Line V No Line Drawn On Your Ball

[Deleted member 16999]

Interesting test carried out to see if drawing a line on your ball helps your putting.

http://www.mygolfspy.com/mgs-labs-line-vs-no-line/

 

[Norrin Radd]

i dont put a line on my golf ball ,but plenty of my pp`s do. they wont change their ways though im sure.

 

[Imurg]

Could have told them that without doing the testing......😋

 

[Beedee]

I'm definitely in the "no line" camp.

I tried it for a while but when I replace my ball after marking it the line had to be perfect. If I stepped away and it wasn't perfect I was too self-concious about taking too much time to keep going back, fixing, checking, again and again until it was perfect. And since I knew it wasn't lined up perfectly the line would be put me off a bit.

Now when I replace my ball I make sure any lines are no where near pointing towards the hole.

There's a couple of people that I play with sometimes that mark and line up and mark and line up and mark and line up forever ... and then still miss the putt. Get a move on!!

 

[Ross61]

I tried it for a few holes and gave up. Far too fiddly and put doubt in my mind that it wasn't correct.

I know some people use the line when teeing up, which I assume doesn't need to be quite so accurate.
Does anyone do this and if so does it help?

 

[fenwayrich]

I don't put a line on the ball, and I don't like having a sight line on my putter. Still using a 40 year old Anser.

 

[fundy]

10 golfers, 60 putts, hardly conclusive is it. Inside 10 ft I think its definitely valuable, outside that less so but still helpful in alignment, especially for those that struggle

 

[virtuocity]

10 golfers, 60 putts, hardly conclusive is it.

Oh, there's always someone who comes along and tries to play down results and dispute them based on little things like poor sampling and lack of statistical reliability. How boring....







(I completely agree with you )

 

[Deleted member 16999]

10 golfers, 60 putts, hardly conclusive is it. Inside 10 ft I think its definitely valuable, outside that less so but still helpful in alignment, especially for those that struggle

Not conclusive by any means, but thought the answer was going to be, line on your ball, but only use it for the near putts, longer ones, place the ball with no line showing.

 

[Spuddy]

Not conclusive by any means, but thought the answer was going to be, line on your ball, but only use it for the near putts, longer ones, place the ball with no line showing.

This is what I do. As was mentioned in the test I found that my speed control became poorer on longer putts

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I've stopped using the aim aid on the ball and never really bothered with a line on mine. No idea statistically if it makes a difference other than not having to spend time trying to get the mark pointing correctly

 

[Norrin Radd]

I've stopped using the aim aid on the ball and never really bothered with a line on mine. No idea statistically if it makes a difference other than not having to spend time trying to get the mark pointing correctly

do you still advocate the use of aim point Martin?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

do you still advocate the use of aim point Martin?

Yes but the line makes absolutely no difference to the aimpoint read

 

[Val]

I use it on shorter putts especially where I'm lacking confidence (like now). I've found it very valuable and it helped me big time when I started it. Its n't so good on putts of over 10 foot though IMO.

 

[Farmergeddon]

Who gives a damn what statistics say, its what you personally feel comfortable with, it becomes part of you set up without it you have nothing to lean on when you have a pressure putt. Rory dosent take practise swings so should we all do that, is a none thing.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

I tried it years ago and couldn't be bothered in the end. I felt it did help but took too long, so forgot about it.

 

[kerber0s1983]

I never used to have a line on the ball until after a putting lesson a few weeks back, and it was suggested I should use one - more for a visual knowing that I have a true strike on the ball, as I'd see the line going end over end on a good strike, rather than wobbling on a Mis-strike.

Dropped an average of 3 putts per round since, so am sticking with it.

 

[duncan mackie]

Rory dosent take practise swings so should we all do that, ...

I don't either, but sadly rarely (never) hit the ball as well as he does. As you suggest it's not really a correlation thing.

 

[spongebob59]

Yes but the line makes absolutely no difference to the aimpoint read

I'll have to ask Jamie what he thinks tomorrow.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Started drawing a line on my ball a couple of years ago on the advice of a pro who was giving me a lesson but gave up trying to use it after one season. I still put the line on but use it purely to help with ID. Having read some of the above replies I might start using it for the short putts as they are giving me a few problems at the moment, so much so that sometimes I am only using one hand for putts up to three feet.