The Biggest Mistake Golfers Make with the Line on the Ball | Mr. Short Game
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- Free Practice Plan Here ▶ bit.ly/2RPcVWt How do you align yourself on the golf course? Many people put a line on the golf ball to help them with putting but when they use it for a tee shot it could cause you problems you don't even realize. In this video I will give you my tips on how to use this legal for now alignment aid to help you hit better more consistent shots when you're playing golf. Be sure to subscribe to the channel and check the links below for special deals and discounts.
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Mr. Fisher, I stumbled upon one of your videos and have to admit, it was the best golf instruction to date for me. Not insulting the other p RT os, it was just that YOUR'S, was fun to watch, informational, made so much more sense, and easy to understand. Thoroughly enjoyed it and have subscribed and seen at least 15-20 more, with more to come
Thank you very much, keep up the outstanding work.
You are always full of good tips that are practical for the everyday player. No nonsense. Love your sense of humor as well!
Really good tip. I line up all my balls (golf) and aim towards the hole. Works every time! Fore Right!!
Best Tip Ever! I just came back from the Driving Range and tried this. It worked! I was hitting much more straighter in my intended directions, with much longer distances, and most of all, with much more ease. Many Thanks, from Brunei.
Using a line on the ball has totally transformed my putting. Today I used this on the driving range and it was incredible. Using the line tilted to the side as described allowed me to much more easlily swing along the correct path. Was able to hit it straight, little fads, and draws.
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Genius tip. Another thing I would have never thought of. I have an older putter.
Great video! I've been wrong this while time on the tee box
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You are the contemporary Michael Breed - great passion.
this guy loves the lines, not just on the golfball
Took me a minute 🤣
1500 words per minute is a tough feat 😂
Lol
Better be talking about the lines in the fairway and not the marching powder
Or boooger sugar
Makes a whole lot of sense. Thanks
Brilliant advice
Hey Matt... what is your opion about the triple track system Callaway has
I think the rule defines alignment aid as an outside agent or object, not a legal club or ball used while making a stroke. Your caddie can be an illegal alignment aid; that's why he can't stand behind you while you make a stroke; outside agent. Something you wear on your body might be illegal. But drawing on your ball, nothing outside about that. Draw all you want. Personally, I try to focus on the swing or stroke, I pretty much ignore the ball. Works great for my game.
Great video!
Good morning- great video & tip using the line on the golf ball - awesome - sometimes I use the name of the golf ball as a line- hope that makes sense - all the best - Keith lucero from San Francisco -
I just use brand name and # for putting use the letters for the line, if it breaks right to left the # on the left, if it breaks left to right, the # on the right
Keep thm/tips coming.
Amazing, you use a marker to draw a line over a line.
I do everything in my power to make sure theres no kind of line at all visible when putting. Really cant stand seeing a line - it always appears off line from above and is off puting - dont have one on my putter either
I’ve always looked at a line thu the ball thru an immediate target @ 1yrd way to my green target. I don’t want to hit my line or mark on the ball as you’ll have to remark it!
Thks Matt for the tip ! « i walk the Line » J. Cash !!!! 👍😉
Well at least now i know why i keep finding balls with dots on them
I don’t use a line when hitting
You can only do this off the Tee. Can't adjust the ball on the fairway.
IF the line on the ball was to be made illegal, should taylormade (and others) have to make their logo curved?
The use of a line to putt is a given, but I think you're idea of putting the line on a tilt will make very little difference. Known as "jobs worth" in England.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you set it up exactly how you said not to. (Putter position) tisk tisk. 🏌️♂️
I don't line it up to target, I probably will now. I just have the line at the top coz I balance my balls in salts (I've been using callaway balls and done this since I saw mygolfspy article) 👍 ☺
That sounds painful...but kinky!
@@Seenya59 😂
If you practice, the line on top is not a problem. Done it for years. It's all what you are used to.
Do the Rules of Golf allow golfers to draw alignment aids - for example, a line or arrow - on the golf ball?
Yes: Drawing a line around your golf ball, then using that line to help you line up your putt, is perfectly OK under the Rules of Golf.
The Pros Do It, So Can You
i like the line uo my left nostril personally 🤣🤣😂😂😂
I think i understand what he is saying but i dont think he explained it well. I'm going to try this.
I used to lay my cigar on the ground like an alignment stick. Took the guys I played with a surprisingly long time to catch on
I have been using this line on my ball as a putting alignment aid for years, I cannot wait to hit the course and the range and try these tips. I have a whole folder on RUclips just for golf tips that I can review and you are a lot of them. Thank you!
I have always marked my ball with a large “T” for several reasons. 1. My first initial, 2. Putting alignment, direction and square up the club face with the top of the “T”. 3. On the tee box, I use the “T” for spine and shoulder alignment, a slightly tilted T to the rear, makes sure I give a slight angle to my spine, and keep my shoulders aligned for a good turn.
Thanks for the great video Matt!!!
There's something satisfying about watching someone pure their clubs ... The sound alone...
Note too self! Don't use line, it jack's me up too much, that's how I was looking at it but this might work for me. Sometimes all you need is a new perspective, Thank you for the tip.
Put a color dot on ball. It gives you a “single” focal point. And it eliminates your inadvertent miss alignment. Was told this by golf instructor who was told by sports psychologist.
Love your channel.
Not sure why you think the line on the ball should be illegal.
Should lines on putters be illegal as well?
As the rule say you can mark your ball ball as you wish right....
Hammer the nail into the back off the ball was the best tip I've got from your channel.... good tips today I'll give them a go next time out
I use the line for putting but never off the Tee. No need.
Amateurs need all the help they can get...and I really dont think a line on the ball is going to make anyone a professional golfer or even drop their handicap...they still have to pick the right line, hit it the right speed, hit the spot perfectly on the putter. If anything, it will give you a false sense of confidence in that you are somehow utilizing the rules to your advantage. wink wink Phil Michelson. All these 'ball spinners designed to find the perfect balance point are also a waste of hard earned money. Better to give the money to the homeless guy sleeping in a tent next to the fairway.
Oh trust me, finally putting a line on my ball has transformed my putting. Sooo much easier to get the ball aligned from behind, whether its dead straight, left edge, whatever. You set your line then get over the ball and sync up the line on the putter with the line on the ball and now you know you are on the line you have chosen. Just putt the line. Absolute game changer for me.
Interesting. I must try this. I put line on the top all the time.
Very interesting. I never considered the line of sight for my golf ball line on a tee or wedge shot.
The line has always been on the ball with Manufactures name printed on it.
Bill Nevils yeah you can’t take away the marker line cause there is straight lines on the ball.
If they take the line off the ball .. they will need to take the line off your putter and the triangle off the driver head
Clever. Personally, I have never used the line.
same here, it gets in the way
I always use it putting, never tried it on tee shots. Will try this morning
Love it and keeping drinking eXpresso!
LOL!
Lining up putts on the green is fair enough, but lining up off the tee with a driver or iron.., what’s the point of that..? They’ll be asking to lineup on the fairway next..?? 🤬
i line up my line on the putting green, but make sure I cant see it when I tee it up. If I can see it on the tee, it puts me off.
I'm the same. On the tee I don't want to see any of the ball's markings.
What a great tip!! Now I know why I hit my driver not on line!! Thanks for the great tip!!! We only had placing in winter and I could never understood why in winter I reach for the ball, cause of the line!! ⛳️🏌🏻♀️🇿🇦
I always use the line on my balls for putting and I will try these tips as you sugest. I'm sure they will work ⛳😘 .Thanks Matt. You are awesome!!!
The line you create should mark the center of gravity. Using the line the manufacturer's use isn't always correct. You need to check every ball.
Starting back in the 1930s golfer would always tee the ball with the ball name facing the clubface -- you tried to hit the ball square on the "Titleist." That was because the name was stamped on the ball and players believed that the cover was slightly thinner there and would compress better. On the other hand, the cover was made of two pieces and fused together to make a round ball. Along the line where the cover was fused was the "seam." When you set your ball down you placed it so that the ball would roll on the seam -- and roll straighter. I got this from my grandfather, Grant Halstead who was a life member of the PGA -- (Played in the 1927 Open at Oakmont, etc.) Whether a ball really performed that way, I don't know. I only know that's was golfers believed going forward to the 1970s.
Regards.
I believe your grandfather is correct, however the difference is so minuscule the average player would get more out of just practicing more often.
Ya they are and so are you because no golf ball is perfectly balanced. So unless you are floating the Ball to find it's true zero point you'll always be relying on some luck with your skill vs your skill and the actual weight of the Ball to work together 😉
I use the line and wondered about it when hitting tee shots. It never helped so I’d go blank or other. I’m gonna try it again…..why not?
The plastic ball marking stencils give you the opportunity to add a perfectly perpendicular second line. You use one line to aim your putt, you use the second perpendicular line to align your putter face parallel to. Parallel lines are easier for your eye to confirm than the perpendicular putter face to line.
Awesome!! Sir, would it be possible to find a specific phrase in the golf rule book, we are debating on this using line on tee ground issue.
If I get paired with someone who lines up every tee shot i'm walking off the course
Wyatt T same
Good story.
Good to know a way to get y'all to leave :)
Couldn't agree more that it's and outside advantage that should be banned in competition. Another example of the law makers being asleep at the wheel and letting things get too out of hand to do anything about it.
We should go back to not marking the ball... play it as it lies and if someone is in your way, they have to putt out or first...
I didn't do that on purpose 😂😂😂😂, never , ever seen anyone line up a tee shot like that, pure gold bullshit
Interesting points and I prefer to read the makers name when driving and use the line when putting hahaha
I use a Check N Go. It aligns the cores perfectly and I follow the rules for use off the tee, whether they be for a driver or iron.🐈
when I watched this a while back I started using it and it does help... thanks... recently I have found I put and got better with no line... I put the blank part of the ball up...
if u use a chrome soft triple track u dont have to do move the ball to align. already on the ball since there's 3 lines
Agree 100%. It should be illegal. But hey, I don't make the rules.
I personally think it's too difficult to line up perfectly, then you have it just off line and try to counteract it and it just puts you off... that's me anyway, so I gave up on the idea.
That's why I stopped using a line.
I always point the line right at the hole and then read the putt with my feet for the break. I find it really helps me ensure I am giving enough break for my putt. I agree trying to point the line on the intended target line is very difficult. Knowing exactly where the hole is over the ball is super helpful for me.
@Peter Danforth
Ya even big breakers, I line it up straight at the cup. Then I still pick my spot further out where I want the ball to actually go. So I rarely get that end over end roll with the line. But it’s MUCH easier to hit it where you want knowing the line is already pointed at the cup.
Hi.. when I spin my ball at 2000rpm with my machine the line that I put on the ball bears no relation to the line placed on the ball by the manufacturer. What’s more , from a sleeve of three balls not one of my lines are identical. This suggests to me that all balls are not perfectly balanced in manufacture.
I believe that when I put my line on with the spinner the spin speed gives me the exact equator on the ball. Consequently the line I put on is exactly the equator and both sides of the ball are equally balanced. The ball when putted rolls over end over end perfectly. It’s probably all in my mind but it works for me!
do you double and triple check each ball so that the line is the same if you put the first spun line perpendicular and respin??
Ronald Goding Hi Ronald I have done this as a check in the past just to see if I’m not deluding myself. Every now and again I do a sleeve of balls three times. The three lines I get on each ball I have to say are never identical but close enough for me to choose to put my line as close to a consensus of the three test lines as possible if that makes sense! Rob.
@@robertnicholasrobinson9407 hi, can you tell me what's the product name model you use,thanks!
Vivito IsRight yes it is called The Check Go Pro, Vivito. Regards Rob.
What balls do you use?
Why don't you line it up perpendicular to the target, parallel with the club face?
I’ve watched a few of this guys videos ... rarely do I agree with him...🤣
Wow!
Things I did not know !
Legal help to make me hit it better !
I am implementing this IMMEDIATELY !
Alignment aid should not be illegal lol love the channel but whole heartedly disagree
Watching for the first time and I can already tell he is definitely an iron head cover kinda guy 🤣
If the line on the ball should be illegal then so should the flag in the cup. Because you use that to align your shot also haha.
Over the top for a right handed player would pull the ball left. Not push it right.
I've been watching plenty of golf instruction videos and have never seen this kind of line advice. Will give it a try, though the "short distance in front of you reference point" seems more appealing: the swing pane might still be off even when using an alignment line on the ball.
I... am a 'white side' guy. I dont want to see anything but dimples.
I really have enjoyed your other tips, but this one makes no sense.
I never look at the ball when I line up.
I look at my club face.
I’be been using a line for driving for about 6 months, massive improvement, I hit 90% of fairways. I’m going to try the line on the side to see how it works also, great video👍
Jesus 13 fairways a round, sign me up 😂😂
I can’t bloody well putt Josh, hence off 13!
Paul Houghton haha we all have that one part of the game that if people didn’t see they would think were scratch 😂
like your videos but this is a bit over complicating the lines lol
The only marks on my golf balls are for identification.
Need to make sure you got that putter flat lie you have the toe up some.
You are probably right; however, before golfers began drawing lines on their balls as alignment aids, Davy golfers used the manufacturers logo as an alignment tool. Consequently, golfers drew over the logo and extended it a little on both sides (as you did). So, it seems to me that the difference between using the logo or the line is the same thing as an alignment aid. Additionally, some golfers use abnormalities in the color of the green as alignment aids. So, my argument is, whether the golfer uses external alignment aids or integrated alignment aids, it’s all the same thing and doesn’t make too much of a difference. Additionally, professional golfers are allowed to use their caddy to verify and adjust their aim. And, they also have detailed diagrams of the contours of each green to help them visualize the slope and undulations of the green. How nice would that be for the average golfer? So, given all of the other things that are out there to assist the golfer in making an optimized shot/putt, why criticize a drawn-on line. And why stop at the ball? What about the alignment aids on the putter? How do you feel about Odyssey’s 2-ball putter that was/is designed as a visual aid to square the putter at impact. Please let me keep my drawn-on line, it gives me confidence what I step up to putt. Nice instructional video, by the way. Ciao
I use my cigar, but also you have lines on the putters now...What are your thoughts on that. BTW I am really becoming a fan. Been watching your vids everyday for the past 2 weeks. Keep it coming.
Should a line on ur putter be illegal too that’s insane
At around 3:20 you mentioned that improper focus upon the ball can encourage a coming over the top when striking the ball. This is the second viewing of your video but the first time that I’m truly hearing what you are saying. The other day I realized that with my driver I was not hitting to the sweet spot of the driver. I looked down at the little indicator on top of my TaylorMade M1 and when I focused upon how it truly lined up to the sweet spot I saw that I was hitting more towards the heel by maybe 3/8” inch. I think people believe that the sweet spot on today’s golf club is much larger. But I think the sweet spot is still the size of a dime. Only when we start hitting the true sweet spot can we feel truly balanced in the contact position.
The biggest mistake is drawing a line on the ball.
Makes complete sense as human vision can be a little deceptive whether you are left or right eye dominant seeing the apparent middle of the ball as opposed to the actual middle. You also have center surround and surround center vision. When over focusing on the ball you are using center surround which increases your peripheral vision but you lose perspective of what's around the ball. Try focusing on what's around the ball to bring the ball into perspective of your path.
Great video and tip! I use line on my ball and had been using it for setup the wrong way as you say it! However I put the line on the ball to mark the sweet spot using a CheckGoPro. My understanding was you line it up when hitting a driver or iron of the tee to maximize the distance and as such alignment on tee needs to be straight! Can you let me know what are your thoughts on this and if I need to align it straight or align it as you have shown? I will definitely try both methods at the course if I find it empty!! Thanks
this video uses a line anywhere on the ball to help align with aiming - just like an alignment stick and no more. The "CheckGo" puts the line in an exact place on the ball - around the circumference of any mis balance centre in the ball. your Q of how to align this balance centre with the aiming is not even considered.
So this is why the group infront is always slow
I pick one dimple and focus on it through my swing. On a good day I can do this. On a bad day I lose that focus. Your eyes have good days and bad days. After playing for many years your swing is consistent. Don't mess with it. It comes down to your vision that day. Your eyes will not do what they did yesterday. Making major adjustments in your swing is a mistake. Maybe a minor adjustment in alignment is all you need that day.
I thank God for giving us the land to play this wonderful game. I love golf. It's so damn fun!!
You started playing because it was so damn fun. It's supposed to be fun. Never forget that.
As a parent of kids who were little 10 years ago, I enjoy that you’re like Steve from Blue’s Clues for golfers.
Great video as usual. Thanks.
I believe I heard you mention that putting a line on your ball should be illegal, I agree. How many times does one see pro's playing in a tournament on the green lifting their ball and using a line on the ball to putt? It's like getting an alignment stick and using that! An aid. Aids are not legal. So how come.
It's not atall acurate as the line can be seen from many different angles and mislead you!
I'm am not saying the method I learnt is better for everyone but, it is simple and for me very effective. Here goes, tee up, stand say two yards or so behind the ball, line yourself up with ball and target. On the ground in front of the ball pick a noticeable spot say, a foot in front of the ball. Address the ball with your club using the mark on the ground to aim the ball at. Take your shot! I have found that no matter where one is on the course there will always be a little something to aim at. Driving from the tee, off fairway or on the green. A simple method but, for myself ery effective.
Try it, it doesn't cost anything and you do not need a pen or get funny looks from people whilst you are writing on a ball!
Just another thing to think about instead of just getting yourself inline and hitting the ball, the more I watch this sort of drill or practice the more my head gets filled with rubbish, but thanks anyway.
I’m going to be honest I have never lined the lines/symbols specifically on the ball and have played great. I don’t think it matters it’s all about psychology but I will try it and if it works for you great!
Even better when you angle it off the tea for a draw
I’ve been doing this for a year just like my putting and my friends always ask why are you taking so long to set your tee? I tell them after I hit the fairway😉
You use the line to adjust your stance and square up your shoulders to where you want your shot to go, adjusting your swing for the fade or draw. What he's doing makes no sense. You can see the line when it's on the top, and at address , this is showing you the direction for your swing and alinement for your feet and shoulders, Then you make adjustments for the shot you want to make, fade or draw.