Here is the continue of the previous article about the putting factors.
Take away - square to square and straight.
The perfect take away should to be on line and square to the ball-target line, otherwise there's room to make errors.
If the Ping G5i Craz-E Putter is open on the way back it means that it must return to square at precisely the right time to propel the ball down the line. Alternatively, if you're square on the back swing Golf Putter, square at contact and square on the follow through you don't have to rely on perfect timing to get the ball to stay on line.
But square to square on an out to in or an in to out path will still put a bias on the ball, so you need a putting stroke that's square to square and on line throughout. It's only when you can achieve a stroke that is square to square and on line that the ball starts where you expect and continues where you expect.
If you pick the Odyssey White Hot XG Sabertooth Putter up on the take away you inevitably have to drop it back down on the ball and any downward force on the ball causes it to bounce up off the putting surface. Once that happens no one can accurately predict how the ball will roll.
Through swing - The Monty move.
There's a technique which lets you keep the putter square at all times through the stroke. I call it the Monty move because of all the tour players Colin Montgomerie comes closest to the
technique naturally. The "Monty Move" is essentially a hinging of the right elbow (right handers) after impact while still maintaining the wrist angle that you began with.
If you can imagine what it looks like to roll a ball underarm like in lawn bowls, it makes the concept of square to square much easier to understand. If cricket is your game, imagine playing a forward defensive shot to a rising ball and you'll be able to associate the same locked right wrist sensation that stops you spooning a catch.
After the forward press remember to lock the right wrist as if it were set in a plaster cast. Take everything away in one piece but at the point in the through swing when the right bicep reaches vertical (with your elbow pointing at the ground), it remains in that position. The right elbow hinges and allows the putter head to continue square along the ball-target line.
Rhythm
The relationship between distance, the putter and the Callaway Big Bertha Golf
Ball
When your set-up is correct and your straight putt technique is sound you begin to look for a method to master the inch-perfect challenge of the Boomerang. Knowing everything that there is to know about a straight putt won't get the ball in the hole on its own, you also need to get the pace right.
Both feel and touch come with good rhythm and good rhythm comes from training on the Boomerang. The straight putt technique keeps the ball on the Boomerang and coming back to your feet but it is rhythm that is the key to mastering the challenge. With the Boomerang, we are able to practice rhythm hundreds of times every hour - grooving a stroke like practising tennis against a brick wall.
