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Equipment matters, vision matters, and mechanics matter. I know that doesn't say a whole lot but those are the things I look at when working on my stroke or anyone elses.

TGM has been my only true influence in teaching and playing. I have 100 other books I have bought over the years spanning from vision training, biomechanics, to Swing the Handle. Everything confused me before TGM. Being a good player I wanted answers and everybody just had feelings. That was my attraction to TGM.

Page 39 "AS LONG AS THE CLUBSHAFT HOLDS A STRAIGHT LINE RELATIONSHIP TO A STRAIGHT LINE-POINTING AT A STRAIGHT LINE." This changed the way I thought of putting. Obviously I feel one of the more important components of putting is keeping a straight plane line.

The next step is to decide what plane angle you are utilizing. Is it a plane angle which runs through your thorasic vertebrate, up the clubshaft, up the elbow, etc. The reason is because the 3 dimensional plane will project a 2 dimensional arc on the ground. The arc of attack vs the angle of attack.

From there the face of your putter must hold its relationship to the arc, hinge action. YOU SHOULDN'T CONFUSE THE SIZE OF THE ARC AND THE ROTATION OF THE FACE. Understand your plane, its projection on the ground, and your hinge.