The definitive guide to green reading

[tongzilla]

vj,

I am convinced that my poor putting is due mostly to poor green reading skills. There seems to be so many puts that break the opposite way of the slope. Or putts that break when the green looks flat, or doesn't break when there's clearly a slope. Please give us a definitive system for reading greens! I have tried practicing by putting around a 6 feet circumference from the hole, so I learn how the putt breaks from every angle. But I only get good at that particular green -- it doesn't really work when I face something new. Lets hear what the Guru has to say.