Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I know we’ve had threads on this before but couldn’t see them
On the practice green this morning I’d done my putting practice and still had some time & decided to try this on my two worst kinds of putts I have during a round, 3’ and 50’ (the former bugs me because they are ‘never miss’ putts which then messes with my head making me miss the odd one with a slight pull, the latter is any long putt & making sure I do no worse than a two putt, and while the line is usually good, too often I leave them well short by as much as 10’ which can lead to a 3-putt. So both are basically a wasted extra shot taken and you only need a couple like that to ruin a score)
Back to looking at the hole, maybe just because it was something novel/different or maybe there’s something else involved like not over-focusing on the ball or the backswing, but the results were very good, short putts were pretty much no brainers and long/lag putting hugely improved with plenty at almost tap in distance. So started doing it on all putts of any length with similar results (it could also be that it was towards the end of 30 minutes of putting practice so my pace-reading was already ‘in’ )
fyi For mid-long putts I only hit a max of 2 balls to any hole at a time before switching hole or direction (so that I don't get accustomed to any one type or length of putt)
Also quite surprised that I never came close to hitting the ground first/topping it or any other kind of miss-hit on the ball, they were all pretty sweet. I’ll try it again tomorrow from the start of practice and then decide whether to risk it on the course at the weekend
Anyone else do it for putts?
(I know Spieth does it on putts of a certain length, Lexi does it with her eyes closed sometimes but what about forumers?)
On the practice green this morning I’d done my putting practice and still had some time & decided to try this on my two worst kinds of putts I have during a round, 3’ and 50’ (the former bugs me because they are ‘never miss’ putts which then messes with my head making me miss the odd one with a slight pull, the latter is any long putt & making sure I do no worse than a two putt, and while the line is usually good, too often I leave them well short by as much as 10’ which can lead to a 3-putt. So both are basically a wasted extra shot taken and you only need a couple like that to ruin a score)
Back to looking at the hole, maybe just because it was something novel/different or maybe there’s something else involved like not over-focusing on the ball or the backswing, but the results were very good, short putts were pretty much no brainers and long/lag putting hugely improved with plenty at almost tap in distance. So started doing it on all putts of any length with similar results (it could also be that it was towards the end of 30 minutes of putting practice so my pace-reading was already ‘in’ )
fyi For mid-long putts I only hit a max of 2 balls to any hole at a time before switching hole or direction (so that I don't get accustomed to any one type or length of putt)
Also quite surprised that I never came close to hitting the ground first/topping it or any other kind of miss-hit on the ball, they were all pretty sweet. I’ll try it again tomorrow from the start of practice and then decide whether to risk it on the course at the weekend
Anyone else do it for putts?
(I know Spieth does it on putts of a certain length, Lexi does it with her eyes closed sometimes but what about forumers?)