Thanks Genevieve! I like the way you have theoretically and practically dealt with the putting issue! I will try this as I have a really problem with putting. Cheers
Thanks for posting this video. Tried the "ear to ear" stroke yesterday and putted really well with it, improving my distance control significantly. Great video and great tip!
Brilliant brilliant brilliant. Have had the yips for years. Tried every grip brand , tried every grip from claw to belly. 25 yrs of playing. Struggled with my putting. Ear to Ear priceless!!! Have never come across this and boy have I watched golf video!! I always thought the hands move straight (basically downswing to left ear) Taken lessons and yet no one pointed it out. Trying this and already seeing effortless strokes. Thank you !
Hey Gen… the key to putting is having a friend who says “good good” when you both have 5 footers left… doesn’t work good in tourneys tho. Good luck on your next step to the lpga. We are all on your side. ☠️👍✌️
Best putting story I ever heard was Ray Floyd saying how he changed his stance and stroke because it made his back hurt when he practiced. He said that practicing is so important, that you must have a stroke that you can repeat over and over on the green. His book is great.
Love the lecture, sometimes we need a kick somewhere to really start doing it. Change will take time. Dedication is a key. My focus for 2022 and 2023 is putting. I love your direct talks. Thank you again for a great video.
Thanks so much Gen, I hope you know how much we all appreciate your "lectures"! My wife recently bought a new putter and I have been watching her stroke...the info on this vlog will go straight into her lesson plan, especially the pendulum left ear/right ear feel. Cheers!!!
Great video!! Thanks for putting this together..... har har.... A fun game my instructor gave me is a progressing scoring game. To start, a round is 18 putts, and it's 2 strokes to par. Level 1 is to complete a round of 18 putts at -2, all putts are 10 footers. Level 2 is to complete a round at -6, all putts are 10 footers. Level 3 is to complete a round at -1, all putts are 30 footers. This is the level I just got to, but after that it starts moving into chipping, where you start 20 yards away and it's now 3 strokes to par, and you have to finish +9. It progressively gets further and further away, increasing the difficulty every time, but it's been a really fun way to practice the short game.
I love that you can now add "playing on tour" to your disclaimer! For me, it doesn't matter that you aren't a coach; what I am learning from you is approach and attitude, not fundamentals. We should all think and smile more on the course. Sadly, I know what kind of putter I am- overly emotional. I can sink putts and put long ones within a foot or so on the practice green, but when I am on the course, I leave them short or miss low because I'm nervous to go as high as I read.
I didn't have a chance to watch the lengthy disclaimer at the beginning so I can only assume I will putt as good as Gen after watching this video. Looking forward to shaving 18 strokes off my next round.
You have a new Fan!!! Thank you for the "ear to ear " tip! I'll try it! I am a good line reader, my putt's stay on line BUT it DIES in front of the hole, I hit it just that fraction to soft! Kind regards from South Africa!! 🥰⛳️🏌️♀️
For not being a golf instructor this is a very good lesson. For me keeping still is key. As the great Chi Chi Rodriguez once said. " The more I practice the luckier I get". Thank You Gen.
it was around 1995-96 I switched from holding the putter normal to left hand low spent 2 winters putting inside, it greatly improved my putting. My buddy thought I was a good putter before and thought I was crazy, within two years he was saying you are a way better putter now. I found it took away all the bad putts and just made me more consistent and gave me more feel with the line and weight
You should do more of that type of content Gentastic! You are a natural and very engaging. It’s not often that I watch an instructional golf clip to the end, (which might explain why my golf is so rubbish) but with your putting synopsis I was fully focussed and concentrating. More of these please. Move over David Ledbetter.
You may not be a "personal coach", but having watched and enjoyed many of your videos, you have a terrific short game, and ANY advice you can offer is much appreciated. I also like your common sense approach to golf, and life...thank you, and I hope you achieve your golf goals ( I know it won't be for lack of effort )...Mark ( Toronto, Canada )
Hey Gen, you think your not a coach (your advise is so real and it works) so same as a top coach. Thanks for the advise hopefully my putting will improve lol
I've never heard of the ear to ear thing before, ill give it a try. My putting has improved this year just by copying your stroke and putting on my mat while watching t.v. thanks Gen. Hope your game gets back on track today in Beaumont.
Great lesson Gen but how about talking about green reading skills. Lately people have been using aim point but I've played a long time and know that green reading is more important. Grain impacts speed and speed impacts your aim point. Uphill and downhill impacts depth perception of length plus most people have one dominate eye and the other has direction distortions that impacts your aim point also.
My opinion is that green reading and speed are the most critical components of putting. I've played golf with technically correct putters who can't sink a putt and the gifted putter who can't miss a putt but is technically all over the place. The gifted putter can read greens and sense the speed of the putt.
Top Notch Putter Has: 1.)Green reading know how 2.)Consistent and smooth stroke tempo. 3.)A putter akin to Thor's hammer. I know I said hammer but you most definitely dont want a heavy putter cause putting is all about feel/touch. If nothing else go to golf store and spend a hour or two just stroking putts. Different shaft bends, weights, shaft lengths, head designs and configurations, putter grips. Which one feels like it belongs to you, buy it. I believe there's a putter out there for everyone that once in there hands they will feel as if any putt is sinkable!
Chees Gen, we learn stuff from all over the place, for sure teaching pros are the best option but generally speaking we watch to learn, then practise wat we've learnt We just need to make sure w practice the right things, not what Fred or Anne said down the golf club
I’m a recent sub. I can’t find for the life of me the “72 putting drill” video that you’ve referenced in other videos. Putting is the only thing holding me back.
Thank you Gen for the tips. I’m going to try the ear to ear drill right now. I am already pretty happy with my putting, 26 putts on my last round personal best. I practice ruler drill at home every day. Do you have or can you make a video about approach shots? Something I would like to improve at. Enjoyed this video.
The actually is on the face of the plane and only appears on the ground which is an illusion. All strokes putter included take place on an inclined plane. As a result the putter head never travel “down” the line. It’s always on plane. Even the putter must accelerate through the ball. You will always feel the lag pressure. A pendulum occurs on a vertical plane ; putter is on an inclined plane. A pendulum does no work and therefore is not a machine. The incline plane is in itself a simple machine. Your videos are excellent. Cheers F
Putting in a nutshell: The ball has its own energy or life force, if you will. Its natural environment is in the hole. Why don’t you send him home? His bags are packed. He has his plane ticket. Bring him to the airport. Send him home. Send him home.
That Mickelson guy agrees with you about not necessarily having your left eye directly above the ball. He sets up a little behind, and beside it. Not sure how successful he's gonna be though. ;'P
People should look at Isao Aoki. The toe of his putter was way up in the air. His stroke was wristy. He hit every putt off of the heel of the putter, but he knew how his ball rolled.
Scientifically, the direction of a putt is 84 percent determined by the putter face angle at the moment of impact, and the direction is only 16 percent determined by the putter stroke direction. This ratio can be rounded to about 90 percent vs 10 percent. That is, the direction of a putt is 90 percent determined by the squareness of the putter face at impact, while the direction of a putt is only 10 percent determined by the direction of the stroke direction. This means that if a putt is missed left of the hole, it is 90 percent sure that the putter face is closed at the moment of ball impact. If a putt is missed right of the hole, it is 90 percent sure that the putter face is opened at the moment of impact. Most putter instruction deals with improving the putting stroke. Since putting stroke direction is only 10 percent important, working to improving putting stroke only improves 10 percent of directional accuracy. There is a need to improving the rest of the 90 percent by spending 90 percent of the time and effort in improving the squaring of the putter face at impact, as the squareness of the putter face at impact 90 percent determines the direction of the putt. There are many ways to perfect the squareness of the putter face at impact. The first way is to determine the average squareness of the putter face at impact. Starting at a foot from the hole on a flat spot on the practice green, and make five putts. Continue to move farther from the hole until less than 4 out of five putts can be made in a row. Use the formula 10 divided by the distance from the hole when putts starts to be missed to determine the degree of error from perfectly squared putter face at impact. For example, if putts start to be missed at 5 feet, 10 divided by 5 equals 2 degrees off. That is, if a golfer starts to miss 5 feet straight putts than the golfer cannot square the putter face within 2 degrees from square at impact. If putts starts to be missed at 10 feet, 10 divided by 10 equals 1 degree. the golfer cannot consistently maintain the putter face within 1 degree from being perfectly squared at impact. If putts starts to be missed at 20 feet a lot, 10 divided by 20 equals half a degree. It means the golfer cannot consistently maintain the putter face within half a degree from squared at impact. By getting the putter face less than half degree off from being perfectly squared at the moment of ball contact, long putts will start to drop at amazing frequency. However, putting distance control is also important, specially for breaking putts. That is another long story, which will not be covered here.
@@LightningDogg Long ago when I first stated to use the ball-name-label as guide-lines before guide-lines on the ball became widely used, by first pointing the ball-name-label-as-guide-line at the hole, and later having the label perpendicular to the hole to help increasing the precision of squaring the putter face at impact, one day one of the playing partners, who was a stranger, turned to me after his putt and said "it really works!" He was observing my experiments, and decided on his own to try and adopt the technique. Once in a match play against a fine player, I hit a low zooming tee shot to the par-3 that landed straight at the flag 30 feet short that checked up without releasing, and the ball did not roll up to the hole. The playing partner competitor started to comment to me about how the shot should had been played. After rolling in the 30 feet putt, the playing partner never said another word for the rest of the round. Mathematically, using the parallel lines axiom, a 30 feet putt is theoretically almost as easy as a 3 feet putt, if the putter face is perfectly squared at impact. This applies to chips and short pitches as well.
You are a coach even if you say you’re not, because every time I see you play I learn something new. Thanks
Thanks Genevieve! I like the way you have theoretically and practically dealt with the putting issue! I will try this as I have a really problem with putting. Cheers
Even when you’re seriously talking you seems like smiling always 😊 good luck to you 🍀 👍⛳️🏌🏻♀️
Thanks for posting this video. Tried the "ear to ear" stroke yesterday and putted really well with it, improving my distance control significantly. Great video and great tip!
Brilliant brilliant brilliant.
Have had the yips for years. Tried every grip brand , tried every grip from claw to belly.
25 yrs of playing. Struggled with my putting.
Ear to Ear priceless!!!
Have never come across this and boy have I watched golf video!!
I always thought the hands move straight (basically downswing to left ear)
Taken lessons and yet no one pointed it out.
Trying this and already seeing effortless strokes.
Thank you !
Hey Gen… the key to putting is having a friend who says “good good” when you both have 5 footers left… doesn’t work good in tourneys tho. Good luck on your next step to the lpga. We are all on your side. ☠️👍✌️
Best putting story I ever heard was Ray Floyd saying how he changed his stance and stroke because it made his back hurt when he practiced. He said that practicing is so important, that you must have a stroke that you can repeat over and over on the green. His book is great.
5:06 best lesson of the whole video. It's a good lesson for putting, golf, life etc.
Smile that smile teaches a lot. 😊
Watching Gen on you tube is the most valuable part of my game improvement strategy!
Love the lecture, sometimes we need a kick somewhere to really start doing it. Change will take time. Dedication is a key. My focus for 2022 and 2023 is putting. I love your direct talks. Thank you again for a great video.
Thanks so much Gen, I hope you know how much we all appreciate your "lectures"! My wife recently bought a new putter and I have been watching her stroke...the info on this vlog will go straight into her lesson plan, especially the pendulum left ear/right ear feel. Cheers!!!
If there's anyone I'd want to take lessons from it sure is you gen.
Great video!! Thanks for putting this together..... har har....
A fun game my instructor gave me is a progressing scoring game. To start, a round is 18 putts, and it's 2 strokes to par. Level 1 is to complete a round of 18 putts at -2, all putts are 10 footers. Level 2 is to complete a round at -6, all putts are 10 footers. Level 3 is to complete a round at -1, all putts are 30 footers. This is the level I just got to, but after that it starts moving into chipping, where you start 20 yards away and it's now 3 strokes to par, and you have to finish +9. It progressively gets further and further away, increasing the difficulty every time, but it's been a really fun way to practice the short game.
I love that you can now add "playing on tour" to your disclaimer! For me, it doesn't matter that you aren't a coach; what I am learning from you is approach and attitude, not fundamentals. We should all think and smile more on the course. Sadly, I know what kind of putter I am- overly emotional. I can sink putts and put long ones within a foot or so on the practice green, but when I am on the course, I leave them short or miss low because I'm nervous to go as high as I read.
I didn't have a chance to watch the lengthy disclaimer at the beginning so I can only assume I will putt as good as Gen after watching this video. Looking forward to shaving 18 strokes off my next round.
Thank you for making all of these.
You have a new Fan!!! Thank you for the "ear to ear " tip! I'll try it! I am a good line reader, my putt's stay on line BUT it DIES in front of the hole, I hit it just that fraction to soft! Kind regards from South Africa!! 🥰⛳️🏌️♀️
98% of short putts don,t go in
greatest 'legs' on tour. Thanks for the lessons.
For not being a golf instructor this is a very good lesson. For me keeping still is key. As the great Chi Chi Rodriguez once said. " The more I practice the luckier I get". Thank You Gen.
Ear to ear I’ve never hear of that befor ,great tip
it was around 1995-96 I switched from holding the putter normal to left hand low spent 2 winters putting inside, it greatly improved my putting. My buddy thought I was a good putter before and thought I was crazy, within two years he was saying you are a way better putter now. I found it took away all the bad putts and just made me more consistent and gave me more feel with the line and weight
You should do more of that type of content Gentastic! You are a natural and very engaging. It’s not often that I watch an instructional golf clip to the end, (which might explain why my golf is so rubbish) but with your putting synopsis I was fully focussed and concentrating. More of these please. Move over David Ledbetter.
You may not be a "personal coach", but having watched and enjoyed many of your videos, you have a terrific short game, and ANY advice you can offer is much appreciated. I also like your common sense approach to golf, and life...thank you, and I hope you achieve your golf goals ( I know it won't be for lack of effort )...Mark ( Toronto, Canada )
Very good advice at the start😊
Okay, I tried the ear-to-ear drill. My putts were amazingly consistent for distance. Thanks!!
Hey Gen, you think your not a coach (your advise is so real and it works) so same as a top coach. Thanks for the advise hopefully my putting will improve lol
Very interesting gen . You are right, change is hard ;been there done it, now no more 3 putts ❤🏴⛳
I've never heard of the ear to ear thing before, ill give it a try. My putting has improved this year just by copying your stroke and putting on my mat while watching t.v. thanks Gen. Hope your game gets back on track today in Beaumont.
You putter lesson was pretty good.
Great video I really enjoyed it. Thank you
Solid advise...consistently practice consistency
Great lesson Gen but how about talking about green reading skills. Lately people have been using aim point but I've played a long time and know that green reading is more important. Grain impacts speed and speed impacts your aim point. Uphill and downhill impacts depth perception of length plus most people have one dominate eye and the other has direction distortions that impacts your aim point also.
Love this girl and her great golf information.
My opinion is that green reading and speed are the most critical components of putting. I've played golf with technically correct putters who can't sink a putt and the gifted putter who can't miss a putt but is technically all over the place. The gifted putter can read greens and sense the speed of the putt.
Hope you have a Jordan Speith day on the greens today Gen - wishing you every success!!
way to go, I did had a putting lesson 3 weeks ago, and it was soooooooooooooooo helpful! Thanks Gen
Always helpful thanks
Top Notch Putter Has:
1.)Green reading know how
2.)Consistent and smooth stroke tempo.
3.)A putter akin to Thor's hammer.
I know I said hammer but you most definitely dont want a heavy putter cause putting is all about feel/touch.
If nothing else go to golf store and spend a hour or two just stroking putts. Different shaft bends, weights, shaft lengths, head designs and configurations, putter grips. Which one feels like it belongs to you, buy it. I believe there's a putter out there for everyone that once in there hands they will feel as if any putt is sinkable!
Chees Gen, we learn stuff from all over the place, for sure teaching pros are the best option but generally speaking we watch to learn, then practise wat we've learnt We just need to make sure w practice the right things, not what Fred or Anne said down the golf club
Thanks for the tips Gen. I hope you have a great bounce back round and finish the tournament strong. Go team Gen!!💪💪
I’m a recent sub. I can’t find for the life of me the “72 putting drill” video that you’ve referenced in other videos. Putting is the only thing holding me back.
Maybe it's this one...though not sure about it's what your looking for.
ua-cam.com/video/oCngGzqyMbs/v-deo.html
@@fashooga5840 Thanks. That’s it. I watched it before but because the goal is 48, I completely spaced that 72 would be the perfect score.
Thanks Gen. Keep fighting.
Thanks for a great putting sesh Gen!
🤩 I would try the ear to ear 👂 technique!
Great putting tip Gen.
Very helpful tip. Thank you
Thank you Gen for the tips. I’m going to try the ear to ear drill right now. I am already pretty happy with my putting, 26 putts on my last round personal best. I practice ruler drill at home every day. Do you have or can you make a video about approach shots? Something I would like to improve at. Enjoyed this video.
The actually is on the face of the plane and only appears on the ground which is an illusion. All strokes putter included take place on an inclined plane. As a result the putter head never travel “down” the line. It’s always on plane. Even the putter must accelerate through the ball. You will always feel the lag pressure.
A pendulum occurs on a vertical plane ; putter is on an inclined plane. A pendulum does no work and therefore is not a machine.
The incline plane is in itself a simple machine.
Your videos are excellent.
Cheers
F
I’m a military golfer… left, right,left, right… but I’m so watching this for great tips….
I’ve taken about 2-3 specific putting lessons. Made a big difference….but now sliding back to my bad ways again ⛳️😞
I tried your putting tip on the golf course this morning. 29 putts total with 8 one putts. Thank you for the tip.
Thanks for the tips! Go Gen GOOOOOO!!!
Very nice thanks!
Hope to see you play in the Olympics soon!
Don't forget to practice tipping your cap and waiving to the fans after sinking a putt :)
Putting in a nutshell: The ball has its own energy or life force, if you will. Its natural environment is in the hole. Why don’t you send him home? His bags are packed. He has his plane ticket. Bring him to the airport. Send him home. Send him home.
😂😂 my ball: You son of a b***h, ball! Why didn't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home? Answer me!
Best line, to his young caddy, "where were you on that one dipshit"
Just taaaaap it in. Tap tap tappy.
Very helpful, thanks!!
Thanks for the tips
That Mickelson guy agrees with you about not necessarily having your left eye directly above the ball. He sets up a little behind, and beside it. Not sure how successful he's gonna be though. ;'P
New technique to get my son to practice.
What are your tips for different length putts? Ear to ear for 5 footers and shoulder to shoulder for 10 footers?
That shirt.... epic.
Driving is most important part in game for amateur, if you can’t get on the green, you don’t have to worry about putting , for pro yes
I can read the green well, but my pace is horrendous. Hurts me everytime...😔
You are a great putter
good vid
Thanks again 🙂
People should look at Isao Aoki. The toe of his putter was way up in the air. His stroke was wristy. He hit every putt off of the heel of the putter, but he knew how his ball rolled.
Thanks for mentioning this. I am of a generation that remember Aoki' s putting stroke. Regards Greg H
Can i send you a golf swing ? Love your video's, keep it up.
Bad day yesterday in Beaumont. Even so far today. Rooting for you. What are your plans after this tournament?
Can you video all your videos in reverse cam. Because I'm left handed 😂
I don't understand, why the thumbs down?
What if your right eye Dominate?
If I'm not mistaken that was the final WAPT tourney of the summer. Does anybody have any info or link to Gen stating her plans from here?
Yes.
Ear to ear on all distances?
...can you apply this lesson to life; or is this advise just compatible for putting? LOL!
Imbee Park putt with toe up.
Is this video flipped? 😊
genius
Should read : the ARC is on the face of the plane …
Fabbbiiiii)))))
How many golfers need to spend time on putting? All of us! How many actually spend time dedicated solely to putting? Very few. I am just as guilty!
Scientifically, the direction of a putt is 84 percent determined by the putter face angle at the moment of impact, and the direction is only 16 percent determined by the putter stroke direction. This ratio can be rounded to about 90 percent vs 10 percent. That is, the direction of a putt is 90 percent determined by the squareness of the putter face at impact, while the direction of a putt is only 10 percent determined by the direction of the stroke direction.
This means that if a putt is missed left of the hole, it is 90 percent sure that the putter face is closed at the moment of ball impact. If a putt is missed right of the hole, it is 90 percent sure that the putter face is opened at the moment of impact.
Most putter instruction deals with improving the putting stroke. Since putting stroke direction is only 10 percent important, working to improving putting stroke only improves 10 percent of directional accuracy. There is a need to improving the rest of the 90 percent by spending 90 percent of the time and effort in improving the squaring of the putter face at impact, as the squareness of the putter face at impact 90 percent determines the direction of the putt.
There are many ways to perfect the squareness of the putter face at impact. The first way is to determine the average squareness of the putter face at impact. Starting at a foot from the hole on a flat spot on the practice green, and make five putts. Continue to move farther from the hole until less than 4 out of five putts can be made in a row. Use the formula 10 divided by the distance from the hole when putts starts to be missed to determine the degree of error from perfectly squared putter face at impact. For example, if putts start to be missed at 5 feet, 10 divided by 5 equals 2 degrees off. That is, if a golfer starts to miss 5 feet straight putts than the golfer cannot square the putter face within 2 degrees from square at impact.
If putts starts to be missed at 10 feet, 10 divided by 10 equals 1 degree. the golfer cannot consistently maintain the putter face within 1 degree from being perfectly squared at impact.
If putts starts to be missed at 20 feet a lot, 10 divided by 20 equals half a degree. It means the golfer cannot consistently maintain the putter face within half a degree from squared at impact.
By getting the putter face less than half degree off from being perfectly squared at the moment of ball contact, long putts will start to drop at amazing frequency. However, putting distance control is also important, specially for breaking putts. That is another long story, which will not be covered here.
Huh?
Stop him! 🗣️👈
Before he talks again!
@@TheBatugan77 It sounds absolutely brilliant though. I’m going to copy and paste it and bring it with me to the practice green.
How do your playing partners feel about you pulling a compass and protractor out on the putting green lol?
@@LightningDogg Long ago when I first stated to use the ball-name-label as guide-lines before guide-lines on the ball became widely used, by first pointing the ball-name-label-as-guide-line at the hole, and later having the label perpendicular to the hole to help increasing the precision of squaring the putter face at impact, one day one of the playing partners, who was a stranger, turned to me after his putt and said "it really works!" He was observing my experiments, and decided on his own to try and adopt the technique. Once in a match play against a fine player, I hit a low zooming tee shot to the par-3 that landed straight at the flag 30 feet short that checked up without releasing, and the ball did not roll up to the hole. The playing partner competitor started to comment to me about how the shot should had been played. After rolling in the 30 feet putt, the playing partner never said another word for the rest of the round. Mathematically, using the parallel lines axiom, a 30 feet putt is theoretically almost as easy as a 3 feet putt, if the putter face is perfectly squared at impact. This applies to chips and short pitches as well.
👍🏽
Mmmmmm yummy
Can you please flip your videos, so the words on your hat are correct, and your swing isn't left handed 😉 😜
why don't you reply, I help fund your trip and the least you can do is connect once in a while. Very disappointed!