What do your eyes focus on when putting?

[garyinderry]

I watch the putter head and keep the ball in the middle of the face through the use of peripheral vision. the ball doesn't move. the putter head does.

 

[One Planer]

I watch the putter head and keep the ball in the middle of the face through the use of peripheral vision. the ball doesn't move. the putter head does.

Never heard that one before Gary.

Do you do the same with your other clubs?

 

[Snelly]

Look at the ball, see the strike, listen for it dropping. That is what Hogan did and it works.

 

[Robobum]

Look at the ball, see the strike, listen for it dropping. That is what Hogan did and it works.

I struggle with this - always feel like pulling putts by keeping my head down and listening for the drop.

Once I'm happy that the line on my putter is in line with the line on top of the ball - I focus right on top of the ball.

 

[garyinderry]

Never heard that one before Gary.

Do you do the same with your other clubs?

no. the putter only really needs to go back in a straight line for about a foot. easiest way to keep it on line is to watch it while keeping that gleaming white thing in my peripheral in line with it.

 

[Rooter]

see the strike, listen for it dropping.

Howeller told me off for looking to early! and i wasn't just a head tilt, i was a full on shoulder up lets see whats going on! He suggested anything under 4ft, you should not have time to turn your neck and see it in. everything bar your shoulders/arms/hands should be perfectly still until the ball is long gone.

 

[garyinderry]

I used to have a terrible habit of jumping straight behind the ball to see it roll in. I was half way there just as I let the putt go. thankfully I've stopped it.


Faldo preaches that keeping the head down and listen for the drop.

 

[Snelly]

I struggle with this - always feel like pulling putts by keeping my head down and listening for the drop..

I know what you mean but you get used to it as you hear them go in more regularly. It takes will power to do it, especially at first.

 

[El Bandito]

Look at the ball, see the strike, listen for it dropping. That is what Hogan did and it works.

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Well - all except for the last bit, it would be a very slow round if I kept listening for the sound of the drop that often doesn't come

 

[Robobum]

I know what you mean but you get used to it as you hear them go in more regularly. It takes will power to do it, especially at first.

I like to see the break of my return putt after I've smashed it 6feet past!!

 

[kid2]

I focus on a dimple on the back of the ball..... What I try and do then is wait for the back of the putter to pass the point roughly where the front of the ball was before I turn my head.... Works for me...

 

[G.U.R]

I attempt to keep looking at the top of the ball until the putter has gone through, but depending on length or meaning of putt head tends to look at line.

 

[srixon 1]

I make sure that the alignment mark on the ball is dead centre to my putter at address. After that I am just looking at both the putter head and the ball. I then think stroke the ball rather than hit it. I think that fixating on one part of the ball makes you hit at it rather than stroking it.

 

[Foxholer]

As a 'ball follower' during the swing, now focus, during the actual swing, on the grass that's beneath the ball, both before and after I hit it. Beforehand, I've gone through a pretty repetitive set-up routine.

 

[JustOne]

Can't say I really look at anything. I've picked my line and lined up, all I'm thinking about is the weight of the stroke and I swing, I tend to stay pretty still.

 

[Rooter]

Right, so people want to know what David Howell focuses on, well its the gap between the putter and the ball. really focus on the grass, even a single blade of grass. This is obviously after you have completed your set up. Thats what howeller does, and now, so do I!

Like this pic i did on paint! (the red dot is the focus point) (i should be a graphic designer!)

 

[JustOne]

I don't leave a gap between the putter and the ball.... that I'm aware of. Like I said, I don't really look at anything.

 

[Rooter]

I don't leave a gap between the putter and the ball.... that I'm aware of. Like I said, I don't really look at anything.

Come and see me JO, we can spend 12 hours on the putting green son.

 

[Curls]

(i should be a graphic designer!)

And a great disquiet fell upon the graphic designers of the world. A faint, distant call. Of pain and terror.



Seriously though I did not expect that, just tried it on the carpet here at work and its freakishly good. Hit the ball on the upstroke and the ghostly image of the ball stays there but you keep perfectly still focussed on your spot.

Damn it Rooter you may have just shared something wonderful... Much appreciated!!!

 

[JustOne]

Come and see me JO, we can spend 12 hours on the putting green son.

I can't hit more than 3 or 4 putts before I'm tired