Carpet putting into a pint pot

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Looking at the garden thread got me thinking about this similar topic.

Putting on the lounge / hall carpet into a beer glass lying on its side. Is there any practical benefit to be gleaned from this old chestnut?

I say yes, because if nothing else it helps groove the swing and aids with getting a feel for overall touch and distance control.

But whaddya say?
 
My old carpet used to be about an 8-10 stimp (I guessed) and broke a foot left to right (towards the TV) over its length (old 1st floor flat).

I used to putt from 4, 6 and 8 feet to a 5p coin. Hearing that click 5 times in a row was my goal. A dull thud meant I was going to fast and no noise meant I missed. Works with and without V-Easy!

My current carpet is about a 3 on the stimperometer, some thick pile thing, so its only worth practicing rattling in short ones or for uphill putting practice (even though its flat).
 
I've got a putt pocket which is effectively like a reduced sized hole. I can use it on the green on on the carpet and at home I just worry about quality of contact, quality of roll (does my line wobble or roll end over end) and my 'quiet eye' routine so that it's a habit when I'm on the course :)
 
CMAC said:
how many golf holes do you see on their side? :rolleyes:
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The odd one although only after a heavy night out :)

But that's my very point and as 'Dexter' above implies, perhaps it's more about a speed / weight / accuracy of stroke thing as I haven't seen too many 5p-sized holes either. Oh and our carpet? About 9.5 on the Stimp I'd say.
 
tsped83 said:
How can you get a feel for touch/distance control on a carpet??? No.
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You cant, but you can drill a good consistent contact that ends up at the same place every time. As long as the carpet isnt stupid slow or stupid fast its not too far from putting on an artificial green (which a good one is rare to find!)

As with the garden thread I suggest always marrying it up with solid practice green work. Together home and course practice can make a real difference!

I am a firm believer in also doing alignment, posture and grip and home. You can do the first two in front of a mirror and the latter on the sofa!
 
ScienceBoy said:
You cant, but you can drill a good consistent contact that ends up at the same place every time. As long as the carpet isnt stupid slow or stupid fast its not too far from putting on an artificial green (which a good one is rare to find!)

As with the garden thread I suggest always marrying it up with solid practice green work. Together home and course practice can make a real difference!

I am a firm believer in also doing alignment, posture and grip and home. You can do the first two in front of a mirror and the latter on the sofa!
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This!
 
Had a practise session today on the clubs putting green. Ball wasn't rolling great at all on them and were about 8-9 on Stimp, but I used a powder foot spray over the face to see where the contact was and found out 2 things.

1. What I thought to be the centre sweet spot area I was 1/4 inch from it and towards the toe according to the line on the flange of the putter.

2. The White powder on my black headed putter actually shows how much loft I was showing in my address position, which I couldn't see before due to the face being same colour as the rest of the head. I then moved my hands forward to show less loft and then tried to get centre strikes and the difference off the face and roll was different again.

My carpet is 10 on the stimp and I use a silicon phantom hole which is 3.75" wide and it's great to grove your swing and now I know that my address of the club head has been wrong I'll be practising more on my carpet until the roll on the greens get better.
 
Office floor is carpet tiles and we've laid a putting mat on top so that we can practice 20'-25' ft putts during the day

The pace isn't too dissimilar to the real world and depending on how its moved you can get a bit of right to left

As said, biggest benefit is getting repeatable straight contact
 
I imagine the pint on the side routine is quite useful, as you have to give the ball some to get it into the pot. I saw a similar drill, online or in a mag, where you placed four tees in front of the hole and placed a pencil between the tees so that it formed a low obstacle, the object being you had to hit the ball hard enough to get it to pop over the pencil into the hole, similar to the pint pot and carpet practice.
 
I practice by placing any old business card on floor 18 inches in front of the sofa.
Aim to roll over card (which is pretty much same size as hole) but not hit the base of sofa.
Good view of TV too !

I use upstairs landing for pracitising long putts but it's got a wicked borrow to the left (cowboy builder!)
 
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