New Putting Approach

There is a brand of putter out there called the Evnroll.  The creator, Guerin Rife, has been in the putter business for 20 some years.

In a conversation about the game of putting, he had some interesting things to say, that made sense to me.

1) if you are greater than 15 feet from the pin, try to make a golf stroke, not a putting stroke.

2) from 6 to 15 feet, then you are putting, but you still want some motion in the wrists and hands; one might think of this a controlled golf swing.  It basically is a lag.  The odds of making are still quite small.

3) from 6 feet in, you are trying to make it.  Use the Steve Stricker tip: move closer to the ball, allowing the hands to lift and the wrists to pronate.    That locks the wrists and hands.  Then use the shoulders only to try to smash the ball into the hole.  Big muscles to keep the yips out.

I tried a lot of this today.  It worked well.  I had one three putt, a number of one putts and would have made more of then, but I was a bit short on two or three.

The longer putts were much easier as I was allowing the club to swing and the club to give the ball a bit of a wack.  Distance control was very good.  Direction was pretty good too.

All in all, I like this approach.  It certainly makes the longer putts much easier.