Britishshooting
Club Champion
Off the tee, I have the 'Titleist' logo facing up on the greens I use the 'Pro V1x' and arrow as my line.
I’ve recently started using it and it’s definitely helping me.
Pick the line. Line it up. Line the putter to the line and hit it.
It makes every putt effectively straight and stops me thinking about it over the ball.
Also gives a good indication of how the ball is rolling.
hardly faffing about. check and pick your line while PP are putting, then place the ball down on that line, no different to placing a ball thats not lined TBH.
Nope, After cleaning the ball on the greenm I replaceit with as much of a blank side of the ball facing me as possible.
I think those that have lines on their balls are one of the major contributing factors to slow play. Mark the ball clean it, find a line, replace the ball, few steps back check alignment, squat, move ball a barely noticeable amount, step back, check alignment, repeat process, once possible twice more, remove marker, change mind, replace marker, go through whole process again.
Okay that maybe slighlty exagerated, but the prinicple remains, up and down 2 or 3 times before actually hitting the ball.
I always line up to a spot/mark a couple of feet or so away, if you can't line up your ball line to that then there is something seriously wrong with your eyesight. It should never needed multiple adjustments and that person must have a dozen other things that slow their game down .
Personally I've never seen anyone adjust their ball once they have put it down on the green, I'm either lucky to not play with these people or its another myth of the game.
If that was how all 'liners' behaved - except some don't. With some there is serious faffing about
Surprised by the number of people who don't think they can accurately line up a ball with a line on it to a target yet think they can line the putterhead and ball up without it...
the problem is not 'liners' ... It's faffers. Faffers will drive you crazy, no matter what routine they choose. It's a character trait. If they wouldn't line the ball up, they'd faff over the putt in a different way, taking equally long.