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Free Lesson Weekly: Help With Your Putting

• StrayedFairway 379 Posts

  Wed, Aug 28 2013 9:58 AM

  Great visual tip, I have one question on these bendy putts, does anyone add a wee bit more strength as the ball is traveling in a arc and therefore has to  travel further? 

   

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• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Wed, Aug 28 2013 12:43 PM

  Yes depending on the both elevation and break I will increase the distance of the putt.

  Since I usually am a miss the ding type of putter I would putt the above shot for around 20-21 feet to follow the arc of the the break from right to left facing the hole. And am usually pretty accurate in making the putt or very close for the second putt.

  I am definitely more comfortable with this type of putting; other types just seem foreign to me.  

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Thu, Aug 29 2013 12:42 AM

  bump

• acebishop 116 Posts

  Thu, Aug 29 2013 1:55 PM

  For the longest was a Aim and hit the ding (Nervous netty putter).  Then one day I read a thread about missing the ding.  Went out and practiced missing the ding right or left and was amazed at how much I loved it. 

  Now I have no fear of the putt. Unless it is 60 ft 3ft downhill lol.   Dont get me wrong, I am not a great putter, but I embrace the putt and a lot more relaxed when I play.

  Now I need to get the flop shot down.

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• ScottHope 10,622 Posts

  Thu, Aug 29 2013 2:13 PM

  Ms Fish is a flop advocate, give her advice thread a visit. CLICK.

• kilbraur 219 Posts

  Thu, Aug 29 2013 2:35 PM

  ScottHope:

  

  I have good putting tip I have not seen here, if some body can tell me how to put print on pic like the 1 and 2 in this pic and then post pic I pass on my tip, thanks you

• acebishop 116 Posts

  Thu, Aug 29 2013 2:40 PM

  ScottHope:

  Ms Fish is a flop advocate, give her advice thread a visit. CLICK.

  Thank you very much.

   

  Acebishop

   

• ScottHope 10,622 Posts

  Thu, Aug 29 2013 3:56 PM

  kilbraur:

  I have good putting tip I have not seen here, if some body can tell me how to put print on pic like the 1 and 2 in this pic and then post pic I pass on my tip, thanks you

  I can help you with editing pictures kilbraur. If you would like to add me as a friend then I can assist you without derailing this thread.

• AlanIce 245 Posts

  Fri, Aug 30 2013 9:45 AM

  ScottHope:

  'miss the ding & miss the hole'

   

  Finally, my putting style defined!

• oneeyedjohn 9,589 Posts

  Sat, Aug 31 2013 1:45 AM

  Below is a pic which may just confuse some of ya, but first let me explain what happens in a downhill breaking putt, there are two forces at play, the downhill momentum and also the left right breaking momentum, which is why so many of us undertestimate the amount of break.

  It is so easy just to run 7 or 8 feet past the hole, yet you may have judged the distance perfectly.

  Quite common.

  This method which i have tried to illustrate stops u doing that, as I also recommend u subtract a fraction more off the power simply because of the break, as explained above.

  If u can visualise the last 3 - 4 feet of the path of the ball to the hole then u will never be far away. Dont forget as the ball is approaching the hole it is travelling very slowly and therefore taking much more break, thats what I mean by visualisation.

  

   

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