With that said, make sure all of this is not just talk, you need to be walking the walk. Don't go a day without working on your hinges, tracing the line, knowing the amount of accumulator #3 you use, or using a stationary head. Even if you check them only for a minute. It is so vital to "lowering" those scoring averages and winning those matches.
Amen....I had a poor putting year... yes, YEAR.. about a month ago I started watching (in a mirror without a ball)my stroke. I couldn't keep my head stationary. Somehow over time I had developed movement that I wasn't able to pick up unless I looked down into a mirror. Then it was obvious.... It took about 4 days of working on it before it disappeared. Now I don't let a day go by without looking down into the mirror and monitoring the path... I used to do this while hitting balls, but as per your suggestion I started doing it without a ball. It has helped tremendously. I do anywhere from 30 to 50 very deliberate strokes and then try and work gaze into it also. I'll repeat that twice sometimes a third time if my back holds out. Last two rounds...27 and 29 putts... nothing spectacular there either, just making 4 ft and 5 ft. putts that I was consistently missing.
It's probably too late for us now, but ever think that Sam Snead had the right idea with side-saddling? The eyes are on the line as we face the target line, the motion is simpler, and if you hang the putter from your right shoulder, vertical hinging never deviates the clubface from the plane line.
There is always one guy at every club who used to be a yipper and now makes everything side-saddling.
I wish I had learned it as a kid. The long putter is pretty sweet, though.
It's probably too late for us now, but ever think that Sam Snead had the right idea with side-saddling? The eyes are on the line as we face the target line, the motion is simpler, and if you hang the putter from your right shoulder, vertical hinging never deviates the clubface from the plane line.
There is always one guy at every club who used to be a yipper and now makes everything side-saddling.
I wish I had learned it as a kid. The long putter is pretty sweet, though.
Like tossing a ball underhanded
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