In my putting I consider there are four issues. 1) Alignment to intended path, 2) Delivery of correct club face at impact. 3) Speed 4 ) Reading the green. This is a good tip to improve the impact of the first two of these variables that cause putting errors. It's clear, however, that if the read or speed is wrong then no amount of work on alignment and delivery will address those errors.
This was useful thanks. I am still a bit wristy of the old school and try to hit at the point where the gate is shut and the face is square. Like driving as long as your moment of impact is good how you get there has many variations; you don't need a putter with wings or offset and in Scotland most of the time you don't need an insert on the face just good metal in the putter head like bronze or nickel.Keep practising!
If the green is wet I always practice beneath a string line stretched between two spikes. A chalk line on dry greens. I snap the chalk line onto the grass in Bright Blue. Both methods work really well for keeping my setup pure, starting the ball out on the correct line, and removing English from my stroke. The line on the ball never sits true on the greens I can access in Australia so I never bother to use it. I just move my ball so I can't see the line on it or the logo/brand too much, square up my armlock putter and stroke. Very efficient practice. Very quick method in competition. I'm almost never 3 putting and often slip one in from 25 feet. 6 feet puts are running about 95% single put. That's better than tour average on the greens I get to use. About 7 on the Stimp and covered in leaves or duck shit.
Andy, nice video. However, for someone like me who is way old school, I don't use any alignment on the ball. Does my head in. I want a blank ball to look at. What I focus on is the putter and the line(s) on it to square it up on the line I want to putt on. Then roll the ball over a spot in front of me that i've picked out. Afterall, it is the putter moving the ball to the hole. Alignment line on the ball isn't going to make the ball roll in any direction. What I wonder is how many people look at their putts per round? Mine is 30.5 this year. The PGA TOUR AVERAGE 28.99. So, I am 1.5 putts per round higher versus the tour average. Not a lot in it. I don't practice as much as they do. They hit more greens than I do. Chip better, etc. But when the ball is on the green I do half way decent. I will add, having a light grip pressure will enhance your "feel" for the putt.
Hello Andy , the set up at putting is surely the basis of a successful put. But the break and the green conditions in general do also have an influence. Putting is really a difficult task and most golfer don’t enjoy to practice. 😊😊😊
I use my check and go to balance the ball, it leaves a line around the ball and I use that line for alignment. Had it twenty years and has never failed me yet.
Keep in mind that the importance of this highly technical setup/alignment process becomes "obsolete" as you move progressively farther from the hole. As you move further away, line and the proper putt speed are going to become overwhelmingly more important. You better be able to get the right speed for the break and then match that up with your tracking points on the way to the hole. What's going to happen "out there" (beyond 4 feet) becomes infinitely more important for putts of 7 or 10 or 15 or 30 feet or more. Additionally, everyone's body is different, so being "square" to a starting line makes little sense for "everyone". As only one example among many, a fat guy may have a big gut to compensate for and find it difficult to swing through a set "line" cleanly, so has a need to open his body a little. For distances longer than 4-6 feet, concentrate on hitting two or three "spots" on the green on the way to the hole and match the proper speed to hit those spots with a dying approach near the hole (or an "entry funnel" about 10-12" from the point on the hole that will be your entry spot), without being short, and you'll be one or two-putting 95% of the time. Comments welcome, please!
There is a simple way to make sure your putter face is square to the target, without the use of a golf ball box and you can even do it during competition play. Instead of having the line on the ball fully facing the sky when you return your ball to the Green, after marking it. You position the ball so that the line on the ball meets the face of the putter (at address). Then, If the line on the ball aligns with the alignment line on the putter and the angle 📐 of the line on the ball and your putter face is 90 degrees 📐 then your putter face is square to your target
Agreed. It adds another pre-shot routine. In addition, I see players regularly carefully aligning the ball and then addressing the putt but, thinking it doesn't look right, re-marking and re-aligning the ball before getting around to putting. Even if it produces slightly better results (not sure it does) it adds nothing to the enjoyment of the game.
Why do you show different stroke lengths on the click bait and talk about something else
Happy to see testing the tips is back.
In my putting I consider there are four issues. 1) Alignment to intended path, 2) Delivery of correct club face at impact. 3) Speed 4 ) Reading the green. This is a good tip to improve the impact of the first two of these variables that cause putting errors. It's clear, however, that if the read or speed is wrong then no amount of work on alignment and delivery will address those errors.
This was useful thanks. I am still a bit wristy of the old school and try to hit at the point where the gate is shut and the face is square. Like driving as long as your moment of impact is good how you get there has many variations; you don't need a putter with wings or offset and in Scotland most of the time you don't need an insert on the face just good metal in the putter head like bronze or nickel.Keep practising!
If the green is wet I always practice beneath a string line stretched between two spikes. A chalk line on dry greens. I snap the chalk line onto the grass in Bright Blue. Both methods work really well for keeping my setup pure, starting the ball out on the correct line, and removing English from my stroke. The line on the ball never sits true on the greens I can access in Australia so I never bother to use it. I just move my ball so I can't see the line on it or the logo/brand too much, square up my armlock putter and stroke. Very efficient practice. Very quick method in competition. I'm almost never 3 putting and often slip one in from 25 feet. 6 feet puts are running about 95% single put. That's better than tour average on the greens I get to use. About 7 on the Stimp and covered in leaves or duck shit.
Andy, nice video. However, for someone like me who is way old school, I don't use any alignment on the ball. Does my head in. I want a blank ball to look at. What I focus on is the putter and the line(s) on it to square it up on the line I want to putt on. Then roll the ball over a spot in front of me that i've picked out. Afterall, it is the putter moving the ball to the hole. Alignment line on the ball isn't going to make the ball roll in any direction.
What I wonder is how many people look at their putts per round? Mine is 30.5 this year. The PGA TOUR AVERAGE 28.99. So, I am 1.5 putts per round higher versus the tour average. Not a lot in it. I don't practice as much as they do. They hit more greens than I do. Chip better, etc. But when the ball is on the green I do half way decent.
I will add, having a light grip pressure will enhance your "feel" for the putt.
Hello Andy , the set up at putting is surely the basis of a successful put. But the break and the green conditions in general do also have an influence. Putting is really a difficult task and most golfer don’t enjoy to practice. 😊😊😊
I use my check and go to balance the ball, it leaves a line around the ball and I use that line for alignment. Had it twenty years and has never failed me yet.
Totally agree you must align ball from behind, it’s a totally different line from address which is the wrong way to align.
Keep in mind that the importance of this highly technical setup/alignment process becomes "obsolete" as you move progressively farther from the hole. As you move further away, line and the proper putt speed are going to become overwhelmingly more important. You better be able to get the right speed for the break and then match that up with your tracking points on the way to the hole. What's going to happen "out there" (beyond 4 feet) becomes infinitely more important for putts of 7 or 10 or 15 or 30 feet or more. Additionally, everyone's body is different, so being "square" to a starting line makes little sense for "everyone". As only one example among many, a fat guy may have a big gut to compensate for and find it difficult to swing through a set "line" cleanly, so has a need to open his body a little. For distances longer than 4-6 feet, concentrate on hitting two or three "spots" on the green on the way to the hole and match the proper speed to hit those spots with a dying approach near the hole (or an "entry funnel" about 10-12" from the point on the hole that will be your entry spot), without being short, and you'll be one or two-putting 95% of the time. Comments welcome, please!
There is a simple way to make sure your putter face is square to the target, without the use of a golf ball box and you can even do it during competition play. Instead of having the line on the ball fully facing the sky when you return your ball to the Green, after marking it. You position the ball so that the line on the ball meets the face of the putter (at address). Then, If the line on the ball aligns with the alignment line on the putter and the angle 📐 of the line on the ball and your putter face is 90 degrees 📐 then your putter face is square to your target
What is the price of the putter
Great video 👍
The problem I see with some of my friends is that they line up the putt OK but leave it 2-4 feet short 90% of the time. Speed is #1.
Or No 2
Most ball alignment aids have a line that goes across the target line...no need for boxes😂. Just square the club with the cross line!
great tip, man I hate putting...
That box didn't look parallel, though...
Alex Elliot looks like Joffrey from game of thrones
I will watch the Alex v-log and try this out
Can't stand alignment lines , I hate triple track lol 😂
No more lab putter???
Using alignment aid on ball slows the game unnecessarily. Just use the line on the putter. Anything that slows the game is unhelpful.
Agreed. It adds another pre-shot routine. In addition, I see players regularly carefully aligning the ball and then addressing the putt but, thinking it doesn't look right, re-marking and re-aligning the ball before getting around to putting. Even if it produces slightly better results (not sure it does) it adds nothing to the enjoyment of the game.
Ridiculous, the box does nothing.