Hello WGT Land, I need some help. As you can see I am new to this game and not a very frequent users, mainly because I have to work and I am a piss poor player. I know I need a lot better equipment but just can't afford to use food money to purchase credits. So I use what I got, wait for free balls, like the pretty green one we got yesterday.. Go Irish.. I need help with putting, My friends (they are not that good either) have suggested several articles, read the forum, watch videos and practice. I watched a video made by an individual named Young46, and he suggested a method called JC Snead. It helped him during the early stages of his game. So here I am in reverse view counting dot movement 1/1000, 2/1000, 3/1000 all the way to 10. Do the calculation, move the aimer, adjust the speed, take the shot and miss. "What the Hell am I looking for is what I am thinking to myself?" "What did I miss when aiming?" I insult myself and call me stupid because I don't get.. So I moved on then I watch a video by Tekoma, "the Vertex" method, chip mode, aligning the toes, aligning the putter, lining first and last dot movement, so many I can't count.. Did you know he cares 25 different methods in his bag? I look at the putt think I see where the break is, zoom in to pick the appropriate line, and I always guess wrong, take the putt and of course I miss. Again the personnel insults. I have read the article pertaining to measuring the putting stroke, pull it back until the putter head stops, take a shot and measure the distance, did that for all meter scales. That works fairly well for distance, but not for aiming.
Is it better to use/try finesse with putts or ram it like I see some do? I was watching Young46 play a round on Merion, some of the putts looked to me like they were big breakers, but he would only move the aimer a few inches, hit the ball and it goes right in. So I took notes and had to try the course, everytime I tried it the ball went sreaming by the hole and I had a longer putt then what I started with..
Oh well back to practicing, any suggestions on how to read the dots and aiming will be greatly appreciated. Oh poop, here comes the boss back to work.. Good shooting everyone.. Have a blessed day..