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• Sabre1 11 Posts

  Tue, Oct 28 2008 11:12 PM

  I could use some assistance..I know practice is the major factor.... I dont want gimmes,mulligans, or any of the free-bee's .Is it my putting or are there glitches in it?....I'm not bitchin' ,mind you, but I find it easier to reverse the view to read the greens.....I do still have a prob making 5-6 foot putts. I will keep practicing ,though. Any one else finding that easier as well?    Thank you in advance...... 

• leongsh 3 Posts

  Sat, Nov 1 2008 8:35 AM

  It is always easier to putt from the reverse view.  Still trying to get the hang of reading the amount of break.

• JBaldoni 892 Posts

  Wed, Nov 6 2013 6:33 PM

  Sabre,

  I always use the reverse view. (Check from the front, then set the break from the reverse view....and putt from the forward view.) As the greens progress from slow to Championship, the ball goes further and breaks harder, so you'll have to adjust as you progress.  Adjust the strength of your putts to allow for uphill and downhill putts. A good general rule of thumb is to add or subtract 1 foot of distance per inch of rise or fall to the pin.  Those differentials get more pronounced as the green speed increases.  Try keeping notes on your putts. How strong did you hit it? How far did it go?  Once you get confident in your distance, 95% of your attention can be directed to the break.

  Good luck and good golfing!

• IRISHPUNK 4,019 Posts

  Wed, Nov 6 2013 6:56 PM

  Sabre1:

  I could use some assistance..I know practice is the major factor.... I dont want gimmes,mulligans, or any of the free-bee's .Is it my putting or are there glitches in it?....I'm not bitchin' ,mind you, but I find it easier to reverse the view to read the greens.....I do still have a prob making 5-6 foot putts. I will keep practicing ,though. Any one else finding that easier as well?    Thank you in advance...... 

  I use back view to determine break but I also use chip view so that I can see what the break is near my ball.  Many times this break is more important than what the break is near the hole.

  I also hit putts harder than a lot of other players.  In your case, add some pace to those 5-6 f't'ers.  Figure out what the break is closest to your ball (i use chip view specially for this reason) and hit it a ft or so harder.   Jam them in there.  Don't *** foot around on those 5ft putts.  Haha.

   

• dryspot 755 Posts

  Wed, Nov 6 2013 7:29 PM

  I also use reverse view i move the marker where the dots

  are coming out. then i go back 2 front view and choose which side

  of ding i should miss on. if break is moving left i miss late or if its

  moving right i miss early but for some reason i always do the wrong thing.

  any advice would be appreicated  thanx.

  dryspot

   

• IRISHPUNK 4,019 Posts

  Wed, Nov 6 2013 8:21 PM

  dryspot:

  I also use reverse view i move the marker where the dots

  are coming out. then i go back 2 front view and choose which side

  of ding i should miss on. if break is moving left i miss late or if its

  moving right i miss early but for some reason i always do the wrong thing.

  any advice would be appreicated  thanx.

  dryspot

   

  Good point.  Missing the ding on breaking putts is another way to keep the ball "up."  Play the odds and choose a side to miss on.  Meaning you are either pulling or pushing the putt a tad.

• nashkurt 175 Posts

  Wed, Nov 6 2013 8:43 PM

  you need a starting point step by step

  first step is learning how to gauge a break.....for that u need a stop watch to time the beads on the putting grid..imagine ure ball is rolling through the break and time the beads within that putting grid box from one end to the other

  VERY SLOW BREAK	10 -12 SEC
  SLOW BREAK	9 SEC
  SLIGHT BREAK	8 SEC
  NORMAL BREAK	7 SEC
  AVERAGE BREAK	6 SEC
  MEDIUM BREAK	5 SEC
  FAST BREAK	4 SEC
  VERY FAST BREAK	3 SEC
  SUPER FAST BREAK	2 SEC

  then the next step is to gauge how much to move your target box in correspond with the break...eg. tournament greens 10ft putt....for a slow break of 9-10 sec i need to move half of the target box from the flag stick..this is looking from the front view ..

  then the next step is analysing  your elevation and and power  ..for downhill putts of more than 2 inches u need to move more of the target box  as u have to hit with less power  so give it a try....and slowly you will build from the experience.

  with more experience you dont need a stop watch but by just looking at the breaks a estimating the speed ..theres no short cuts to learning how to putt...for distances that is less than 5ft ..i use the miss ding method of putting ....this is by feeling and u need lots of practice to execute it..

  till today i am still learing how to putt...:)

• dryspot 755 Posts

  Wed, Nov 6 2013 9:49 PM

  Good info there but a lot of times if i miss late or early on ding

   my putt will miss anyway if u move aimer left shouldnt i miss late.

  Seems like what ever i decide on the ding is wrong thanx 4 ur advice.

  dryspot

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Nov 7 2013 5:23 AM

  IRISHPUNK:

  Missing the ding on breaking putts is another way to keep the ball "up."  Play the odds and choose a side to miss on.

  Just keep in mind that if you miss the ding on the wrong side of the putt you will always miss it. The wrong side is the side the putt breaks to.