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Putting q

  • 25-09-2011 11:03am
    #1
    Holy Diver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Quick question about putting. Do you touch the putting surface during the putting stroke or should the putter stay completely off the ground?

    I've always tended to rub the grass slightly (probably to varying degrees...) roughly at point of impact and I'm wondering should I try to avoid this. Obviously I wouldn't be asking this if I was happy with my putting overall :-(


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  • #2
    Opics
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 396 ✭✭Opics


    Think logically and you will find your answer ;)


  • #3
    Holy Diver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭Holy Diver


    Opics wrote: »
    Think logically and you will find your answer ;)

    Thanks for that


  • #4
    Waesfjord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Waesfjord


    Holy Diver wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Quick question about putting. Do you touch the putting surface during the putting stroke or should the putter stay completely off the ground?

    I've always tended to rub the grass slightly (probably to varying degrees...) roughly at point of impact and I'm wondering should I try to avoid this. Obviously I wouldn't be asking this if I was happy with my putting overall :-(

    if you try and bottom out your putter stroke to just sweep the ground as you hit the ball, likely you will mess up a fair pecentage of putts as fine line between a sweep and catching the ground first, especially for such a gentle stroke...


  • #5
    big_drive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭big_drive


    Shorter putter might help


  • #6
    Deco1983
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 240 ✭✭Deco1983


    Try different techniques up the practice green OP. Take advice and find what works best for you. Personally I hit the ball clean

    Great help yet again to the OP opics. Boards are very lucky to have someone as smart as you as a contributing member.


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  • #7
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,939 ✭✭✭Russman


    Op, the simple answer is that you don't brush the grass. You'll get very close to it but don't touch it.
    If you're brushing the grass thats only adding some resistance to the stroke and potentially twisting the clubface offline and/or affecting the pace. Its another variable you can do without.


  • #8
    Myksyk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭Myksyk


    Russman wrote: »
    Op, the simple answer is that you don't brush the grass. You'll get very close to it but don't touch it.
    If you're brushing the grass thats only adding some resistance to the stroke and potentially twisting the clubface offline and/or affecting the pace. Its another variable you can do without.

    +1


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