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Daily Video Tips
Incredible teaching video! I need to figure out what type of putter I am by taking video shot of myself asap, one of my struggles. Thank you so much Cindy and have an amazing week!
John R.
You are welcome!
What is a good drill to improve balance for holding the finish?
John L.
Take some swings hitting a golf tee without a ball trying to clip the tee out of the ground. Relax your arms and wrists being sure you really swing the club head through the ball, not "AT" it. If you make a swoosh and let it rip, the club should pull you through the ball and make you follow through. Let me know if it works.
So how do you set up for straight thru putting. You showed the arch thru set up but not the straight thru set up
Barry S.
If you are a straight back and through putter, it is not as important to have your arms as close as you set up. You can stand a little farther from the ball if it is more comfortable as well.
I didn’t know I was doing it until…I read Dave Pelz’s “Putting Like the Pros” (I think that’s it). Anyway, I’ve tested out his following assertion, and it’s clearly applicable to me, my arms, etc.
Medium stance, stoop as far as to find your eyeline, and your putter head/distance to ball are determined by where your arms hang straight down due to only gravity. The straight-back-n-thru motion is greatly aided. Hands further away produces a standard in-out-in arc, and hands close produce a (barely) out-in-out, and kind of oddball convex (your overhead perspective) or reverse arc path. That one is muted by comparison, but absolutely happens w/ hands too close to body.
Pelz’s books are old, and don’t mention mallet putters w/ long sight-lines as better-suited to straight-thru strokes, but that too tracks w/ my personal experience. Does any of that resonate, or am I just suffering from my own confirmation bias?
Brian R
Dave Pelz is a close friend and has caddied for my husband Allen on the PGA TOUR many times. He is a very smart man as is Allen and clearly, in your description above, you are as well.
People can choose how they want to putt as well as how far they want to be from the ball. They need to be sure they are aligned properly to the hole and can only do that with a laser. This will ensure their eyes are triangulated correctly so they are set up to the hole, and that is not always necessarily right over the ball. It might be inside or outside their eyeline.
Let me know if you have more questions. I don’t want to confuse you. Just want you to know there are other factors.
This was great... It might help a little more if you also showed this on a longer putt. I am a crossover & straight putter.
Thanks & Have a great day
Christopher W M
On a longer putt swing the putter back wider. Never hit the ball harder.
That's a great drill. Any advice hitting out of wet sand?
Paul D
The club will move through wet sand slower, so the ball won’t go as far. You will need to swing through it with more speed. Good luck!
Great tips! Well done. Can I ask if the same two choices apply to "lead hand low" grip putting strokes? I keep my lead hand (my hand because I am a right handed golfer) low and that is very comfortable and stable for me. I feel like I am an arc putter with lead hand low. Does that make sense to you? Love your videos. Really helpful. Thanks alot.
Bruce R.
If your left hand is low and right hand is on top, and you are an arc putter, I would try to keep your forearms close to your body to allow you to make an arc. I hope that makes sense. Keeping your body as a point of reference.
Solid no nonsense advice. Basic stuff but much needed, especially by me.
Joseph A.
Thank you. Glad you like.