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Re: Miss the ding suggestion

• Cuzu1977 8 Posts

  Sun, Apr 5 2015 11:24 AM

  Thank you Eric for your explanation.

  It seems easy to me, till now, to miss the ding. Maybe beacause I'm just Master. You are right about long distance... I rarely made a long putt from distance with miss the ding. But I have a huge problem. I can't estimate how much left or right to move the trajectory for ding and putt. It's a matter of time and practice I supose, and maybe I don't have enough patience to play till I "feel" the point.

   

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  Cuzu1977:

  Hello all!

  I'm a "miss the ding" putter and I need an advice. Except Rossa and Ghost, what putter should I buy/try?

  Anyone have tried Ping Anser 2 (L72+)?

  Is there any putter better than Starter for miss the ding putting style?

  Thank you in advance and I'm waiting suggestions mostly from high level players with miss the ding style.

  Not much to say but.....When and until legend I always tried to miss-ding in putts with small break and within 8 - 10 feet, all putts above that distance I always try to ding (distance wise). Since TL I only miss-ding the putts with small break within 2 feet!.

  Why trying to ding all my putts now as TL?. By miss-ding the putt you always lose in distance, the more far from the ding the more lose of distance. so, but trying the ding I got the putt distance 90 or even 100% correct.

  I use the putter pal available now. After seeing some top players using the feature I realize that it was easier to estimate the distance than trying to make math calculations (I'm not a math player). I see also hitting the ding with the putter as often as possible, you chances for great scores increases dramatically....I wish I could ding often my putts, but that is still something I struggle big time with.

  I shall try a new putter with lower scale than 15, again, because I try to ding all the time.

  Eric

   

• DufferDuce 96 Posts

  Tue, Apr 7 2015 1:20 PM

  Hello

  I've had good success with the Nike Versa Level 89. I believe the Level 70 would also be a very good investment. But as in life "If you don't got the ding, you ain't got a thing."

• JFidanza 1,676 Posts

  Tue, Apr 7 2015 3:30 PM

  This video shows w/ a hard slope and slick green a dinged putt can miss then roll far away.

  The off-ding putts (over-powered hit AND under-powered hit) stalled nearby the hole when missed and they can also drop if you have some experience w/ off-ding on a heavy canted green. Results can vary w/ conditions, specific method and equipment, etc. 

  The second putt in the video is a dinged putt that missed and rolled away.

  The off dinged putts had 'spin' against the slope and did not roll away. Yes, since it was a major off ding putt I added a little more power than usual.

  IMO ding putting can have a major drawback as demonstrated in these conditions, so I consider myself both a ding putter and an off-ding putter as the situation warrants.

  More of the same: Off-Ding putting on a strong slope