Sports: 5 Simple Steps to a “Perfectly Fitted Putter”

5 Simple Steps to a “Perfectly Fitted Putter”

Written by John Bolt

Ever wonder why putting is so difficult for you? Want to know how to fix it? I’ll bet you’re using improperly fitted equipment without realizing it? If so, consider yourself lucky. We’ve come to save your putting game. These 5 key points will get you that perfectly fitted putter so you can shave off all those unwanted strokes on repparttar

greens. Let’s learn how.

The First Key:

A quality fitting can’t be done without you knowing your proper measurements. To calculate your best putter length you must base it on your height. You will do what’s known as a wrist-to-floor measurement. Measure form repparttar 137561 inside of your wrist at repparttar 137562 top of your hand all repparttar 137563 way down to repparttar 137564 floor. Keep this measurement ready for future reference.

The Second Key:

Figure out what your posture is when you’re putting. Do you stand more upright like a Vijay Singh? If so you will be better suited to longer putters that have more upright angles. Or do you have more of a crouched posture like repparttar 137565 great Jack Nicklaus? If you fall into this category you will need a shorter putter that has flatter angles with it.

The Third Key:

Look at your hand position when you address repparttar 137566 ball for a putt. There are a number of factors that will affect repparttar 137567 proper loft at impact you need. These include offset putters, ball position, and hand position. Are you a player with pronounced forward press? This will create negative loft at repparttar 137568 point of impact; therefore you will need additional loft to counteract this preference. If you have a conventional hand position then you will benefit from a standard lofted putter.

Conventional Putter or Long-Shafted Putter

Written by Steve Mabry

The big hitters will tell you that repparttar

girls dig

long ball. What about repparttar 137523

long putter? While there is no evidence that repparttar 137524

girls swoon over repparttar 137525

long putter it certainly has proven its worth in gold on repparttar 137526

PGA Tour in recent years.

Stewart Cink, who uses a belly putter, became repparttar 137527 first player to top repparttar 137528 TOUR's putting stats with a non-standard-length putter in 2004. Tom Lehman posted four top-10 finishes in five events to finish repparttar 137529 2004 season after placing a long putter in his bag.

Where did this trend begin? In 2000, Paul Azinger won repparttar 137530 Sony Open with a homemade belly putter. Paul was in repparttar 137531 Putter Studio with Titleist's chief putter designer Scotty Cameron a few months before repparttar 137532 Sony. They analysed where repparttar 137533 butt of repparttar 137534 putter aims at address, during repparttar 137535 backstroke, at impact, and during repparttar 137536 forward stroke. It was found that repparttar 137537 best putters keep repparttar 137538 butt of repparttar 137539 shaft aimed within a two-inch circle in repparttar 137540 belly area during repparttar 137541 stroke. Paul, thinking about repparttar 137542 two-inch circle, made a putter by shoving a shaft down repparttar 137543 shaft of his putter, and worked on anchoring repparttar 137544 butt of repparttar 137545 extended shaft into his belly. He made sure repparttar 137546 putter was legal and repparttar 137547 rest is history.

"According to Cameron, repparttar 137548 belly putter puts repparttar 137549 player in a repeatable position where mental memory can create muscle memory. Anchoring repparttar 137550 putter helps eliminate unnecessary moving parts, like wandering repparttar 137551 butt and flipping repparttar 137552 head through impact, and it allows a controllable and repeatable stroke that creates a consistent arc."

Cameron says, "I believe in repparttar 137553 belly putter and I believe in repparttar 137554 long putter." The fastest growing segment of his putter business last year was belly putters. If nothing else, it can be a good training aid to help feel where repparttar 137555 butt of repparttar 137556 putter should stay. It is a good way to feel repparttar 137557 proper stroke if you are struggling. Check where repparttar 137558 butt of you putter points by using a laser pointer or small flashlight while making a stroke in a mirror. If it is wandering more than repparttar 137559 two-inch circle, you could probably benefit from using an anchored stroke. If you have a problem consistently hitting putts solid including directional and distance issues, and a ball that hops, skips or just doesn't roll pretty, you could probably benefit from a belly or long putter.

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