I am not an authority on “off-ding putting” but I have used
it a lot both with the old flash system and the new version. I can say this.
Off-ding putting is much more difficult with the new version and much less
reliable than conventional putting methods. You may recall that with the flash
version swing meter, when you loaded your power with your cursor and held it
for a moment, two vertical lines, one on either side of the ding line, would
close in toward the ding line and eventually settle to a stop. This meant that
the meter was fully loaded and ready to release. Where those lines stopped gave
you an indication of how much off-ding adjustment you needed to make for your
putt conditions. However, the new version does not do that which means that you
need to figure some other way of determining how much off-ding adjustment to
make. This is where it gets complicated; adjusting for elevation, green speed
and dot speed and your putter setting…how far left or right of the ding line to
click.
Using the Putt Pal, the right side of your swing meter is
highlighted in blue with the ding line in the center. What I have done is to
create a transparent overlay for my shot meter. It took some doing but this
overlay covers the blue area exactly. It is a transparent strip that I’ve inserted
slightly between my monitor screen and frame so I now have a segmented ding
area. I experimented using each distance mark in the meter until I know how
much off-ding needed for each putt condition. If you don’t have some way to
measure the off-ding distance, it is just a wild guess and unlikely to ever
work well.
Some critical things to remember: 1) the farther you
off-ding from the ding line, the more power is needed to compensate. 2) Off-ding putting is probably only good for
putts from 2 to 10’. 3) Handle elevation
the same as in conventional putting methods. 4) To off-ding with the new version requires much more off-ding distance from the ding line than with the old flash system.
At this point, because of all the variables, it would be
impossible for me to give you some sort of calculation chart for every putt. I
think the reason many use the off-ding method is because it seems simpler but I
really don’t think it is. If you want to us this off-ding method, you need to experiment
with it until you have some numbers to apply to each shot meter segment point
for various putt conditions.
If you think it would help, I would be willing to play a
round with you while using Discord or Skype chat so I can explain what I am
doing. Unless you just don’t want to deal with conventional putting methods, I
suggest you don’t mess with off-dinging. Its a poor substitute. Hope this helps.