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Putting: determining break

• BMFPhil 1 Posts

  Wed, Feb 23 2011 1:57 PM

  Is there a good rule of thumb as far as how to aim vs the break vs the distance?   I read the distance one and that works great, just need to figure out how to aim.

• Boomerboy44 1,514 Posts

  Wed, Feb 23 2011 3:35 PM

  Y'all need one of them thar Yancy's dangle protracktoris. LMAO>  The secret formula is PRACTICE.....PRACTICE..... Good Luck!!!!

• Joeyola 1,210 Posts

  Wed, Feb 23 2011 7:20 PM

  Practice is the only way I know how to learn putting.  But here are a few things that might make things easier.     

  1.  Don't always try to make longer putts...instead try getting close for that easy second putt...especially down hill.

  2.  Hit putts to break at or above the hole...a ball breaking low will never go in.  

  3.  Factor in more break on down hill putts.

  4.  Up hill putts don't break as much and slow down quickly so be more aggressive.

  5. On shorter putts, hit the ball with authority to take out the break. 

  Joey

• ryuko 1 Posts

  Sat, Mar 5 2011 12:47 AM

  Joeyola:

  2.  Hit putts to break at or above the hole...a ball breaking low will never go in.  

  This is not to be underestimated!

  I have been doing this offline but somehow missed out on it online, always missing out on these crucial medium distance birdie putts.

  Thanks for that.

  Life is good.

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Sat, Mar 5 2011 1:18 AM

  Joeyola:

  Hit putts to break at or above the hole...a ball breaking low will never go in. 

  Not sure what this means.... Is it the same as "never up never in"?

• jeffdos924 1,085 Posts

  Sat, Mar 5 2011 4:34 AM

  zagraniczniak:

  Joeyola:

  Hit putts to break at or above the hole...a ball breaking low will never go in. 

  Not sure what this means.... Is it the same as "never up never in"?

   No Zag ... the never up, never in applies to coming up short on your putts. If you don't get the ball to the hole, you can't make the putt.

   High side/ Low side .... If you have a putt that breaks from right to left, the right side of the hole would be the high side & left side is the low side. You want your putt to go in on the high side, since that widens your margin of error, since it "opens" the hole a little more. A putt going to the low side of the hole ( actually breaking in front of the hole... kind of like hitting the Brooklyn side in bowling) has a very, very slim chance of actually dropping.

   

• xxblueeyesxx 433 Posts

  Sat, Mar 5 2011 8:38 AM

  maybe this will work for you maybe it wont but this is how i do it to determine the amount of break

  the squares are 12 by 12......give an amount to the speed of the dots...from .5  to 3........oakmont they can go to 4...... then once you determine what value you want to give the dots count how many lines you have from the hole to your ball.......for example  you have a 10 foot putt with 4 lines in front you and  2 dots are a slow speed at .5   and 2 are a little faster  a rating of 1 that adds up to 3...... play it as a 3 inch break then putt for your distance

  hopefully this helps you

   

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Sat, Mar 5 2011 1:31 PM

  jeffdos924:

  High side/ Low side

  Thanks, that helps. I tend to add or subtract a certain distance from one side, but not think much about where the break will happen. If anything, I would imagine that as the ball slows down near the hole, the break there would have more effect, but often in WGT it seems that the break happens near the shot and less near the hole.

  Now you'll have to explain the Brooklyn side ... (no, not really - even scoring in bowling seems like higher math)...

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Sat, Mar 5 2011 7:39 PM

  Like Joey said work on the 2 putt rule... I don't move the flagstick... click before or after the ding depending on roll... the faster the break the greater the distance to/after  the ding. 

   

  cheers

     Roger

• wildcat18racing6 420 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 6:55 AM

  Just my thoughts....I put facing backwards, i think it gives me a better look at the break and a better feel for the put without the avitar being in the way. I always go back to view from front just to kinda comfirm the break. and the three most important things in putting for me are pace pace pace