Ben Mutz, Personal Golf Instructor

Though most of us will never have a chance to experience those revered Augusta National greens firsthand, they represent the importance of putting in the modern game. An essential skill, it takes years of practice to perfect a balanced, effective stroke, so you may as well get some guidance and start now with today's feature: $40 for One 120-Minute 'Ultimate Putting Clinic' and SAM Lab with Personal Golf Instructor Ben Mutz at Golf4Groups in Crest Hill near Joliet ($270 Value. Expires June 1, 2014.)

Personal golf instructor Ben Mutz is the creator of the Ultimate Golf Putting Clinic, a unique program with the sole purpose of lowering your putting stroke average — and thereby your scoring average as well.

The cornerstone of the Golf4Groups facility is the SAM Lab. The SAM (Science and Motion) Putting Lab is the ultimate putting training system. The system analyzes the most important 28 parameters of your putting stroke and displays the results in easy-to-understand graphic reports. The SAM system evaluates the putting stroke and calculates all relevant parameters, including rotation, acceleration, swing duration, impact, face angle, etc. Golf4Groups has the SAM Putting Technology with an instructor’s station and separate large-screen viewing for the golfer.

It is arguably much easier to correct bad habits in your putting stroke than in your full stroke, and since putting accounts for a third to a half of total strokes, it makes sense to focus on the flat stick. Ben can help you retrain your approach to putting, starting with how you approach and think about each putt all the way to the way you finish the stroke.

In addition to being an avid golfer, Ben also created the "Mutz Method of Golf Instruction" in 1987 and is an accomplished author with several published books, including The Five Objectives of a Successful Golf Swing.

If you are searching for golf instruction that will permanently help you lower your golf score and "teach you how to teach yourself," then Ben Mutz and the Ultimate Golf Putting Clinic are a good fit for you.