Don't Putt unless Necessary
If you are playing with a team partner, and he or she has already achieved the best score possible for the hole, pick up your ball rather than putt it. Nothing erodes your confidence faster than missing a putt that you would expect to make under normal conditions. Only putt if you have to.
Putt to an Imaginary Hole
A common problem with slow greens is leaving the ball short of the hole. The distance may appear near, but the length of the grass means that you have to hit the ball harder than you usually would.
The way to overcome this deception is to imagine a hole beyond the actual hole and putt to this as you would do under normal conditions. The actual hole becomes an intermediate target rather than the actual target.
Reduce the Allowance for the Break
On slow greens your ball will break less than on fast greens. When the putting surface is extra slow, you can reduce any break considerably. In fact, it is often not a bad idea to putt straight.
No-one likes to play when the course is not at its best. However, the reality is that the green keeping staff has a job to do and their maintenance work entails periodic work on the greens, bunkers, and fairways.
