For anyone who is looking to update, upgrade or just getting a new putter for the hell of it, I strongly recommend that you first read a copy of The Art Of Putting by Stan Utley. This guy teaches many of the top pro’s on putting and short game and is considered by many to be the leading authority on this part of the game. I read his book last year and realized that I had been doing in wrong for the last 36 years. In fact I had never putted correctly ever, yet I had maintained a 10-12 handicap for most of this time. The guys I played with would laugh at me when I would 3 putt from 2 feet and I still hold the Saturday morning record for 57 putts ( 5 x 2 putts, 11 x 3 putts, 2 x 4 putts and 1 x 6 putt on the 3rd. )
After reading Stan’s book I got rid of the Odyssey 2 ball putter which had been in bag for about 5 years and bought a blade style putter (Taylormade Rossa Daytona). I then adopted Stan’s method and I haven’t looked back since. My playing partners now consider me as a good putter and when we play Ambrose I always putt last and invariably I sink’em. Also my handicap has come down from 12ish to 6.5 in less than a year, and I average 32 putts around with a low putting round of 29.
Last night my team won our twilight series which had been played over the last 15 weeks. Our prize believe it or not was new Yes putters. I grabbed the Tracy II and stuffed it into my bag. Then to the amusement of my playing partner ripped the plastic of it on the first green this morning, two putted from 15 feet for a par and went on to have five 1 putts and 32 putts for the day.
The Art of Putting: The Revolutionary Feel-Based System for Improving Your Score
retails for $16.50 US and is available from Amazon.
If you are an average putter (36 per round) you will only ever be an average golfer.
To be a good golfer you need to be a good putter and if you are a great putter then anything is possible
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