Nicklaus - Putting Stroke
 

Made this from a VHS tape I got of Nicklaus - Golf My Way.....

Enjoy

Great setup...

He actually seems to break down his impact alignments tho.

The flat left/bent right.

I've said it before but you may have missed it....we, as golfers, today are spoiled. Greens and golf courses are kept in much better condition than in jack's day.

They were much bumpier than probably your local muni, thus a lot of strokes had a little wristy "pop" to them.

Look how his right elbow is riding the plane...................

Great visuals. Thanks for posting it. It is hard to catch and see, but I would "suspect" :cool: the putter shaft is vertical to ground at impact.

Lots to learn from that putting stroke. He sure made them when he needed to and it was not all "mental."=;

Is it possible to have a down the line view? I would like to see how open does Jack stands and the position of his elbow at address in relation to the inclined plane.

Is Jack's right shoulder intentionally much lower so as to easy to push straight forward?

Nice Pic...

down the line
 

If you look at Jack's set up down the line (you can always view the tape of the Masters in '86, there are a couple of great shots, his elbows (BOTH OF THEM) are directly down the line of the putt. He uses a pure piston stroke on fast greens. This is exactly what I was pointing out in an earlier thread about putting. BTW in the 50's and 60's, if you weren't alive and playing then, the greens were very much like moderately well kept fairways today. If you had the opportunity to play a REALLY REALLY nice course, they were then like a pretty good shag carpet. That's why Gary Player and Palmer (who both preceded Nicklaus) were "pop" putters. With the exception of Bobby Locke, Nicklaus is the best who ever lived with a flat stick. His technique was as close to flawless as any human can get. "Perfection is unattainable" - Tin Cup MacAvoy, and when it counted, he was the best because of his brain. Putting is 20% keeping your head still, 10% reading the green correctly, 20% starting the ball on line and 50% KNOWING it's going in the hole.

Obi WunPutt :p