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| KEYS TO PUTTING (Michael Lucas) | |||
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Perception becomes distorted when the ball
is outside or inside the eye line, or when the head is tilted left or
right. Soling the putter incorrectly affects, its loft. Hands forward tends to close it, hands back tends to open it. Focusing upon making an arc up through the ball helps reduce a tendency to decelerate. Never excite the toe. In-line lead forearm provides a positive hand/arm position. Gripping lower on the shaft reduces club head speed. Clubface timing is affected if ball position is too far forward or too far back. To reduce tendency to leave ball below the cup, play putts that break toward the golfer off the putter’s toe and putts that break away off its heel. Closed shoulders encourage out motion; open shoulders encourage out to in. Body weight settled forward helps to keep body from moving. Listening for putts keeps head and shoulders from moving during stroke. Too Aggressive: balls that go 3 ½ to 4 feet past would not have gone in anyway. A ball gauged to finish one foot past the hole is best speed. Players who attempt to die the ball in the hole on putts of less that six feet fall victim to grain and/or irregularities. Sixty percent of the break occurs within three feet of the hole. X-out balls are poorly balanced generally and can affect a six-foot putt enough to miss. A putt of 2.5 feet would be automatic were it not for indecision. Even perfectly stroked putts don’t always go in. Short, stiff-shafted putter firm, quick stroker. Longer putter with more flex, light gripping, touch-type stroker. Tendency to hit on toe center-shafted putter. Heavy putter for slow greens, light one for faster. A copywrited work (One time use only). Submitted by Michael Lucas. |
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