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Farthest off the green you have used your putter?
leekgolf replied to hybrid25's topic in Instruction & Academy
The farthest I've tried is from about 5 yards off the green. I just don't have a good enough sense of how fairway will effect the putt's speed. I'm in Florida where the fairways are closely mowed and there really is no rough. I played with a guy Wednesday who consistently putted everything from 75 yards or less. For the most part it was effective! -
I use a digital level iphone app. It's pretty good. iphones have a gyroscope built in to them.
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Well back to the original discussion, is there a proper sequence for learning the swing? Assuming the student learns a proper grip, stance, setup etc. do we learn better working on the takeaway, then getting to the top, then transition, impact, follow through and finish? Is it better to work on impact first? As an update, I had a lesson today. The instructor suggested the best way to start is by playing 9 holes together so she could see what I do on the course. She asked me to talk her through my thought process on each shot. When we debriefed, she told me: 1. I'm way too analytica
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It's not likely any of us will ever hit the ball like a TOUR pro. The average TOUR pro gets up and down from off the green about 50% of the time. The average single digit handicap gets up and down from off the green less than 20% of the time. You can lower your handicap faster than anything else by getting your short game as close to TOUR level as possible, and we have a much better chance of getting that good than we do of ever becoming a TOUR level ball striker.
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I tracked every swing with a Swing Speed Radar. They read a little high, but they are consistent. If it tells you you're swinging X mph faster than your earlier swings, you are.
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My favorite swing aids this year? Broken shafts, pool noodles, alignment sticks and SuperSpeed sticks. With a broken shaft and a noodle you can do a lot of things: monitor your hip turn on the backswing, work on backswing and downswing plane, work on swing path, work on quieting upper body forward movement, forward hip turn, lots, lots more. My alignment is always a little iffy. Also, if I'm not careful my ball position will creep forward or backward. Using sticks helps me learn to see what proper alignment and ball position look like. I can't tell you how