geoffmangum
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Hi Folks,
I recently created a method of using 2 putts on the practice green to establish for the golfer's personal delivery pace and the green speed how much the ball breaks for all slopes and all distances out to about 15 feet or so, in terms of either how many inches of break to play per foot of putt or what percentage of the putt length the break is.
Once the golfer sees how much the slopes break, he then uses the basic patterns from the practice green to get a strong "ballpark" facing any unique putt on the course. The simple case is a ball that rolls only across one tilted slope of the same flatness from ball to hole, with no intervening contouring of the surface. Then the ballpark read is adjusted from a standard slope (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%) to the in-between slope of the green and any other adjustment for slight differences in green speed or perhaps a bit for uphill and downhill. The adjustment from the ballpark, if any, is very minor in almost all cases.
The complex putt involves intervening contouring, true, but in almost all cases the FINAL segment of the putt at the hole is simply one same flatness. Because the FINAL segment is the one that determines the outcome, as reading putts in effect starts at the hole and works backwards, the method here still works on the FINAL segment to identify the break in the sense that once the ball enters the final flatness, that is the distance of the putt that will break the remainder of the way to the hole. That "reads" the most important part of the putt, and the golfer has to work backwards from this final flatness to figure out how to deliver the ball onto the final area correctly so it works out as required.
Then I designed and created a 21-page book with photos, drawings, and illustrations about how all this works. If anyone on this forum wants a free copy of this pdf book, just email me and I'll send it along. Email geoff@puttingzone.com.
Cheers!
Geoff Mangum
PuttingZone.com coach and theorist
148 coaches in 20 countries worldwide and growing strong!
I recently created a method of using 2 putts on the practice green to establish for the golfer's personal delivery pace and the green speed how much the ball breaks for all slopes and all distances out to about 15 feet or so, in terms of either how many inches of break to play per foot of putt or what percentage of the putt length the break is.
Once the golfer sees how much the slopes break, he then uses the basic patterns from the practice green to get a strong "ballpark" facing any unique putt on the course. The simple case is a ball that rolls only across one tilted slope of the same flatness from ball to hole, with no intervening contouring of the surface. Then the ballpark read is adjusted from a standard slope (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%) to the in-between slope of the green and any other adjustment for slight differences in green speed or perhaps a bit for uphill and downhill. The adjustment from the ballpark, if any, is very minor in almost all cases.
The complex putt involves intervening contouring, true, but in almost all cases the FINAL segment of the putt at the hole is simply one same flatness. Because the FINAL segment is the one that determines the outcome, as reading putts in effect starts at the hole and works backwards, the method here still works on the FINAL segment to identify the break in the sense that once the ball enters the final flatness, that is the distance of the putt that will break the remainder of the way to the hole. That "reads" the most important part of the putt, and the golfer has to work backwards from this final flatness to figure out how to deliver the ball onto the final area correctly so it works out as required.
Then I designed and created a 21-page book with photos, drawings, and illustrations about how all this works. If anyone on this forum wants a free copy of this pdf book, just email me and I'll send it along. Email geoff@puttingzone.com.
Cheers!
Geoff Mangum
PuttingZone.com coach and theorist
148 coaches in 20 countries worldwide and growing strong!
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