The Golf Thread

[GAVol]

So, are you just going off strictly instinct?

I do play a lot by feel, but I wouldn't call it instinct. I just use the putter blade as my reference and when I feel like it's square to the line I swing it. I don't want to get so line committed by the arrow on the ball that it competes with what my eyes are telling me.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

I do play a lot by feel, but I wouldn't call it instinct. I just use the putter blade as my reference and when I feel like it's square to the line I swing it. I don't want to get so line committed by the arrow on the ball that it competes with what my eyes are telling me.

So, do you make a good number of your putts then?

 

[ridethelightening]

For those that don't like putting with the lines on the ball, try spot putting. If you aren't already

 

[BigPapaVol]

For those that don't like putting with the lines on the ball, try spot putting. If you aren't already

I think all of us spot putt at times.
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[hohenfelsvol]

I think all of us spot putt at times.
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+1

 

[ridethelightening]

I think all of us spot putt at times.
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Agreed, I would hope if you were trying to make a putt you would aim at something, and not the right lip from 20 ft. I was just saying pick a spot 6 inches in front of you and make sure you roll the ball over that spot.

 

[T-TownVol]

nothing substitutes for a good PLUMB BOB

 

[volfanbill]

Agreed, I would hope if you were trying to make a putt you would aim at something, and not the right lip from 20 ft. I was just saying pick a spot 6 inches in front of you and make sure you roll the ball over that spot.

Nothing personal, but we're not stupid.
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[T-TownVol]

Nothing personal, but we're not stupid.
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maybe a handicap posting, by everyone, would elevate the level of instruction

 

[ridethelightening]

Nothing personal, but we're not stupid.
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Hence why I said this...

For those that don't like putting with the lines on the ball, try spot putting. If you aren't already

 

[GAVol]

Agreed, I would hope if you were trying to make a putt you would aim at something, and not the right lip from 20 ft. I was just saying pick a spot 6 inches in front of you and make sure you roll the ball over that spot.

I can't stand doing that either. I've always just read the putt, aimed at the apex of the break and just hit it.

 

[GAVol]

nothing substitutes for a good PLUMB BOB

Without a doubt, the WORST way to read a putt known to man, yet people do it all the time.

 

[GAVol]

So, do you make a good number of your putts then?

Enough that I haven't started drawing lines on the ball to line myself up.

 

[doozer]

Enough that I haven't started drawing lines on the ball to line myself up.

whatever gets the ball in the hole i'm all for.

 

[ridethelightening]

I can't stand doing that either. I've always just read the putt, aimed at the apex of the break and just hit it.

Whatever works

 

[hohenfelsvol]

Enough that I haven't started drawing lines on the ball to line myself up.

You're better than me.

 

[doozer]

so, i'm pretty god awful at this fantasy golf thing.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Without a doubt, the WORST way to read a putt known to man, yet people do it all the time.

Loren Roberts even knocks it out, and bro can make some putts.

 

[DowntownVol]

Oddly enough, my game is the exact same way.

I hit maybe 3 greens per round, seriously, and play to a 15. My ballstriking is pitiful, but I can chip and putt decently enough, I guess.

 

[ridethelightening]

So, I finally had a chance to watch the Haney Project. The good thing about the Golf Channel is they give you more than enough opportunities to watch one of their originals.

I don't want to come on here and be a jerk, but I know he would make sure to point it out to me. BPV: did you happen to check out how "flat" he was trying to get Barkley? And, don't give me any kind of junk about it being just because Barkley is way across the line because that is the exact reason Tiger went to him in the first place. He didn't like how his swing with Butch got him across the line.

 

[BigPapaVol]

So, I finally had a chance to watch the Haney Project. The good thing about the Golf Channel is they give you more than enough opportunities to watch one of their originals.

I don't want to come on here and be a jerk, but I know he would make sure to point it out to me. BPV: did you happen to check out how "flat" he was trying to get Barkley? And, don't give me any kind of junk about it being just because Barkley is way across the line because that is the exact reason Tiger went to him in the first place. He didn't like how his swing with Butch got him across the line.

don't be stupid. He went to Hank because he and Butch have personal issues, period. You're comparing teaching Barkley to teaching Tiger Woods. I can't think of a more ridiculous comment, seriously.

Be a jerk all you'd like, but don't consider it a free ride to post senselessness. He drove it well under Butch and didn't before, hasn't since and won't again.

Maybe you should stick to giving us putting lessons.

 

[Lexvol]

I love it when the hackers in front of me lie on their bellies to get a read. That just makes my round!

 

[ridethelightening]

don't be stupid. He went to Hank because he and Butch have personal issues, period. You're comparing teaching Barkley to teaching Tiger Woods. I can't think of a more ridiculous comment, seriously.

Be a jerk all you'd like, but don't consider it a free ride to post senselessness. He drove it well under Butch and didn't before, hasn't since and won't again.

Maybe you should stick to giving us putting lessons.

I give up. Your knowledge of the golf swing is so much better than mine. I wish you the best of luck on making the senior tour. Do you care to give us your name so we can keep an eye out for you?

 

[doozer]

just call him bmfpv.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

The gentleman's game certainly does stir up it's fair share of rancor...