Putting, the mystical art

I agree 100% Bob but i also think aligment and aim is also poorly done

I now look at the line i need find a near mark on the grass and line my Rossie putter to the mark and then align my body and then its all down to pace and technique

seems to be working for me
 
Pick my line and let it go, unfortunately at the moment that can mean being 7 foot past !!! All good if you get the one coming back.

Today did just that and it broke left as it went past the hole so aimed for it come from the right on the one back and it broke right at the hole , :mmm:
 
I'm amazed at how much people will spend on a succession of new putters rather than a decent putting lesson.

Anyone who owns more than 5 putters should not be allowed back on a golf course until they have got rid of at least three of them
 
North Mimms said:
I'm amazed at how much people will spend on a succession of new putters rather than a decent putting lesson.

Anyone who owns more than 5 putters should not be allowed back on a golf course until they have got rid of at least three of them
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To be honest Mimms anyone who has more than 1 putter should be selling one of them to pay for some putting lessons. Never have and never will understand why people always seem to blame their equipment, rather than taking responsibility themself.

If you have a couple of lessons and it is not working then go and get a new one, that makes sense. But going out and getting one because you are playing badly is not ever going to solve the problem.
 
Scouser said:
Why would any one NOT aim at the hole :confused:
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Gareth said:
Would you still aim at the hole if there were 2 foot of break?

I personally aim at the high point of any break and then concentrate on the pace.
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I use the aimpoint method (http://aimpointgolf.com/) and it is not about aiming at the hole and entirely about the high point either. Whatever you do, make your read, trust it and put a good stroke. There isn't anything you can do once it is moving towards the target
 
I think the wording required is aim to hole every putt rather than get it close or in the bin lid circle etc etc. Like i hear people say i will take 2 from here or anywhere inside the bin lid to themself when looking at it. Basically that is aiming to miss.
 
Birchy said:
I think the wording required is aim to hole every putt rather than get it close or in the bin lid circle etc etc. Like i hear people say i will take 2 from here or anywhere inside the bin lid to themself when looking at it. Basically that is aiming to miss.
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Isn't that what I said above.... in fewer words......... :whistle:
 
Completely agree with the comment that you should buy one putter and stick with it! You cant be changing to and fro each week!

What astounds me is the endless amount time they deliberate over the best Driver/3 Wood/Rescue to buy, when they will only use it a maximum of 14 times each round. Whereas their putter will be used at least twice that in a game of golf, yet they don't even spend half the time on choosing their putter!

Totally agree, putting lessons are vital to building a good game and getting a low handicap, but on the flip side, a really good putt could miss from a bobble, and a really bad putt could go in from a bobble. But getting the fundamentals of putting can only help!
 
I have to be a freak amongst golfers........Im one of the weird ones that actually loves putting......I happily spend ages putting at the club when i can...If i get up there on Saturdays with my son we'll spend the bones of 2 hours just knocking putts from every distance.....There are 12 holes on our putting green....And what i do is let him pick the no. that we putt too.....You get a 1 under for a hole in one.....Level Par for a 2 and a +1 for a 3 putt......Great little game and its even better when you get a few juniors involved.....The best part is i play them for Wine Gums....:lol:
Putting is probably the strongest part of my game

Although i do spend time on the crucial 3 and 4ft putts i try not to get too mechanical with them.... I just love lagging putts from all distances......
When im on the course i try and hole everything i look at regardless of the distance....I find this makes me focus more......If i have 35 or 40ft putts im trying to hole them...Not trying to get them within the manhole size area that all the books would advocate you do......

And also i dont try and hit a putt 17" past the hole like so many of the TV Pundits would have you do....Amateurs can barely get the ball in the hole let alone stopping it an exact distance of a foot and a half past it...:rolleyes:
 
bobmac said:
No-one knows why they are a good or bad putter, it's just one of those things in life. It's your destiny.
Some cant wait to get at that birdie putt while others just want to get the 3-putt over and done with and move on.
Hours of practice and a fortune spent on shineys didn't work, 3 bouts of the Yips didn't help and confidence as low as the bottom of a very low thing has put paid to any ambitions that one day you will find the magical putter, the secret knowledge that good putters have and actually start holing some putts.

I am of course talking rubbish.
As long as you can stand up and you can see reasonably well, there is no reason on this earth why anyone can't become a good putter.

Mental anguish caused by the need to hole every putt can lead to complete melt down on the greens as many of you have seen on the tele.

But as far as the club golfer is concerned, you only have to get the ball reasonably adjacent to the hole to give it a chance to go in off a spike mark/pitchmark/worm cast/heel print etc etc. Sadly however, the same blemishes can send a perfect putt off at 90 degrees and just fuel the golfers frustrations.

Get yourself a putter you like the look of and feel of AND DONT CHANGE IT.

Then get a technique that will send the ball on the line you have chosen and at a speed that will reach the hole and barring accidents, the ball may even go in.

If however your stroke differs from month to month, week to week, day to day indeed hour to hour and you keep blaming your poor putting on the shiney that once promised such greatness, you WILL be destined to never hole a putt longer than 4 ft (unless you mis-read it).

Chose a nice putter, get a good technique and remember, not all good putts go in.
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Sage words Bob but any advice to stop the 3 foot short on the 1st putt, 2 foot long on the 2nd. Next hole 4 foot long on the 1st putt, 2 foot short on second syndrome.

It's not the Putter but the Putee but you can't buy a new one of those in a pro shop.
 
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