Dot or line?

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Sight dot or line(s)........which do you prefer and why?

Thanks in anticipation for all replies

I prefer a single dot on the topline. I aim with the face of the blade (unless using my YES! Tiffany which has the best alignment aid I have ever seen) and a site line in the flange is really distracting to me.

Prefer the line....I feel that if I can line everything up (get the line on the ball and the line on my putter both on my attended path), just one less thing to worry about.

You should change the original post to a poll...I'd be curious to see overall results.

My vote - I prefer a full sight line. Dots just don't do it for me.

None, but a dot is better than a line.

I prefer a sight line. It helps me to line up the putts easier.

Dot and line.

neither

but if i had to choose i'd choose a line

dots just annoy me

I prefer a line as well. It's just easier to putt with.

I don't think a dot really does anything for lining up putts, but I like having it to know where the sweetspot is (or where it is SUPPOSED to be... AHEM). It is a reference mark, not really an alignment aid.... Kind of hard to line anything up with just a dot... Like I mentioned, I do my alignment with the face of the blade perpendicular to my intended line when using such a putter.

line on flange but without paintfill. Works nice on anser/newport heads.

i used to really dislike sight dots until i purchased my byron morgan 006 oil can. i've never felt more comfortable lining up a putt than i feel now using a sight dot (i've used a two ball and multiple forms of sight lines [flange, top line, etc.]).

i used to really dislike sight dots until i purchased my byron morgan 006 oil can. i've never felt more comfortable lining up a putt than i feel now using a sight dot (i've used a two ball and multiple forms of sight lines [flange, top line, etc.]).

how can someone line up a putt with a teeney weeney sight dot? its a tiny little circle? two ball putter i get...but a dot? do you not really mean you enjoy lining up the putter itself, maybe the shape of the head at the hole or maybe using the cavity as a means of alignment....i can totally understand how some people may want their mind uncluttered with a line, but i just never get it when proponents of the dot say they "use it for lining up a putt"....it just defies visual science?

I've never putted with a dot, but I love a line because I try to stroke the putter so that the line goes directly through the middle of the ball. That thought typically gives me the best results.

i used to really dislike sight dots until i purchased my byron morgan 006 oil can. i've never felt more comfortable lining up a putt than i feel now using a sight dot (i've used a two ball and multiple forms of sight lines [flange, top line, etc.]).

 

how can someone line up a putt with a teeney weeney sight dot? its a tiny little circle? two ball putter i get...but a dot? do you not really mean you enjoy lining up the putter itself, maybe the shape of the head at the hole or maybe using the cavity as a means of alignment....i can totally understand how some people may want their mind uncluttered with a line, but i just never get it when proponents of the dot say they "use it for lining up a putt"....it just defies visual science?

 

the same way that people line up putts with a two ball or a sight line. you visualize the line, align yourself to said line, align putter to intermediary target and putt to the target while keeping distance/slope in mind.

as for the rest of your oddly stated question-statements, i can't explain why it works so well for me. i always was on the sight line side of the putter alignment world-- when i mistakenly received my byron with a sight dot, i decided to try it out and found that i was MUCH more accurate than ever. as i've figured out the past few years i've been playing, some things in golf are unexplainable. :fool:

Dot

I've always used a single line ....but I demoed a Rossa Imola 8 last week, with the alignment dot, and I hit every putt where it was aimed...I think the dot made me focus much better

My next flatstick will have a dot...maybe a Ping Redwood ZB (I wish Ping made an iWi ZB)

i used to really dislike sight dots until i purchased my byron morgan 006 oil can. i've never felt more comfortable lining up a putt than i feel now using a sight dot (i've used a two ball and multiple forms of sight lines [flange, top line, etc.]).

 

how can someone line up a putt with a teeney weeney sight dot? its a tiny little circle? two ball putter i get...but a dot? do you not really mean you enjoy lining up the putter itself, maybe the shape of the head at the hole or maybe using the cavity as a means of alignment....i can totally understand how some people may want their mind uncluttered with a line, but i just never get it when proponents of the dot say they "use it for lining up a putt"....it just defies visual science?

 

 

the same way that people line up putts with a two ball or a sight line. you visualize the line, align yourself to said line, align putter to intermediary target and putt to the target while keeping distance/slope in mind.

as for the rest of your oddly stated question-statements, i can't explain why it works so well for me. i always was on the sight line side of the putter alignment world-- when i mistakenly received my byron with a sight dot, i decided to try it out and found that i was MUCH more accurate than ever. as i've figured out the past few years i've been playing, some things in golf are unexplainable. :fool:

you are totalling missing my point. I can understand how someone might prefer no sight line or like a dot so they can line up ball with middle of putter.

But a sight dot is a circle. YOu cannot line up a putt with a circle? its round? you can spin the putter 180 or whatever angle you want, a circle is still a circle, it is phyically and scientifically impossible for it to line up your putt with it?

Trying to compare a single sight dot to a larger series of multiple balls like the two ball is apples to oranges.

It would be like me handing you a hoola hoop and asking you to line it up with a object in the distance, its round, you cannot line up a round object...a site line yes...it aims somewhere...a round object does not aim....it just goes in circles....

I prefer a line just to make sure i'm square and then i can just trust it.

i used to really dislike sight dots until i purchased my byron morgan 006 oil can. i've never felt more comfortable lining up a putt than i feel now using a sight dot (i've used a two ball and multiple forms of sight lines [flange, top line, etc.]).

 

how can someone line up a putt with a teeney weeney sight dot? its a tiny little circle? two ball putter i get...but a dot? do you not really mean you enjoy lining up the putter itself, maybe the shape of the head at the hole or maybe using the cavity as a means of alignment....i can totally understand how some people may want their mind uncluttered with a line, but i just never get it when proponents of the dot say they "use it for lining up a putt"....it just defies visual science?

 

 

the same way that people line up putts with a two ball or a sight line. you visualize the line, align yourself to said line, align putter to intermediary target and putt to the target while keeping distance/slope in mind.

as for the rest of your oddly stated question-statements, i can't explain why it works so well for me. i always was on the sight line side of the putter alignment world-- when i mistakenly received my byron with a sight dot, i decided to try it out and found that i was MUCH more accurate than ever. as i've figured out the past few years i've been playing, some things in golf are unexplainable. :man_in_love:

 

you are totalling missing my point. I can understand how someone might prefer no sight line or like a dot so they can line up ball with middle of putter.

But a sight dot is a circle. YOu cannot line up a putt with a circle? its round? you can spin the putter 180 or whatever angle you want, a circle is still a circle, it is phyically and scientifically impossible for it to line up your putt with it?

Trying to compare a single sight dot to a larger series of multiple balls like the two ball is apples to oranges.

It would be like me handing you a hoola hoop and asking you to line it up with a object in the distance, its round, you cannot line up a round object...a site line yes...it aims somewhere...a round object does not aim....it just goes in circles....

your logic is dizzying... :fool:

i guess the easiest way for me to explain how i line my putts up with a sight dot is this... i imagine the cup as one end point of the line and the putter's sight dot as the other end point of the line (remember your basic geometry... there are two points on a line). put the ball on the same line and stroke your putt.

if you can't understand it, good luck, man. i really can't make it any more simplistic than that.

i used to really dislike sight dots until i purchased my byron morgan 006 oil can. i've never felt more comfortable lining up a putt than i feel now using a sight dot (i've used a two ball and multiple forms of sight lines [flange, top line, etc.]).

 

how can someone line up a putt with a teeney weeney sight dot? its a tiny little circle? two ball putter i get...but a dot? do you not really mean you enjoy lining up the putter itself, maybe the shape of the head at the hole or maybe using the cavity as a means of alignment....i can totally understand how some people may want their mind uncluttered with a line, but i just never get it when proponents of the dot say they "use it for lining up a putt"....it just defies visual science?

 

 

the same way that people line up putts with a two ball or a sight line. you visualize the line, align yourself to said line, align putter to intermediary target and putt to the target while keeping distance/slope in mind.

as for the rest of your oddly stated question-statements, i can't explain why it works so well for me. i always was on the sight line side of the putter alignment world-- when i mistakenly received my byron with a sight dot, i decided to try it out and found that i was MUCH more accurate than ever. as i've figured out the past few years i've been playing, some things in golf are unexplainable.

 

you are totalling missing my point. I can understand how someone might prefer no sight line or like a dot so they can line up ball with middle of putter.

But a sight dot is a circle. YOu cannot line up a putt with a circle? its round? you can spin the putter 180 or whatever angle you want, a circle is still a circle, it is phyically and scientifically impossible for it to line up your putt with it?

Trying to compare a single sight dot to a larger series of multiple balls like the two ball is apples to oranges.

It would be like me handing you a hoola hoop and asking you to line it up with a object in the distance, its round, you cannot line up a round object...a site line yes...it aims somewhere...a round object does not aim....it just goes in circles....

 

your logic is dizzying... :fool:

 

i guess the easiest way for me to explain how i line my putts up with a sight dot is this... i imagine the cup as one end point of the line and the putter's sight dot as the other end point of the line (remember your basic geometry... there are two points on a line). put the ball on the same line and stroke your putt.

 

if you can't understand it, good luck, man. i really can't make it any more simplistic than that.

A line points in a direction i.e. the direction of the hole. A dot does not point anywhere, its a circle, i cannot make it any more simplistic than that. If you do not understand, good luck my man.

Hey Jimbob.....which direction...does this here circle...point in.....daaaaaaaa...I dunnow....clevis...i just keep running in circles trying to find out.... :man_in_love:

A line points in a direction i.e. the direction of the hole. A dot does not point anywhere, its a circle, i cannot make it any more simplistic than that. If you do not understand, good luck my man.

 

Hey Jimbob.....which direction...does this here circle...point in.....daaaaaaaa...I dunnow....clevis...i just keep running in circles trying to find out.... :fool:

ok, so basically you're trying to argue semantics with me...everyone knows a circle doesn't point in any particular direction. however, if you read what i posted, you would understand how i use a circle to line up a putt. if you choose to have a closed mind about the issue, that's your prerogative. i explained, in layman's terms, exactly how i LINE a putt up using the cup and the sight dot. i can try explaining how i do it again but i think that you're just looking for an argument rather than insight into how/why this works for me, so, good luck on the links, man! :man_in_love:

A line points in a direction i.e. the direction of the hole. A dot does not point anywhere, its a circle, i cannot make it any more simplistic than that. If you do not understand, good luck my man.

 

Hey Jimbob.....which direction...does this here circle...point in.....daaaaaaaa...I dunnow....clevis...i just keep running in circles trying to find out.... :fool:

 

ok, so basically you're trying to argue semantics with me...everyone knows a circle doesn't point in any particular direction. however, if you read what i posted, you would understand how i use a circle to line up a putt. if you choose to have a closed mind about the issue, that's your prerogative. i explained, in layman's terms, exactly how i LINE a putt up using the cup and the sight dot. i can try explaining how i do it again but i think that you're just looking for an argument rather than insight into how/why this works for me, so, good luck on the links, man!

same to you. May all your putts be one putts and all your drives be long. Cheers :man_in_love:

A line points in a direction i.e. the direction of the hole. A dot does not point anywhere, its a circle, i cannot make it any more simplistic than that. If you do not understand, good luck my man.

 

Hey Jimbob.....which direction...does this here circle...point in.....daaaaaaaa...I dunnow....clevis...i just keep running in circles trying to find out.... :fool:

 

ok, so basically you're trying to argue semantics with me...everyone knows a circle doesn't point in any particular direction. however, if you read what i posted, you would understand how i use a circle to line up a putt. if you choose to have a closed mind about the issue, that's your prerogative. i explained, in layman's terms, exactly how i LINE a putt up using the cup and the sight dot. i can try explaining how i do it again but i think that you're just looking for an argument rather than insight into how/why this works for me, so, good luck on the links, man!

same to you. May all your putts be one putts and all your drives be long. Cheers :man_in_love:

Wish I hadnt started this!!!!

I prefer a line. It makes it much easier to line up with the line on the ball. I have a Cameron Studio Design 1 with a dot. Found it very difficult to get the face aligned properly. Line was much easier. So I painted a line on the flange with white out. Works excellent.

I prefer a sight line. With the line I put on my golf ball matching up with the sightline, it creates one longer line combined!

A line points in a direction i.e. the direction of the hole. A dot does not point anywhere, its a circle, i cannot make it any more simplistic than that. If you do not understand, good luck my man.

 

Hey Jimbob.....which direction...does this here circle...point in.....daaaaaaaa...I dunnow....clevis...i just keep running in circles trying to find out.... :fool:

 

ok, so basically you're trying to argue semantics with me...everyone knows a circle doesn't point in any particular direction. however, if you read what i posted, you would understand how i use a circle to line up a putt. if you choose to have a closed mind about the issue, that's your prerogative. i explained, in layman's terms, exactly how i LINE a putt up using the cup and the sight dot. i can try explaining how i do it again but i think that you're just looking for an argument rather than insight into how/why this works for me, so, good luck on the links, man!

same to you. May all your putts be one putts and all your drives be long. Cheers :man_in_love:

 

Wish I hadnt started this!!!!

WHY the hell are you arguing this.

people use dots because thats what helps them make putts.

who really cares about the science, if you can sink putts, you got a winner

A line points in a direction i.e. the direction of the hole. A dot does not point anywhere, its a circle, i cannot make it any more simplistic than that. If you do not understand, good luck my man.

 

Hey Jimbob.....which direction...does this here circle...point in.....daaaaaaaa...I dunnow....clevis...i just keep running in circles trying to find out.... :fool:

 

ok, so basically you're trying to argue semantics with me...everyone knows a circle doesn't point in any particular direction. however, if you read what i posted, you would understand how i use a circle to line up a putt. if you choose to have a closed mind about the issue, that's your prerogative. i explained, in layman's terms, exactly how i LINE a putt up using the cup and the sight dot. i can try explaining how i do it again but i think that you're just looking for an argument rather than insight into how/why this works for me, so, good luck on the links, man!

same to you. May all your putts be one putts and all your drives be long. Cheers :man_in_love:

 

Wish I hadnt started this!!!!

 

 

WHY the hell are you arguing this.

 

people use dots because thats what helps them make putts.

 

who really cares about the science, if you can sink putts, you got a winner

I am not arguing this. Told the guy he voiced his opinion, i did as well and wished him well on the links, meant it sincerely not sarcasticly....now you are bringing it up again....lets all move on....i have

I prefer nothing , but my 2nd choice is a line.

I am not arguing this. Told the guy he voiced his opinion, i did as well and wished him well on the links, meant it sincerely not sarcasticly....now you are bringing it up again....lets all move on....i have

geez, sharkhark, constantly causing trouble, huh? :man_in_love:

i saw that you're on puttertalk.com, too. i just got a new putter byron in and was using my sight dot to line my putts up today. haha. :fool: see you around, man.

I am not arguing this. Told the guy he voiced his opinion, i did as well and wished him well on the links, meant it sincerely not sarcasticly....now you are bringing it up again....lets all move on....i have

 

geez, sharkhark, constantly causing trouble, huh? :man_in_love:

 

i saw that you're on puttertalk.com, too. i just got a new putter byron in and was using my sight dot to line my putts up today. haha. :fool: see you around, man.

Hi there. yeah...I am only beginning to become more knowledgeable on putters, what styles i like/suit me. I never really knew byron morgan putters until recently and man oh man...i really really like them. Cheers to you too.