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Mb6606,

No you do not need to close nor open the face to compensate for the angled hinge. The ball is not on the face and there is not enough spin, speed, etc... for the angled hinge to cause a problem.

Remember also the longer the club the more shut the face and the shorter the club the more open the face for the hitter using angled hinging.

Tiger and those guys are most definitely using an angled hinge when they speak of "releasing" the putter head. Angled hinging looks like the toe has been "released" in front of the heel at finish. So I would not suspect he is using a horizontal hinge.
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There is nothing wrong with using a horizontal hinge for long, lag putts. It is alway funny to see Pelz hitting long, lag putts with the vertical hinge, his stroke is nearly chest high to chest high (Aquired Motion Stroke)

Here is a way to check it out:

Go to feet in front of the ball with a putter:
When the putter face is at a 30 degree angle to the target line so that the toe is almost down the target line it is a horizontal hinge.
When the putter face is at a 45 degree angle to the target line so that the toe is across the target line in an angled fashion it is an angled hinge.
When the putter face is at a 90 degree angle to the target line so that the toe is straight across the target line it is a vertical hinge.

You gotta love clubface control! And it is nowhere else but the MACHINE!