Straight back and straight through?

[bobmac]

Is your putting stroke straight back and straight through or does it open and close in an arc?

 

[chrisd]

Is your putting stroke straight back and straight through or does it open and close in an arc?

Short putts I try to keep as straight as possible, longer ones a slight arc

 

[One Planer]

Honest answer Bob is "I don't know". I'd have to check the data print out from the fitting I had

I spent pretty much the last 18 months decluttering my head of swing thoughts and analysis and just got on with playing.

I would imagine there is a slight arc, but not much of one. Pure guess though.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Short putts I try to keep as straight as possible, longer ones a slight arc

Same for me.

 

[Slab]

Not counting short stuff and with my shoulders being connected to my torso it'll be an arc of some degree (those that can dislocate their shoulders when approaching the green might have a chance of a straighter path though)

 

[GreiginFife]

Straight back and straight through. It's what goes through my head constantly when putting from any distance.

 

[Grieve14]

Straight back and straight through. It's what goes through my head constantly when putting from any distance.

Same here. I try to keep the face square to the target as much as I can throughout the whole stroke.

 

[3565]

I can never understand this SB ST technique because you have to manipulate the putter to keep the head on a straight line. Logic dictates with the angle of shaft and a pivot point that as soon as the putter head is taken back it is starting to arc?

 

[ManinBlack]

In “Play Better Golf” by John Jacobs, my favourite golf book in the section on putting he says “For much of the time I played tournament golf I was a relatively poor putter and one of the reasons, I now realise was that I had let myself be influenced by some of the scores of clichés that attach to putting ‘method’”.

He says the two worst were, 1. “Take the putter straight back along the line” and 2. “Keep the putter head low to the ground”. I remembered this a while ago & my putting has improved a lot by letting the putter swing naturally onto the inside on the way back. I have been missing lots of short putts left & since making this change I've only missed two short putts. I think that SBST is a most unnatural action & that lots of people who think they do this actually don't.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

In “Play Better Golf” by John Jacobs, my favourite golf book in the section on putting he says “For much of the time I played tournament golf I was a relatively poor putter and one of the reasons, I now realise was that I had let myself be influenced by some of the scores of clichés that attach to putting ‘method’”.

He says the two worst were, 1. “Take the putter straight back along the line” and 2. “Keep the putter head low to the ground”. I remembered this a while ago & my putting has improved a lot by letting the putter swing naturally onto the inside on the way back. I have been missing lots of short putts left & since making this change I've only missed two short putts. I think that SBST is a most unnatural action & that lots of people who think they do this actually don't.

Was going to quote this, you beat me to it! Very astute comment from JJ concerning putting being a side on action hence requiring an arc.

 

[Jensen]

Mine is arc to the inside naturally on takeaway, then at impact and after I send the putter head towards the hole

 

[MashieNiblick]

I have been missing lots of short putts left & since making this change I've only missed two short putts. I think that SBST is a most unnatural action & that lots of people who think they do this actually don't.

I have been the opposite. Was missing lots of short putts until I tried being SBST on anything inside 3-4 feet. Gave me a bit more confidence and something to focus on. It could be this is a feel vs real thing and there may be a slight arc even on those, but I have holed out better since adopting that approach.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I answered that I have an arc, but I am trying to reduce this to some extent.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Is your putting stroke straight back and straight through or does it open and close in an arc?

I think I have, but could be wrong, but either way don't really cares provided it works and it seems to on the good days

 

[Sweep]

I would like mine to be SBST but according to the Ping putting app I have a strong arc. Interestingly it doesn't indicate I should concentrate on the backswing but to make my through swing straighter. When I work on this my putting definitely improves.

 

[Qwerty]

I haven't got a clue, I just try to keep it simple.
I usually find that the game gets harder the more I think about it.

 

[Foxholer]

While I (try to) use SBST for short/medium putts, longer ones will always be via a slight arc because of the physical impossibility of maintaining SBST, without manipulation, past a certain point!

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I haven't got a clue, I just try to keep it simple.
I usually find that the game gets harder the more I think about it.

Yep same for me :thup:

 

[drewster]

I honestly don't know and haven't ever thought about it.

 

[Capella]

straight back and straight through (at least that's what it feels like to me ... physically, that is not really possible, so I am sure, if you put a monitor on it, you would see a slight arc anyway)