Game &#8211; How to Master Sloping Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Masters tournament is done for another\u00a0year\u00a0and a deserving champion donned the green jacket. Rory\u2019s win was a testament to great ball striking but more importantly it show-cased his great short game and putting. For all those that have played Augusta National during the\u00a0Masters\u00a0tournament, putting on the sloping greens can be a bit like putting on a downhill ice rink on one hole and then like putting on the side of a mountain on the next hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting\u00a0on undulating, fast, sloping greens will\u00a0really put your ability to choose the correct line and speed for your putt to the test.\u00a0Of course\u00a0this is the case with all putting but when the slopes are severe there are\u00a0some\u00a0extra things to consider. I thought I would give you 3 tips to help you successfully navigate undulating greens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Aim higher than you think\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>When putting on sloping greens the steeper the slope the more gravity will\u00a0have an effect on your ball. As\u00a0the\u00a0ball breaks it will gather speed as it starts going down the hill. Most of you will understand this and will pick your high point to aim at.\u00a0In reality once\u00a0the ball starts rolling\u00a0off your putter\u00a0it will start breaking,\u00a0so by the time it reaches\u00a0where you picked your high point to be, the ball is likely to\u00a0already\u00a0be below the\u00a0point you chose.\u00a0And\u00a0it will be\u00a0gathering speed\u00a0and not only missing the hole low but also running past the hole.\u00a0So\u00a0you need to start your putt higher than your high point so that your ball hits that point on the way\u00a0down\u00a0to the hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course&nbsp;the opposite is true for uphill putts. The ball needs to be hit harder so gravity has less&nbsp;affect&nbsp;on it:&nbsp;so&nbsp;aim a little closer to the hole that you might initially think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Start reading\u00a0your putt\u00a0before you get to the green\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0I know\u00a0a\u00a0few of you use carts so\u00a0you\u00a0might\u00a0find this a little trickier to do but walking up to the green has the advantage of being able to see the green from a different angle which can help you gain a more complete picture of the breaks. This is a tip I picked up from Tom Watson\u2026\u2026\u2026 and if it\u2019s good enough for him\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0good enough for me!\u00a0For example, greens often tilt from back to front\u00a0or from one side to another and the extent of this slope is often not as obvious when you are standing on the green.\u00a0Detecting many of these elements can be easier from a vantage point in the fairway.\u00a0So\u00a0start thinking about your putt as you approach the green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Trust your instincts\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0There are a lot of things that you see, or feel, or visualise on a green that are instinctive.\u00a0A lot of times I have a\u00a0pretty\u00a0good idea of what line I am going to start\u00a0the\u00a0ball on before I even begin to read my putt\u00a0in the traditional sense. I do this by walking around\u00a0the\u00a0green viewing my putt from multiple angles, which helps me observe and assess\u00a0the\u00a0slope and break from different perspectives.\u00a0You can do this while\u00a0your\u00a0mates are playing their shots.\u00a0I find looking at putts from the low side is best for this. By walking around this also allows me to use my feet to assess break. If you have more weight on one foot than the\u00a0other\u00a0then\u00a0the ball will break in that direction.\u00a0You can also visualise what\u00a0direction\u00a0the water flows off the green; this\u00a0not only helps you read a slope it can also tell you what way the grass is growing. If the grass is darker in colour than normal it means you are\u00a0looking\u00a0into the growing pattern of the grass (grain) and so the putt will be slower.\u00a0Likewise,\u00a0if the grass is lighter in\u00a0colour\u00a0it means you are putting in the direction that the grass is growing and so the putt will be quicker. After gathering a bit of information, trust your gut,\u00a0and approach the putt with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11940\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining observation, visualisation, and instinct with a bit of practice, I\u2019m sure your confidence in reading sloping greens will improve and you can shoot better scores. To book a lesson visit <a href=\"http:\/\/michaellonggolf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">michaellonggolf.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Masters tournament is done for another\u00a0year\u00a0and a deserving champion donned the green jacket. Rory\u2019s win was a testament to great ball striking but more importantly it show-cased his great&#8230; <a class=\"read_more_link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/\"> Read More <i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":11941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,8,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-members-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Playing the Long Game - How to Master Sloping Greens - Wembley Golf Course<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Playing the Long Game - How to Master Sloping Greens - Wembley Golf Course\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Masters tournament is done for another\u00a0year\u00a0and a deserving champion donned the green jacket. Rory\u2019s win was a testament to great ball striking but more importantly it show-cased his great... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wembley Golf Course\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T00:36:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enews-correct-size-34.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Georgia Lafferty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Georgia Lafferty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Georgia Lafferty\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69be79618f00a552cd1596ef0798a7ee\"},\"headline\":\"Playing the Long Game &#8211; How to Master Sloping Greens\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T00:36:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":754,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/enews-correct-size-34.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Golf\",\"Members News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/\",\"name\":\"Playing the Long Game - How to Master Sloping Greens - Wembley Golf Course\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/enews-correct-size-34.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T00:36:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69be79618f00a552cd1596ef0798a7ee\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/enews-correct-size-34.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/enews-correct-size-34.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Playing the Long Game &#8211; How to Master Sloping Greens\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wembley Golf Course\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69be79618f00a552cd1596ef0798a7ee\",\"name\":\"Georgia Lafferty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a4cead253b5cc475f2beedf9ffc43fe467d6e59c292593eee090495a23eb20a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a4cead253b5cc475f2beedf9ffc43fe467d6e59c292593eee090495a23eb20a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a4cead253b5cc475f2beedf9ffc43fe467d6e59c292593eee090495a23eb20a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Georgia Lafferty\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\\\/cms\\\/author\\\/glafferty_wp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Playing the Long Game - How to Master Sloping Greens - Wembley Golf Course","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Playing the Long Game - How to Master Sloping Greens - Wembley Golf Course","og_description":"The Masters tournament is done for another\u00a0year\u00a0and a deserving champion donned the green jacket. Rory\u2019s win was a testament to great ball striking but more importantly it show-cased his great... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/","og_site_name":"Wembley Golf Course","article_published_time":"2025-04-24T00:36:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enews-correct-size-34.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Georgia Lafferty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Georgia Lafferty","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/"},"author":{"name":"Georgia Lafferty","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/#\/schema\/person\/69be79618f00a552cd1596ef0798a7ee"},"headline":"Playing the Long Game &#8211; How to Master Sloping Greens","datePublished":"2025-04-24T00:36:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/"},"wordCount":754,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enews-correct-size-34.png","articleSection":["Golf","Members News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/","name":"Playing the Long Game - How to Master Sloping Greens - Wembley Golf Course","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enews-correct-size-34.png","datePublished":"2025-04-24T00:36:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/#\/schema\/person\/69be79618f00a552cd1596ef0798a7ee"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enews-correct-size-34.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enews-correct-size-34.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/playing-the-long-game-how-to-master-sloping-greens\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Playing the Long Game &#8211; How to Master Sloping Greens"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/","name":"Wembley Golf Course","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/#\/schema\/person\/69be79618f00a552cd1596ef0798a7ee","name":"Georgia Lafferty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4cead253b5cc475f2beedf9ffc43fe467d6e59c292593eee090495a23eb20a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4cead253b5cc475f2beedf9ffc43fe467d6e59c292593eee090495a23eb20a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4cead253b5cc475f2beedf9ffc43fe467d6e59c292593eee090495a23eb20a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Georgia Lafferty"},"url":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/author\/glafferty_wp\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11943,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11939\/revisions\/11943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wembleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}