Aimpoint

[ademac]

Never heard of it until tonight.
Just seen a "senior aimpoint coach" on sky talking about aimpoint.
It sounds very interesting and just wondering if any guys use it or have more info?

Found it quite funny that the guy missed all his putts though! 🙈

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Oh its a subject that has been discussed a few times

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?91805-Hahahahahahaha-Aimpoint&highlight=aimpoint

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?92791-AimPoint&highlight=aimpoint

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?91155-Another-AimPoint-Convert&highlight=aimpoint

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?67601-Aimpoint-is-slow-FACT&highlight=aimpoint


Enjoy - its very much marmite

He did seem to avoid the question about the guys using it in his list having putting as their week area

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Personally think it's a load of rubbish - IMHO it's very easy to see if a green slopes or not, and by how much. But if it works for those who do use it then fair enough.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Never heard of it until tonight.
Just seen a "senior aimpoint coach" on sky talking about aimpoint.
It sounds very interesting and just wondering if any guys use it or have more info?

Found it quite funny that the guy missed all his putts though! 🙈

Done the course and I'm a firm advocate. Did my own mid handicap take https://youtu.be/HKxTlCCspqc if you want a feel for it. It was only £99 for a two hour course and I honestly believe it has helped my green reading especially on new courses I've not played before. Of course you still have to hit it well off the putter and get the speed but if you have a good line it's half the battle

 

[Deleted member 15717]

Yup. I use it and a firm advocate. No more crouching and looking and trying to work out the breaks.

I feel like it has helped, and that is all that matters

 

[User20205]

Oh its a subject that has been discussed a few times

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?91805-Hahahahahahaha-Aimpoint&highlight=aimpoint

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?92791-AimPoint&highlight=aimpoint

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?91155-Another-AimPoint-Convert&highlight=aimpoint

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?67601-Aimpoint-is-slow-FACT&highlight=aimpoint


Enjoy - its very much marmite

He did seem to avoid the question about the guys using it in his list having putting as their week area

Ahhhh, memory lane. Thread 4 includes some of my finest work. Way before Jonny (come lately) with the old aimpoint parody 🤣🤣🤣🤣 & they say genius isn’t recognised when you’re still alive

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Yup. I use it and a firm advocate. No more crouching and looking and trying to work out the breaks.

I feel like it has helped, and that is all that matters

Indeed. If nothing else it gives me confidence I have picked a good line. I find it so valuable on away courses.

 

[Deleted member 15717]

Indeed. If nothing else it gives me confidence I have picked a good line. I find it so valuable on away courses.

Definitely where I find most value. Unfamiliar greens

 

[ademac]

Cheers guys, I will have a look into it.
I'm terrible at reading greens so it could be beneficial to me.

 

[rulefan]

I hope the guys who use it are not stepping on their line of putt.
A number of amateur championship players are being warned by referees.

How do you know the line until you have walked halfway to the hole?

 

[Deleted member 16999]

I hope the guys who use it are not stepping on their line of putt.
A number of amateur championship players are being warned by referees.

How do you know the line until you have walked halfway to the hole?

How does the referees know the line if the player doesn’t or is the ref warning them afterwards?

 

[ScienceBoy]

It’s just a different method, it’s not better or worse, just different.

I always read low side then low end. I address, two practice swings looking at the hole then putt.

What’s more important is that you have a concise, timely, respectful pre shot routine. It’s far better than having nothing.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

How does the referees know the line if the player doesn’t or is the ref warning them afterwards?

If they stand on their own line then is it not to their detriment? They are damaging their own line potentially.

Separate to your point, more an observation.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

If they stand on their own line then is it not to their detriment? They are damaging their own line potentially.

Separate to your point, more an observation.

Don’t know mate, hopefully rulefan will clarify from a refs perspective.

 

[Imurg]

I hope the guys who use it are not stepping on their line of putt.
A number of amateur championship players are being warned by referees.

How do you know the line until you have walked halfway to the hole?

This is where it falls down for me.
Part of the aimpoint method involves standing across (straddling) the basic line of putt and evaluating the slope
Then, once you've worked out the slope %age and the speed of the green, that allows to use the correct number of fingers to work out your actual line.
So how can you be 100% sure you're not standing on your line when you don't know your line?
Apologies of I've got that wrong but that's the way it seems to me.

 

[Foxholer]

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He did seem to avoid the question about the guys using it in his list having putting as their week area

I'd strongly suggest that that's why they have 'resorted' to using it! Same as anyone using a Long putter!

 

[chrisd]

This is where it falls down for me.
Part of the aimpoint method involves standing across (straddling) the basic line of putt and evaluating the slope
Then, once you've worked out the slope %age and the speed of the green, that allows to use the correct number of fingers to work out your actual line.
So how can you be 100% sure you're not standing on your line when you don't know your line?
Apologies of I've got that wrong but that's the way it seems to me.

Jamie Donaldson told us that he advocates pointing to his best guess of the line with the putter handle then to walk down it and straddle it in such a way as to not walk on it. As any putting method of working out the line is not fool proof no one can pull you for treading on the line that YOU have decided as to the one they guess you should have chosen, so long as you're careful.

 

[Deleted member 15717]

I hope the guys who use it are not stepping on their line of putt.
A number of amateur championship players are being warned by referees.

How do you know the line until you have walked halfway to the hole?

As the whole process is finding the low side of the putt, then walking down the low side you are nowhere near the line of your putt.

If the putt is right to left, you will walk down the left side, and then putt down the right side.

As has been mentioned, Jamie does advise indicating where you are walking.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Each ot their own and whatever gives you the confidence to take the shot.
However how does the walking near the line work if you say have someone inside you but on the lower side?

 

[Deleted member 15717]

Each ot their own and whatever gives you the confidence to take the shot.
However how does the walking near the line work if you say have someone inside you but on the lower side?

Well, obviously you don’t step on their line, and you are given hints and tips in the course to help you with that