Another AimPoint Convert

[Khamelion]

Did the Aimpoint X1 & X2 courses this morning with Brian Ridley up at Beamish Park and it was very very good. I kind of knew what it was all about but had never tried it, but afterwards once explained, it all made sense.

It is really going to help on those putts where you see the break going one way, but you know it breaks the other, the shots where the ball defies the laws of physics and gravity.

It is going to be kind of funny having to take your shoes and socks off on every green to get a real feel for the slope, but hey ho, if that what's required to sink those 20 - 50 feet putts then who am I to argue.

 

[pokerjoke]

I see Rick Shield and Pete Finch are trying it to and it bores me silly watching it.If I end up playing with anyone that's doing it I will close my eyes until its all over.

 

[moogie]

I see Rick Shield and Pete Finch are trying it to and it bores me silly watching it.If I end up playing with anyone that's doing it I will close my eyes until its all over.

Ditto


Each to their own but jeez it pains me to watch too


Dave, I really do hope the taking your shoes off comment is tongue in cheek ffs
Or if that's a teaching method then golf will die a slow play death....!!

 

[ruff-driver]

I see Rick Shield and Pete Finch are trying it to and it bores me silly watching it.If I end up playing with anyone that's doing it I will close my eyes until its all over.

Irony was they barely holed anything in those portugal vlogs

 

[hovis]

my trouble is i cant see or feel any slope or break. so i assume its straight and ends up massively under read

 

[Khamelion]

Ditto


Each to their own but jeez it pains me to watch too


Dave, I really do hope the taking your shoes off comment is tongue in cheek ffs
Or if that's a teaching method then golf will die a slow play death....!!

Howay man Bri, you know me better than that. Yes the shoes and socks was a micky take.

As you wrote, each to their own, I enjoyed the course, it does make a lot of sense, don't have to use it on every hole, some holes the line will be obvious. It won't slow anything down as you can be doing your bit while you fellow players are doing theirs.

I'm looking forward to trying it on the course.

 

[moogie]

Howay man Bri, you know me better than that. Yes the shoes and socks was a micky take.

As you wrote, each to their own, I enjoyed the course, it does make a lot of sense, don't have to use it on every hole, some holes the line will be obvious. It won't slow anything down as you can be doing your bit while you fellow players are doing theirs.

I'm looking forward to trying it on the course.

Little surprised tbh
As last time I played with you
At Sharpley
Thought you putted quite well
Never really struggled with reads either

Good luck though

 

[Khamelion]

Little surprised tbh
As last time I played with you
At Sharpley
Thought you putted quite well
Never really struggled with reads either

Good luck though

For me I'd say it's 50/50 maybe 60/40 whether I can read the green or not, so if Aimpoint lets me get a better read on those I'm a little unsure of, or confirms what I was thinking then it can only be of a benefit and anything that can increase the odds of putting out or getting close for a tap in, has to be worthwhile.

 

[Imurg]

I have no issue with anyone wanting to use Aimpoint as long as they don't take it to extremes like we saw in the WGC last week.
It's a way of reading the putt and as long as it doesn't take any longer than a normal read then fill yer boots.
I suspect it doesn't improve many amateur's putting as it's the ability to hit the ball on the correct line with the correct pace that scuppers most putts.

 

[Khamelion]

I have no issue with anyone wanting to use Aimpoint as long as they don't take it to extremes like we saw in the WGC last week.
It's a way of reading the putt and as long as it doesn't take any longer than a normal read then fill yer boots.
I suspect it doesn't improve many amateur's putting as it's the ability to hit the ball on the correct line with the correct pace that scuppers most putts.

Line and pace are the two things that will scupper most weekend hackers, but line is given from aimpoint, whether you set the ball away on that line is another question altogether but that aside, pace is the other, but there is a way using aimpoint and the green speed that will give you an idea on how hard to hit the ball on the correct line.

 

[Imurg]

Line and pace are the two things that will scupper most weekend hackers, but line is given from aimpoint, whether you set the ball away on that line is another question altogether but that aside, pace is the other, but there is a way using aimpoint and the green speed that will give you an idea on how hard to hit the ball on the correct line.

Appreciate that Dave.
When you think about it, how often on, say, a 20 foot putt do you misread the line by more than a few inches, assuming a green that doesn't resemble Everest......?
But how many times is the pace misread by 2,3,4 or more feet....?

 

[chrisd]

Appreciate that Dave.
When you think about it, how often on, say, a 20 foot putt do you misread the line by more than a few inches, assuming a green that doesn't resemble Everest......?
But how many times is the pace misread by 2,3,4 or more feet....?

Judging by my showing at Woburn yesterday I did both regularly!

 

[Dando]

Judging by my showing at Woburn yesterday I did both regularly!

Chris, at least you got a chance to putt! There were plenty of holes where I was in charge of tending the flag

 

[chrisd]

Chris, at least you got a chance to putt! There were plenty of holes where I was in charge of tending the flag

But I've done Aimpoint James and are supposed to be able to read the greens, I wouldn't have minded if I hadn't whamoo'd my drives round the Marquis all Afternoon!

 

[Three]

It won't slow anything down

From observation , every single player I've played with who uses this has slowed the game down considerably.
What they also often do because they know they will slow things down when it's their turn to putt, is start doing all the straddling malarkey whilst other players are trying to play, causing more delays.

Hate it personally.

 

[hovis]

From observation , every single player I've played with who uses this has slowed the game down considerably.
What they also often do because they know they will slow things down when it's their turn to putt, is start doing all the straddling malarkey whilst other players are trying to play, causing more delays.

Hate it personally.

correct. i know two golfers who use this and when we reach the green I feel like shooting myself. there have been many occasions where i have walked off the green and teed off on the next hole to keep play moving.

 

[chrisd]

There is no way that Aimpoint is taught that would necessitate slow play on putts. If your playing partners are that slow it's them, not the system

 

[MendieGK]

There is no way that Aimpoint is taught that would necessitate slow play on putts. If your playing partners are that slow it's them, not the system

100% agree.

come play with me @ Burnham and I guarantee you I'll have read my putt using AP express before you've finished reading your putt for bogey.

 

[3565]

good look in your Aimpoint, I would advise to get a lot of practise in on the putting green and on the course late evening on your own to get used to the system. The more you use it the more you'll learn and understand, and start scaring the hole more often. Get your routine down pat, and trust it. Will you hole every putt, No! But like anything new, it takes time to adjust to it, but I'm confident you will hole more putts.

 

[hovis]

There is no way that Aimpoint is taught that would necessitate slow play on putts. If your playing partners are that slow it's them, not the system

so, without aim point how many times have you and a partner looked at your puts in close proximity? me and my pp's do this all the time. however, with aim point ever one has to be out the way whilst you straddle your putt and hold your finger out like a knob. the people i play with have to wait for the aim point process because they would be trampling all over everyone's line

its just another tool to make hackers think they're just like the tour players and add yet another routine to the game. probably the same people that wait for a green to clear then hack it oob