Putting! The hardest part of this game IMO . . . but by George I think I've finally cracked it! That's not to say I'm sinking every putt now but when I miss I know what I've done wrong (missed my mark! lol).
When I first started on here I would mix it up between moving the marker or hitting before or after the ding to combat breaks. I couldn't get on at all with the latter so just stuck with moving the marker.
I'm not sure when it was . . . maybe a month ago . . . I noticed that if when you move the meter up to set your power and hold it there for a few seconds . . . the 2 lines on either side of the dinger start moving inwards. I probably noticed it before but didn't have a clue why it happened or what it meant.
I think the reason I've never seen this explained anywhere (maybe it has been but I've missed it) is because it's hard to explain!
Ok . . . I'll try my best. Below is a pic of me having just landed on the green. Notice how far apart the lines either side of the dinger are . .
In this next shot I've set the power (tourny green so I take away 2 from the 13 (11) then add 3 for the rise (14) and hold it until the lines either side of the dinger move inwards and stop . .
Now the next bit is the hardest to explain because it's all about the speed the dots are moving . . . let's say they are moving very slow from left to right. In that scenario I would aim to stop it just before the ding mark (1). If they're moving at a medium pace from left to right I would aim for between the left line and the ding mark (2). If they were moving at a fast pace from left to right I would aim to stop meter on the line to the left of the ding (3).
In the next pic I've seen that the dots are moving at a fast pace so I'm aiming for the line to the left of dinger (3).
As it happens I missed it slightly and as a consequence the putt just missed to the right of the hole. If it hit the line it woulda went in I'm sure.
Say the dots were really flying along from left to right I'd aim to stop meter to the left of the left hand line (4). I would probably increase the power to 14 1/2 / 15 because the faster the break the more (just ever so slightly) you need to add.
Saying "the speed of the dots" means nothing I know . . . it just takes practice . . . but it really works . . . my putting has improved greatly! :)