How to get a handle on breaking putts for maximum results
May 2nd 2007 03:29
How to Approach and stroke your breaking putts
With Brian Gallant CPGA Associate Professional
By Mark Grove
Breaking putts are one of the toughest shots to keep on the right path
without ending up in a sand trap or water hazard. It is easier than you
you think to know where your putt will break, but another thing to keep
it aligned after the break point. Canadian Golf Pro Brian Gallant from
The Fire Rock Club in London, Ontario tells all the duffers out there
how to set up and keep your putts following the right path even after
the break.
The top putters in the game have issues with breaking putts as well, so lets
get a little knowledge on how to get a handle on putts that have a nasty
break or round-off, as I like to call it.
MG: How do you figure out where the break in a putt is?
BG: The break in a putt depends on the slope of the green, the green speed,
the length of the putt, the speed the ball is rolled and a few other things.
Most important is the slope of the green as gravity affects the roll of the
ball. At any given speed, the greater the slope of the green, the more the
putt will break down hill. Most often, golfers identify the break of the
putt by identifying the 'break point' - a point approximately halfway
between the ball and the hole in which the ball will roll and break to the
hole. Golfers often do not read the area from the ball and the break point
leading to missing the ball on the low side of the hole. To read the break
more accurately, golfers need to identify the break for the area from the
ball to the break point. With this break, you will identify the initial
starting line, called the Aimline.
MG: When you're setting up for a breaking putt, should you be aiming for the
hole or the break point?
BG: When setting up for a breaking putt it is important to aim your putter
so that the ball will start rolling over the initial starting line and not
the break point. This allows the ball to take the entire break of the putt
and have the best chance to enter the hole. As noted above, every putt has
an optimum speed and break that must match in order to increase the chances
of holing the putt.
MG: Should you focus as well on where the ball will break left or right, and
adjust your putting stroke for that?
BG: Your focus should be on the ball rolling over the starting point initially,
which is the aim line. This will allow you to make your normal putting stroke
without compensating and overdoing it and veering off the aimline.
Amateur golfers often aim for the break point and compensate during the stroke
to get the ball to start on the proper path which again, is the aimline. Remember
to aim the putter along the aim line, thereby allowing you to make a consistent
stroke without stroke compensation.
Mark Grove—Golfing Basics
Brian Gallant---Associate Professional Golfer—CPGA (Fire Rock Golf Club London, Ontario Canada)
With Brian Gallant CPGA Associate Professional
By Mark Grove
Breaking putts are one of the toughest shots to keep on the right path
without ending up in a sand trap or water hazard. It is easier than you
you think to know where your putt will break, but another thing to keep
it aligned after the break point. Canadian Golf Pro Brian Gallant from
The Fire Rock Club in London, Ontario tells all the duffers out there
how to set up and keep your putts following the right path even after
the break.
The top putters in the game have issues with breaking putts as well, so lets
get a little knowledge on how to get a handle on putts that have a nasty
break or round-off, as I like to call it.
MG: How do you figure out where the break in a putt is?
BG: The break in a putt depends on the slope of the green, the green speed,
the length of the putt, the speed the ball is rolled and a few other things.
Most important is the slope of the green as gravity affects the roll of the
ball. At any given speed, the greater the slope of the green, the more the
putt will break down hill. Most often, golfers identify the break of the
putt by identifying the 'break point' - a point approximately halfway
between the ball and the hole in which the ball will roll and break to the
hole. Golfers often do not read the area from the ball and the break point
leading to missing the ball on the low side of the hole. To read the break
more accurately, golfers need to identify the break for the area from the
starting line, called the Aimline.
MG: When you're setting up for a breaking putt, should you be aiming for the
hole or the break point?
BG: When setting up for a breaking putt it is important to aim your putter
so that the ball will start rolling over the initial starting line and not
the break point. This allows the ball to take the entire break of the putt
and have the best chance to enter the hole. As noted above, every putt has
an optimum speed and break that must match in order to increase the chances
of holing the putt.
MG: Should you focus as well on where the ball will break left or right, and
adjust your putting stroke for that?
BG: Your focus should be on the ball rolling over the starting point initially,
which is the aim line. This will allow you to make your normal putting stroke
without compensating and overdoing it and veering off the aimline.
Amateur golfers often aim for the break point and compensate during the stroke
to get the ball to start on the proper path which again, is the aimline. Remember
to aim the putter along the aim line, thereby allowing you to make a consistent
stroke without stroke compensation.
Mark Grove—Golfing Basics
Brian Gallant---Associate Professional Golfer—CPGA (Fire Rock Golf Club London, Ontario Canada)
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