Nick_Toye
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Did you have to pay for the information? I like the idea of the fingers, but that doesn't eliminate my issue of not knowing which side the ball is going to break.
How do you read putts?
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Did you have to pay for the information? I like the idea of the fingers, but that doesn't eliminate my issue of not knowing which side the ball is going to break.
some like aimpoint and pay a lot of money for it- the rest of us think it's absolute bollox
Nick_Toye
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Seriously? Is that the cynical rest of us? ha ha. Surely when a PGA pro advocates the method, unless he's in on the massive conspiracy to fleece us mere mortals of our hard earned pennies?
(humour by the way).
In all seriousness though I have an open mind when it comes to learning techniques. What I do want from my golf game is a baseline to work from. I am pretty much self-taught in everything else I do in life, my job, which women to avoid, cooking etc...
So if I have a baseline theory to work from, then I tend to develop myself from that point.
I paid for the original course. £90 for a 2 1/2 hour session plus the charts and the chance to redo the course as a refresher for free. I've learned the basics of the express read from the internet and applying the knowledge I have to determine the level of break. Sadly you'll always get those so blinkered they'll never try it but are happy to pass comment and critiscise
Nick_Toye
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Yep, the Internet is plagued by such attitudes.
I think I need the basics of the express read, use that as my baseline to develop from.
ManinBlack
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Don't rely completely on plumb bobbing. Imagine you're on a green with a completely even slope from, say left to right and the line of your putt is at exact right angles to the slope, i.e. you have a right breaking putt. If your ball and the hole are both the same distance up the slope, if you plumb bobbed it you would see that the putt looked straight. Plumb bobbing only shows you where your ball is vertically in relation to the hole, not necessarily the line. It's useful but can be misleading. This is not a very good explanation, but it's the best that I can do!
Nick_Toye
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Yeah I see what your saying. My issue is still not being able to accurately see which side the break is coming from.
Seriously? Is that the cynical rest of us? ha ha. Surely when a PGA pro advocates the method, unless he's in on the massive conspiracy to fleece us mere mortals of our hard earned pennies?
(humour by the way).
In all seriousness though I have an open mind when it comes to learning techniques. What I do want from my golf game is a baseline to work from. I am pretty much self-taught in everything else I do in life, my job, which women to avoid, cooking etc...
So if I have a baseline theory to work from, then I tend to develop myself from that point.
now you're talking, fully agree.:thup: Best baseline is Newtons law on gravity, then it's down to practice and experience
Nick_Toye
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I may go out on the course one day when its quiet and just practice the greens. Actually I was doing that today as the two 3 balls in front of me were quite slow, so I took advantage of having nobody behind me.
Excellent, even Faldo advocates this and any of us who have grown up with golf learned this way, trial and error, it's the basis of learning, after that there will be tweaks and improvements but there is no sure fire method for reading greens or putting, or we'd all be doing it
As golf is a multi multi million pound sport there will always be people coming up with the next 'idea' to make it all easier for us. Remember Dalton MaCrae and the guaranteed (or your money back) method to hit it straight and long everytime? not many will but he make a ton of cash from gullible, sorry hopefull and trusting golfers.
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That is spot on - doesn't cost you anything , no need to look like a idiot stradling people's line and sticking your fingers up in the air
Nick_Toye
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Excellent, even Faldo advocates this and any of us who have grown up with golf learned this way, trial and error, it's the basis of learning, after that there will be tweaks and improvements but there is no sure fire method for reading greens or putting, or we'd all be doing it
As golf is a multi multi million pound sport there will always be people coming up with the next 'idea' to make it all easier for us. Remember Dalton MaCrae and the guaranteed (or your money back) method to hit it straight and long everytime? not many will but he make a ton of cash from gullible, sorry hopefull and trusting golfers.
I'm fairly wise to the scams,
I'll get there eventually. I believe experience will be the key here.
Nick_Toye
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Ha ha, Adam Scott looks cool in everything he does, I just need a pair of those shades.
As usual a huge sweeping statement. And you get so defensive when others do it about Liverpool on the OOB forum. It's nothing to do with straddling lines and so what if you stick a finger or three up. If the ball goes in, or is given a good chance then I'm happy to look daft. Your views on Aimpoint are well documented and I'm not going over old ground again. You were entrenched then and you are now. I'm out
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Certainly doesn't look cool when putting
You won't go far wrong practising on the course
Certainly doesn't look cool when putting
You won't go far wrong practising on the course
Putts well though :thup:
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Yet you are - I'm giving my opinion to the OP , you have given yours - simple as that
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Yep the broom handle works well for him :thup:
Don't matter what you use. If you can't put it on the right line every time you won't make anything
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That applies to any method of reading a green as well as putter - there is no 100% guarantee that any method works.
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