Good putting is a gift. Even with a mechanically sound stroke, if you can’t see the line, or judge the speed, you have no chance. I’ve been playing for 60 years, had my index down to 3 at one point, and never, ever had a round of putting under 32 putts. I’ll take these tips to the practice green, but i have no hope they’ll help me.
Certainly agree there is a gift factor in putting and some people find it naturally comes easier. I have also discovered believing you can putt well seems to help. Hope these tips and the green reading tips help you. You are right it is almost all line and speed.
@@misteroneputt appreciate the serious reply. 60 years of poor putting makes it difficult to think it’ll get any better. Keep the videos coming. Cheers!
Pretty good info... although when you talk about noticing the terrain Round the green... I stead of starting to pay attention as you get out of the cart, tell people to make a note of the terrain as they 'approach' the green. When you get to the green you're already in the middle of the terrain you're trying to analyze. But good info... 👍
@@misteroneputt that would be great advice for you to give for your followers/viewers to start paying attention to the area around the green to start making note of the high/low sides/areas… starting 50 yards (or so) out as they’re approaching the green. When you’re on the green many times it’s too late because you’re in the middle of everything and hard to guage. Keep up the good work/content. 👍
I have been using the "old school" method and plumb bobbing in combination. They have worked well for me. ("Find the straight putt" takes too long IMO.) All methods, if we practice them enough, work well. However, most of my problems are on 3-10 foot putts, where I am unsure about the amount of break. I think my 6-footer will break one ball L2R, but my caddie says it is going to break one and a half ball L2R. Worse, sometimes I am thinking the line is right-edge, and my caddie thinks it is left-in. If you have a method to resolve such dilemmas, I and millions of golfers everywhere would love to learn about it. Reading tricky, uncertain putts is where most of us have trouble. Thank you.
That’s a very good suggestion. I’ll do a video on this soon but the issue you describe is speed. Either line will work in the putts you describe (probably). Practice the same putt with different targets and speed. It really boosts confidence
Is there a way to make the ball roll end over end so it drops in the cup and not roll up the volcano around the hole? up hill putt hits the hole and instead of dropping in it stops 1 inch outside the hole. greens are slow since punching and slower putt stop short.
Good question. It was always based on feel as to exactly how much. Since this video I’ve started using the Tour Read method I can tell exactly how many inches of break. I’ve since become a certified Tour Read Coach
At about the 6:00 mark I have some questions on how you tried to line up that putt so it would roll over that old cup. If you imagine that the old cup was the hole you were trying to sink it in, if you were using a nickel next to the cup, you would have put your nickel a few inches to the right of that old cup and used that to aim at and start your roll directly at the nickel so that it broke down across that old cup. Then if you hit it the right speed, it would break down across the old cup and then break down into the hole like you planned. So I guess my question is, were you lining up on the top of the old cup with the idea that it would break down across the bottom of the old cup, or how exactly were you "aiming" that putt to account for the break that happened on the way to the old cup you were aiming at? Thanks for the video.
I didn’t put a nickel down as a target for that one and aimed above the old hole so that the putt would cross the lower edge of it. Good question. I should have explained in the video that I was trying to show more ways to aim because everyone processes in different ways
Thanks @misteroneputt3047 . I just went back and watched one of your other videos on Aimpoint putting and now I have more words to describe it. Aimpoint and Apex point, that is what I was tying to describe, but in the other video you talk about how if you aim at the apex, you will miss the put low - you need to have an aimpoint that allows your ball to roll down across the apex point. You also talked about picking a point closer to you on the aim point line. I am going to the practice green today to test out the differences between picking an aim point that is 1/4 of the way to the cup (or maybe even closer) vs. picking an aimpoint that is next to the cup. I have a feeling I will benefit from a closer aimpoint because my brain sometimes tries to bake in the break of the putt and compensate for it even though I want to hit it straight at the aimpoint. I like the idea of picking something closer. Thanks again for your great videos.
5.40 min in the video you set up to put and suddenly you are putting from a point 2 feet away. If you cut your videos to match I suggest to mark your ball posing prior- 😂 - just a proposal. The viewers might think you needed several attempts to match the narrative. However, great Video👏👏👏
This is the first of several videos on how to read greens better and make more putts. Aim Point, Plumb Bobbing, Tour Reads and More coming.
looking forward to watch the aim point method
@@bronsonmcnulty1110 a couple of weeks. Doing Plumb Bobbing next then aim point
Wow ! You are GOOD ! Thanks for the lesson !
Thank you
Great video, can’t wait to take this to the course.
thankyou
Thank you
Thank you very much
Good putting is a gift. Even with a mechanically sound stroke, if you can’t see the line, or judge the speed, you have no chance. I’ve been playing for 60 years, had my index down to 3 at one point, and never, ever had a round of putting under 32 putts. I’ll take these tips to the practice green, but i have no hope they’ll help me.
Certainly agree there is a gift factor in putting and some people find it naturally comes easier. I have also discovered believing you can putt well seems to help. Hope these tips and the green reading tips help you. You are right it is almost all line and speed.
@@misteroneputt appreciate the serious reply. 60 years of poor putting makes it difficult to think it’ll get any better. Keep the videos coming. Cheers!
Pretty good info... although when you talk about noticing the terrain Round the green... I stead of starting to pay attention as you get out of the cart, tell people to make a note of the terrain as they 'approach' the green. When you get to the green you're already in the middle of the terrain you're trying to analyze. But good info... 👍
@@hasseygolf valid point. I normally start reading from about 50 yards out, but I didn’t include that in the video. Nice catch thank you.
@@misteroneputt that would be great advice for you to give for your followers/viewers to start paying attention to the area around the green to start making note of the high/low sides/areas… starting 50 yards (or so) out as they’re approaching the green. When you’re on the green many times it’s too late because you’re in the middle of everything and hard to guage. Keep up the good work/content. 👍
I have been using the "old school" method and plumb bobbing in combination. They have worked well for me. ("Find the straight putt" takes too long IMO.) All methods, if we practice them enough, work well. However, most of my problems are on 3-10 foot putts, where I am unsure about the amount of break. I think my 6-footer will break one ball L2R, but my caddie says it is going to break one and a half ball L2R. Worse, sometimes I am thinking the line is right-edge, and my caddie thinks it is left-in. If you have a method to resolve such dilemmas, I and millions of golfers everywhere would love to learn about it. Reading tricky, uncertain putts is where most of us have trouble. Thank you.
That’s a very good suggestion. I’ll do a video on this soon but the issue you describe is speed. Either line will work in the putts you describe (probably). Practice the same putt with different targets and speed. It really boosts confidence
Is there a way to make the ball roll end over end so it drops in the cup and not roll up the volcano around the hole? up hill putt hits the hole and instead of dropping in it stops 1 inch outside the hole. greens are slow since punching and slower putt stop short.
@@pecogdell actually have a video on this very subject going up Friday morning
That was good but I still don’t see how you determine where your aim spot is? Left to right ok but is it 12” break or 16” break?
Good question. It was always based on feel as to exactly how much. Since this video I’ve started using the Tour Read method I can tell exactly how many inches of break. I’ve since become a certified Tour Read Coach
At about the 6:00 mark I have some questions on how you tried to line up that putt so it would roll over that old cup. If you imagine that the old cup was the hole you were trying to sink it in, if you were using a nickel next to the cup, you would have put your nickel a few inches to the right of that old cup and used that to aim at and start your roll directly at the nickel so that it broke down across that old cup. Then if you hit it the right speed, it would break down across the old cup and then break down into the hole like you planned. So I guess my question is, were you lining up on the top of the old cup with the idea that it would break down across the bottom of the old cup, or how exactly were you "aiming" that putt to account for the break that happened on the way to the old cup you were aiming at? Thanks for the video.
I didn’t put a nickel down as a target for that one and aimed above the old hole so that the putt would cross the lower edge of it. Good question. I should have explained in the video that I was trying to show more ways to aim because everyone processes in different ways
Thanks @misteroneputt3047 . I just went back and watched one of your other videos on Aimpoint putting and now I have more words to describe it. Aimpoint and Apex point, that is what I was tying to describe, but in the other video you talk about how if you aim at the apex, you will miss the put low - you need to have an aimpoint that allows your ball to roll down across the apex point. You also talked about picking a point closer to you on the aim point line. I am going to the practice green today to test out the differences between picking an aim point that is 1/4 of the way to the cup (or maybe even closer) vs. picking an aimpoint that is next to the cup. I have a feeling I will benefit from a closer aimpoint because my brain sometimes tries to bake in the break of the putt and compensate for it even though I want to hit it straight at the aimpoint. I like the idea of picking something closer. Thanks again for your great videos.
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5.40 min in the video you set up to put and suddenly you are putting from a point 2 feet away. If you cut your videos to match I suggest to mark your ball posing prior- 😂 - just a proposal. The viewers might think you needed several attempts to match the narrative. However, great Video👏👏👏