anyone use a really odd putter stance...?

[Diesel]

defying convention...?

I've noticed i put alot better when i keep my feet very close together, and my right foot pulled back a bit... it keeps my right elbow against my body, and i seem to make much better contact when i putt like this...

i've been experimenting with different grips / stances, cause my conventional way of putting, i make contact all over the face, (high, low, toe, heel), it's never consistent... :cheesy:

[silliwilli]

I have a very narrow, fairly open stance (right handed, right eye dominant), not too weird but not orthodox either i guess!

[Dariusz J.]

Briny Baird comes to mind - I have seen him putting on TV. I am not sure and wonder why he thinks this way of stance helps in putting though.

 

Cheers

[pocketfulladoubles]

Yeah, mine's pretty fugly. I basically put 90% of my weight on my back foot with my head behind the ball and a wide open (maybe 45 degrees) stance, choking way down on the shaft (almost as if it were about 30-inches, but I use a 35" putter for the desired weight). I swing straight back and straight through, which because I'm so open is almost on a diagonal with an open face. For some reason though, once I switched to this I almost never three putt, and I one putt a whole lot more - so I'm sticking with it. To judge speed, I visualize lawn bowling and actually make a bowling throw. Then I putt with that speed, it just sort of matches up that way. My friends smirk, but that's fine. they never drop 20-foot birdie putts.

[Cloran]

Putting is my score killer... I've tried everything. Even sidesaddle all of last summer. I actually think I putted my best (especially from within 10 feet) sidesaddle, but I just couldn't take the harrasment, ridicule, badgering... I felt like a lepper; and unfortunately I shoot mid 80's so it's not like I could laugh back...

[Snax]

i used to struggle on the greens, and tried some new stuff... now i point my left two forward(i putt righty), and it seems to help keep my stroke on path i supposed, but ive recieved good results from the change

[birdie_man]

I bend over the ball like Nicklaus and Palmer.....;)

 

It's the only way for me thusfar. And I love olde skoole. ;)

 

"Get closer to your work."

[hurricanewarning]

I really sucked at putting so much that was embarrasing, until one day at the putting green with my friends I was trying to have silly fun imitating Phil's odd putting stance. My friends were shocked how I started knocking them in consistently for the first time in my life. Now I have that kinda weird stance and putting is not my weakest part of my game, the only problem is that my back hurts after taking putting practice.

[drjag10]

seen a few - tried a few, quit for a while because my putting was so bad. Now use claw/hacksaw grip, weighted 31" shaft - much better results.

[Freddy300]

I bend over the ball like Nicklaus and Palmer..... :russian_roulette:

 

It's the only way for me thusfar. And I love olde skoole. :(

 

"Get closer to your work."

 

 

Doesn't Phil Mickelson do that too? It seems like he uses a childs putter and his hands are almost down to his knees.

 

I am not that great but for short putts - I widen my feet stance. Wider than my shoulders. It seems to help.

[thenewbie]

I've tried lots of different stances as well, and I still switch around when things aren't going the way I want them to. I find that when I'm having trouble within 5 or 6', I just open up and widen up so my feet are spread really wide. with the ball a bit back of middle, I can really see the whole line right into the hole, and I can stroke the putter straight at the hole. when my distance control is off, I take an open chipping stance with my feet really close. again, it lets me see the hole better.

 

one thing I've realized is that the stance means very little. I change my stance to give myself a new perspective, and to keep things fresh, even if only on the practice green. as long as I control the stroke with my shoulders and keep everything as still as possible, I can focus on speed, and things seem to work fairly well.

[diehardgolfer32]

I used to mess around with my putting a lot. I've gone with my stance narrow, wide sidesaddle. I've tried different grips. But then every round I would get people who thought I was Jesus or something because my putting style was different. Then I would just have to get into some long story about how I picked up this odd style. It just go old. I got tired of people giving me funny looks. Now I'm pretty conventional.

[ChrisM84]

I bend over the ball like Nicklaus and Palmer.....:russian_roulette:

 

It's the only way for me thusfar. And I love olde skoole. :(

 

"Get closer to your work."

 

 

Me too. A little open a la Jack as well.

[Bite Bite]

First off, I am right handed.

Fairly standard spine angle (no hunching), Narrow stance, very open left foot... my eyes are still over the ball but the whole stance is just very comfortable and natural.

[SHERO]

I would consider this stance fairly odd.

works though

[bumgolfr]

I putt sidesaddle and it's knocked about 5-8 strokes off my usual 38-42 putts a round. Let 'em laugh-If they give you strokes and you win, you can laugh back. Stick with what wins.

 

Log on to www.puttmagic.com

[rama5]

If it's just a friendly game I can revert to the old Sam Snead slide saddle putting style, it work for me for a while in the 70's

[20something]

Used to do the Briny Baird style. Felt like I concentrated better on putts. But when I got used to it, it was like a normal stance. So, went back to a normal stance. Whatever that is.....I think if you have putting issues, whatever works for you is best. Regardless of how it looks.