Lesson #3

You can see your eyes are outside the ball in your setup prior to the lesson with very crowded arms and hands. The upright posture and incorrect eye position encourage a putter stroke that is out-to-in and has a lot of lift off the ground vs. staying low to the ground and arcing inside back and through.

Working with my Gravity T-Fit device, you can clearly see a perfect low and inside arc to your putter that comes naturally without training. By keeping the shoulders back, we enable our Thoracic Spine (under the shoulder blades) to be the motor for our stroke and then tight form of the arms and hands are the steering wheel. This allows the stroke to hold up under pressure and makes consistent tempo easier.

In this video you are demonstrating a drill that really helps dial in your feel for the speed of the green. Pick a target, either the fringe or a tee in the ground, and hit putts to it without looking at the result. Say to yourself after you hit the putt if it’s too long, too short, or good, and then look at the result to get accurate feedback. This will make you used to not wanting to look at the putt early and risk the quality of the putt as well as make your touch and feel amazingly accurate.

Hey Scott! These pictures show what your ideal setup and posture should be for putting. Eyes over the ball with ball position slightly forward of center.

Here you can see your ball position is a little behind center which will cause the putter to attack the ball at too steep of an angle which will then cause either excessive skidding of the golf ball or too much side spin. Remember we want to hit the ball so that it starts to roll forward like topspin in order to have obtain consistent distance control. This is achieved by ball position, and a proper arcing stroke.

In this video, you are going through proper routine to align your putter face and then your body correctly every time. Use a line on your ball or a intermediate target 3-6 inches in front of your ball to accurately align your putter face. Setting the putter on the ground first before taking a stance and grip allows for consistent aiming as well as making sure the lie angle of the putter is soled to the ground. If the toe hangs up too much or the heel rises up too much off the ground then it will encourage more side spin, which is the enemy of a great putter. Setting the putter first also allows for consistent stance, grip, and distance from the golf ball.

Here you were working on having the right mentality for all putts 10-12 feet and in. These are the putts we want to try and make so we always want a speed that finishes anywhere between 6-18 inches past the hole. This ensures the ball always has a chance to hit the hole and go in instead of falling short. Now outside of 12 feet we switch to No 3 Putt mode. The goal here is to just get the ball anywhere within a 3 foot circle around the hole (Uphill straight putts are the easiest so try and leave yourself something like that). That way you just practice 3 footers till you make them in your sleep and then hit everything to 3 feet to ensure no 3 putts. By pure luck you will start to make more putts by lagging to 3 feet rather than trying to “force a putt” to go in the hole.