Aim point standing on line

[pokerjoke]

Just watching Tommy Fleetwoods caddie walking down his 16ft putt using his feet to read the putt.
Didn’t see either of them using their fingers to read the break.
The putt looked fairly straight.

I didn’t think you could stand on your line and use aim point ?
But can u walk all the way down your putt just using your feet?

 

[chrisd]

Hovland just did the full Aimpoint, fingers and all.

 

[ForeRight]

There's no longer any prohibition against touching your line of putt. Feet or otherwise.

2019 new rules.

 

[Colin L]

Rule 10.2b(2)

 

[Crow]

The key reason they changed that rule in 2019 was to get around the embarrassing situation of aimpointers transgressing, IMHO.

 

[chrisd]

The key reason they changed that rule in 2019 was to get around the embarrassing situation of aimpointers transgressing, IMHO.

If you learned Aimpoint from a certified instructor then you never walked on your line. When you walked along from ball to hole you were taught to point your putter along your intended line of putt, the putter being held beside you all the time, so if challenged you can say that haven't touched your intended line of putt and you've walked either on the high side or low side but never on the line. That has, of course, changed now.

 

[Crow]

If you learned Aimpoint from a certified instructor then you never walked on your line. When you walked along from ball to hole you were taught to point your putter along your intended line of putt, the putter being held beside you all the time, so if challenged you can say that haven't touched your intended line of putt and you've walked either on the high side or low side but never on the line. That has, of course, changed now.

I can't remember ever seeing a player do that, before or after the rule change.

 

[chrisd]

I can't remember ever seeing a player do that, before or after the rule change.

I cant say whether the tour guys did it but they certainly didnt stand on their line or they would have been called for it. I did the course with the top UK instructor Jamie Donaldson and the pointing of the line was deliberately very subtle, he walked down the line with the putter by his side pointing to the line he classed as his "intended putting line" so, if he got called out he would explain that he never stepped on the line he thought was his putting line even of the walk down altered his decision on what was the line . Now you can stand on the line it really doesnt matter.

 

[Crow]

I cant say whether the tour guys did it but they certainly didnt stand on their line or they would have been called for it. I did the course with the top UK instructor Jamie Donaldson and the pointing of the line was deliberately very subtle, he walked down the line with the putter by his side pointing to the line he classed as his "intended putting line" so, if he got called out he would explain that he never stepped on the line he thought was his putting line even of the walk down altered his decision on what was the line . Now you can stand on the line it really doesnt matter.

I do remember discussions over whether or not an aimpointer was stepping on their line.
As I said, the key reason they changed that rule in 2019 was to get around the embarrassing situation of aimpointers transgressing, IMHO.

 

[chrisd]

I do remember discussions over whether or not an aimpointer was stepping on their line.
As I said, the key reason they changed that rule in 2019 was to get around the embarrassing situation of aimpointers transgressing, IMHO.

That may have had a bearing on the decision to change the rule but Jamie said that if anyone gets called on it, the fact that "your intended line of putt" is totally your decision and therefore no one can pull you for walking on the line whether or not they see the putt line differently