Putting Stroke - Arc or Straight?

Wombatman

ForeRight wrote: »

This thread is like Chinese to me.

Does anybody else just have a couple of looks at the hole to get a distance feel then just hit it?

It's pretty easy to tell if it's uphill, downhill, left to right or right to left after one luck at a putt so it's only a matter of trying to get distance control. Anything over 20foot and I'm just picturing the hole as a bucket trying to get the ball dead within a couple of feet. If it drops it drops.

My head would burst if I started thinking about arcs and the likes.

The first step toward masterful putting is know your stroke

http://blogs.golf.com/top100/2011/04/the-first-step-toward-masterful-putting-is-know-your-stroke.html#ixzz2kiS3j8jU

ForeRight

Arsenium wrote: »

Another one of Dr. Bob's golden rules. Never use the dustbin lid approach. If you do you are only increasing your margin for error. Putt to make every putt.

I'm only quoting the book here.....if I was a good putter I wouldnt need to buy it in the first place !!

I do putt to make it.

To make it into the dustbin

ShivasIrons

I'm curious most here seem to say they have a straight back and through stroke, over 50% on the poll, yet in putting the golfer stands to the ball at an angle, the putter lies at an angle.

Will this not lead the putter to naturally arc in its swing? How is a straight putting stroke achieved?

GreeBo

ShivasIrons wrote: »

I'm curious most here seem to say they have a straight back and through stroke, over 50% on the poll, yet in putting the golfer stands to the ball at an angle, the putter lies at an angle.

Will this not lead the putter to naturally arc in its swing? How is a straight putting stroke achieved?

Put the reverse of the arc in your body.
i.e. arms move away from the body, towards the ball on they way back and through.

ShivasIrons

GreeBo wrote: »

Put the reverse of the arc in your body.
i.e. arms move away from the body, towards the ball on they way back and through.

This seems like a manipulation which would require more timing and be less reliable, no?

It looks like all the best putters in the world put with an arc stroke.

GreeBo

ShivasIrons wrote: »

This seems like a manipulation which would require more timing and be less reliable, no?

It looks like all the best putters in the world put with an arc stroke.

Well its all manipulation, your arms dont go anywhere without you moving them. It might seem to be easier to move them naturally, but whats naturally? My arms/shoulders have a huge range of motion.
I would actually think its easier to manipulate the putter, that you can see, in a straight line, compared to my arms/shoulders which I cannot see.

ShivasIrons

GreeBo wrote: »

Well its all manipulation, your arms dont go anywhere without you moving them. It might seem to be easier to move them naturally, but whats naturally? My arms/shoulders have a huge range of motion.
I would actually think its easier to manipulate the putter, that you can see, in a straight line, compared to my arms/shoulders which I cannot see.

So why do most Tour players putt with an arc?

Russman

ShivasIrons wrote: »

So why do most Tour players putt with an arc?

I don't think any of them intentionally putt with or without an arc, its just the way it happens for them.
Almost all the time, when you're standing "side on" to the ball, the club will work inside going back and through (not just with the putter).

GreeBo

Russman wrote: »

I don't think any of them intentionally putt with or without an arc, its just the way it happens for them.
Almost all the time, when you're standing "side on" to the ball, the club will work inside going back and through (not just with the putter).

Bingo.