Looking At The Hole When Putting Is Crazy And Just Doesn't Make Any Sense
I guess some golfers will do just about anything to get out of a serious putting problem. It's not enough with the long putters, crazy looking clubheads, and all the different grips that have come and gone over the years.
Now there are some people who are starting to advocate looking at the hole when they are putting. Johnny Miller won a tournament late in his career doing just that. Now I have just read that Colin Montgomery was looking at the hole on longer putts.
There is no logic to support this idea. While the hole is always the ultimate target, the ball will never be approaching it from the same angle. Every putt is different in both speed and break. Looking at the hole will only serve to take your focus completely off the line of the putt, where it rightfully belongs.
I really feel for all golfers, but especially for the best of the pros, when their putting suddenly and inexplicably leaves. All it really takes is one missed putt at the wrong time to send the golfer down the road to putting hell.
Along that road there are many turns. You can try new equipment. You can try new grips. You can take lessons and practice your stroke. You can increase the length of your gimmies. And now, for Gods sake, you can just remove the most important thing about the putt and look at the hole while you putt it!
But in the end, the putting abyss is full of golfers who just didn't know any better. If you want to putt good, don't follow those who are down on their luck and looking for any solution that gives them hope.
Let me show you a way to putt that does make sense
