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Re: How about top and backspin on putts

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 10:53 PM

  DaddysKat:

  Now while the option of using the "Texas Wedge" or "Chip putting" with a hybrid or iron isn't an option in this game, this is, IMO a really fun game.

  You know your game.  IRL my putting stance is weird (suits me prolly lol)...I lean torward the hole but as you say knowing the face has a loft I find it helps me hit correctly and get the right line.  More mental than science. Here precision is a putter attribute you pay for, not stance obviously.  As upsetting as some find it, so be prepared to offer a tissue to share their tears, you can however wedge on a green here - rule of thumb is double yardage and a useful tool now and then!   

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 12:38 AM

  Jimbog1964:

   IRL my putting stance is weird (suits me prolly lol)...I lean torward the hole but as you say knowing the face has a loft I find it helps me hit correctly and get the right line.

  While I don't lean forward, I put about 70% of my body weight on my front leg.  Since I putt using the straight back-straight through method, I find having my weight forward helps keep the face square at impact and helps me sink more putts.

  While there are proven methods when hitting the other clubs, the putter is as individual as the player putting.  Some swear by the arc method of putting, others like the straight back-straight through.  I've tried both and found I am more accurate with the latter.

  As for chip putting, if I have a putt longer than 80' IRL, I will use my 3 hybrid to putt.  While it was simply luck, I have sunk a putt of approx. 140' using my "chip putt" method.  I was simply attempting to get it inside the magical 3' circle and it ran right to the hole and dropped.  Pure luck for a sweet birdie!

   

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 12:53 AM

  DaddysKat:

  While I don't lean forward

  I said toward.  Take your point's though and nice tweety:)

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 12:57 AM

  I own a chip putter, not sure if you can still buy them but this one has a wooden shaft so it must be quite old. The base is flat so you can't damage the greens but if you have a long putt this one will lift your ball about a quarter of the way to the hole which is useful if the nearside is uneven.

• pdxdriver 2,628 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 10:34 AM

  DaddysKat:

  While I don't lean forward, I put about 70% of my body weight on my front leg.

  I don't do any of that but i do lean forward so both my elbows are comfy on the table just as i click the mouse ;)

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 1:31 PM

  pdxdriver:

  DaddysKat:

  While I don't lean forward, I put about 70% of my body weight on my front leg.

  I don't do any of that but i do lean forward so both my elbows are comfy on the table just as i click the mouse ;)

  Lol!  +1

  In this game, I do lean forward ... getting my face extremely close to the screen so I can read the putt.  Once I have the shot position placed and my stroke meter set, I lean back and release the mouse button.  Probably not the best possible form, but it works for me!

  Will probably ruin my eyes by playing this game!

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 2:26 PM

  Jimbog1964:

  DaddysKat:

  While I don't lean forward

  I said toward.

  Sorry Jim.  Guess I should clean my glasses!  Lol!