tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574495817462192.post1676310478226556998..comments2024-03-24T00:12:23.882-07:00Comments on 3Jack Golf Blog: David Orr's Fundamentals of PuttingRich H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00619151630318195719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574495817462192.post-35543721506734120382010-06-09T18:59:50.025-07:002010-06-09T18:59:50.025-07:00part of the problem with that is thinking is the l...part of the problem with that is thinking is the lumpy donut effect. Geoff Mangum has a fantastic video on the optimal speed. David really doesn't like to talk about a distance past the cup because that's really a distance and not a speed, but it's about the only way you can convey it to golfers. Where I think dying it at the cup is good is that if you can avoid leaving it short, you now have a target for the speed. <br /><br />But like my friend who is easily the greatest putter I've ever seen, he was very aggressive. But so darn consistent. Even if he was aggressive and missed, he still had a 2 to 3 foot putt, which isn't that difficult.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3JACKRich H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00619151630318195719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574495817462192.post-38493844933894237162010-06-08T22:47:00.052-07:002010-06-08T22:47:00.052-07:00I worked with Gary Blaisdell who is brought into m...I worked with Gary Blaisdell who is brought into many colleges to teach their players about putting.<br /><br />He has a very different theory about speed in that it should actually be dying at the hole for the simple fact that it makes the hole bigger.<br /><br />If the putt is going to go by 2 feet or 18 inches, and a whole 75% of the ball goes inside the edge of the hole, the putt will lip out. But if you have speed that dies it at the hole you only need 51% of the ball to go within the boundary of the hole. That makes the hole almost twice as big.<br /><br />Consistency is certainly key though, and so is a proper aim point. Not the apex.Right Wing Political Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635834344909224748noreply@blogger.com