Putter Aiming

[Beedee]

Bad aim/alignment while putting cost me three shots yesterday so I was having a practice on the putting area today.

Something that was helping me quite a bit today was once I established the point where I wanted to start the ball towards, I would stand behind the ball and hold my putter so that the putter face was running along the line of the putt, and the putter was touching the ground. Then, holding the putter in place on the ground I move to the side and use the putter face to help line up my feet so that I know my alignment is correct. Finally I rotate the putter to the normal position.

If I understand it, as long as I'm not making a stroke I can more or less do what I like behind the ball. Am I correct, or would using the putter like this break some rules?

Cheers

 

[Hosel Fade]

Absolutely fine, if a bit aesthetically unpleasing

 

[Beedee]

Felt a bit of a berk doing it. But my putting on the practice green improved, so I thought I'd check before I play tomorrow.

 

[brendy]

Felt a bit of a berk doing it. But my putting on the practice green improved, so I thought I'd check before I play tomorrow.

Try out a 2ball, practice putt above the ball and the whiteness gives you a great idea of whether you are aiming correctly. It transformed my putting.

 

[Region3]

If I understand it, as long as I'm not making a stroke I can more or less do what I like behind the ball. Am I correct, or would using the putter like this break some rules?

Cheers

As long as you don't press to putter down behind the ball to make an indentation in the green.

 

[Beedee]

As long as you don't press to putter down behind the ball to make an indentation in the green.

No, not pressing, just holding in place for a couple of seconds while I relocate. I tried it on Monday. No three putts and a few one putts so happy with that.

Now if I could find something to stop my fats, thins, and s-words!

 

[woody69]

As long as you don't press to putter down behind the ball to make an indentation in the green.

What rule does that relate to?

 

[Region3]

What rule does that relate to?

Dunno.

8-2/b maybe, which includes this sentence....

A mark must not be placed anywhere to indicate a line for putting.

 

[duncan mackie]

Dunno.

8-2/b maybe, which includes this sentence....

A mark must not be placed anywhere to indicate a line for putting.

:thup: