Adopting a longer-back, shorter-through stroke helps remove the “steering” impulse you might have that often gets the putterhead twisting and hitting the ball off-line.
Putting coach Ralph Bauer says he recommends using the line to most golfers – or to at the very least, try it – but does offer up one warning about how to use it best.
AimPoint is a modern green-reading technique based primarily on feeling the slopes on the greens, rather than trying to spot them with your eyes. We take a deeper dive into the system here.
What if you could make lasting improvement with less than an hour of putting practice each week? Sports biomechanist Dr Sasho MacKenzie says it’s possible, as long as you practise the right way.
You could have the best putting stroke in the world, but it’s not going to help much if you’re not aiming correctly so you should double-check what you’re doing is working.