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Pastimes : Golf! A thread for the hopelessly addicted! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: alan w who wrote (1719)	7/11/2000 7:31:41 PM
From: TH	Respond to of 44012

alan, "Pick a target (hole, spot, old divot etc) and set the putter down behind the ball and align the face exactly perpendicular to your aim line. Not so easy!". Do you putt the same way every time you take your stance over the ball? Do you float the putter behind the ball after you have alined it, then take a shoulder based (big muscle) swing, or do you use your wrists? Do you take the putter back and thru on a single line, or do you rotate the putter through the ball? Do you play the putter position at the same point in the middle of your stance, or do you position it closer to one foot (hopefully the left if you do this)? Do you miss more left or right? Do you miss more high or low? Can you lag putts pretty good, but falter on the ones you think you can make, or are both types difficult for you? Do you like the way your putter looks? Does it have an easy method for you to determine if it is square and alined to your target line, or do you second guess it sometimes? Are you directly over the ball and the intended target line, or do you prefer to be inside the line? Keep in mind, none of these question is a judgement of right or wrong, or good or bad. Plenty of good putters have rotated or been inside. I could not do it this way, but thats is why we are all different. The real reason I ask these questions is that they may give you one or two ideas to try on the practice green. You might find that one of these makes it easier for you to "see" the line and the squareness. I guess maybe I am lucky in this one area. I work pretty hard on the rest of my game (BTW shot my best three rounds of the year in the last week...so, er, this practice stuff must be paying off), but the putting is just there. The 5% of the time when the putter is not working is usually dismissed by my brain as a bad day overall. Too much stress or something. The best of luck to you. TH