Indoor putting practise.

[Farneyman]

Is it a good idea to practise indoor on carpet? Also will it be a problem to use another putter than the one I play with?

Is the stroke more important than the club?

I intend to work on my short game as much as possible this year but would use a different putter indoors. I dont have my clubs at the house.

I feel my putting could be a lot better and dont what to waste time practising with the wrong club.

What do you think?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It depends. If you are just looking for a solid stroke then I see no problem. I use my eyeline device and a putting mat and just spend an hour every so often hitting putts and for me its about keeping the club square after impact. I have a habit of closing the face over after striking the putt.

 

[brendy]

I use my old Scotty NP2PP for practicing in the office, and my white hot two ball for the real thing, I find it keeps my stroke running off the course and keeps the 2ball fresh in my mind (I find it swings straighter) and more successful. Is this game mostly mental or what!

 

[stevek1969]

I use a putt o matic and 2 bits of wood in my hall , the bits of wood are slightly wider than the putter trying to keep staight back n through

 

[bobmac]

Putting problems?............Pulls up a chair.....

 

[Farneyman]

Bobmac

No problems but a desire of getting to single figures by June 2011. I am currently off 16.

Thanks to scoresaver2 my putting stat stands at 32.42. I understand that Im not getting enough GIR only 9% I want to improve on that.This will lead to a lot of short 3rd /4th shot leaving 1 putts or easy 2 putts very few 3 putt. Maybe 1 every couple of rounds. Im only hitting 40% fairways which dont help.

I am more concerned on the impact of using a different putter nad if that would have a negative effect.

As a salesman I treat putting like sales. As a numbers game. Each one you call/make your closer to getting one a putt or a sale. I have a confidence that extends well beyond my ability but the gap is getting closer.

 

[OldWindy]

Depends on what sort of putting stroke you have and the difference between the putters (centre shaft, heel/toe weight, etc). Essentially, the general mechanics of putting should be clung to but you might like to understand the differences nevertheless. HTH

 

[bobmac]

I see a lot of people counting putts
If you want to know if your putting is good or bad, add up the length of putts holed on each hole.
If it comes to over 75ft, your putting well.
I would suggest you practice with the same putter you play with

 

[Farneyman]

Bobmac,

yeah I understand that it can be misleading counting putts but on the other hand 1 putt is always good no matter from how far as is two putts fine and three putts ....not so good again no matter where from.

 

[USER1999]

I think a putting mat where you can nail 5 footers is a good thing. Having confidence to hammer these into the hool can only be good. When you stand over a putt, and think, this is just like what I have been doing in my lounge, this is a good feeling. You rarely miss. No it isn't the same, but it does give you confidence.

Putter should be similar, if not the same.

 

[Cernunnos]

I see a lot of people counting putts
If you want to know if your putting is good or bad, add up the length of putts holed on each hole.
If it comes to over 75ft, your putting well.
I would suggest you practice with the same putter you play with

Yes, but if you leave your first wofully short then hole the remaining 12 footer on each hole then its not going to look that good. Or if you get all your 3ft singles, on 9 holes because you chipped up well & then putted 50ft for all the others to a 2 inch tap in, you wouldn't look that good by the suggestion you make & yet in reality it would be very good putting imho. As it would add up to 27 ft plus 18 inches = 28'6" for 27 putts

or

But then imagine you chipped in from off the green 9 times, made 7 3ft putts, made one 6 ft putt & one 20 ft putt. You'd have only putted 47 feet in total & taken only 9 putts over the round.

Unlikely I know, but could happen.

That said I get what you are saying & its an interesting concept, as long as its combined with reasonably low putting scores.

Would it be better to devide your total putting accumulated distances for the round by the number of putts you take...? This would give an average putting distance for a complete round.

Oh & I wholehaeartedly agree with the comment about practicing with the same putter used on the course. I do put most of my putting woes down to chopping & changing too much between putters & or types of ball used over the year.

 

[brendy]

I think if you are going to use statistics for improvements then you need to look at all of them. Id look at fairways hit, GIR and up & downs etc.