Comments on: hammY Putter

By: Mike S.

Mike S. — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:05:00 +0000

Thanks for the precise explanation on Hammy style putting. It's very difficult to look at pictures of Hammy style practicioners and figure out how they're doing it, where the ball placement should be and how the feet are planted. The Hammy website is sadly deficient. Simple foot and ball placement diagrams would be very helpful.
Placing my right foot perpendicular to the target line with the ball four inches in front and five inches to the left has resulted in a far more repeatable straight back and through stroke. I'm still experimenting slightly with the position of my back (left) leg. 45 degrees left seems about right. Do you have any insight on weight placement?

By: hammY

hammY — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:41:16 +0000

d.g--i forgot to add. the only way I have seen the yips cured is with a hammy, a belly putter a long putter or a sidesaddle. any 4 of those should cure the yips.

the fact of the matter is that convetional putting is the absolute hardest way to putt a golf ball straight and consistent time and time again. the 4 ways mentioned above are so easy, it makes one laugh watching so many convetional putters including hundreds and hundreds of Tour pro's struggle so much with their putting and have good days and bad day. with the 4 ways mentioned there are only good days and great days.

By: hammY

hammY — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:34:32 +0000

B Hall. Your right your pro will not know how to show you anything about using the hammy. chances are he/she really couldn't even show you anything about putting with a conventional putter as not many pro's know or teach anything about putting. In 6 years I have never seen any of my 3 pro's give any putting lessons. in fact of all the hundreds of courses I have been to over many years, I can't think of more that 3 or 4 occasions where I have seen a pro giving a putting lesson. It's all on the range with swing lessons.

Here is a quick hammy Lesson. I may try to post something on youtube.

1- hold the top of the hammy with your left hand. This hand will only act as a hinge. Your inside of your left forearm should rest against your belly and stay there. then the only part of your left side that moves is your left wrist.
2- grip down on the hammy with your right hand wherever it feel most comfortable and you feel like you have the most control. I go low with mine about 3-4" from the bottom of the lower grip. Natalie Gulbis grips it much higher.
3-Position the ball about a hammy putter head distance from your right foot and pretty much have your eyes positioned over the ball. so the ball will be away from you about 5-7" and over about 5" to the left.
4- your left foot should kind of flare out towards the hole. maybe about a 45 degree angle from your right foot which should be perpedicular to your putting line. this will open your body up to the hole and/or line of putt. your stance should be comfortable for you.
5- just try to make a straight back and straight through down the line to your target stroke. it is very easy to do.

By: B. Hall

B. Hall — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:23:15 +0000

I recently bought a hammy at a yard sale. I'm a fairly new golfer, maybe 20 games over the last 3 years. The people I golf with have never seen a hammy before, so no one can give me advice on my putt. I need to take a lesson or 2 but I'm concerned that the golf pro won't know anything about it either. I'm not bad with it, I 2 or three putt most holes, but I'm hardly ready to blame that on the equipment.

By: D.G. Warner

D.G. Warner — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:36:13 +0000

Just a question regarding the Hammy. For those that have the yips and have been fighting them for years how if at all does the Hammy alleviate them. Has anyone had success alleviating this disease. Thanks, D.G.

By: Marley

Marley — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:13:36 +0000

I use a Hammy and believe it is the best way to putt a golf ball. It will take a true commitment to it really master it. It can not be mastered or even appreciated in two rounds. It may take 6 months and you have to use it every single round. You can never switch back and forth between the Hammy and a "normal" way of putting. This is a whole new way to putt the ball. You really have to forget all you ever knew about putting and start fresh. That is VERY hard to do. You can not do it 2 or 3 or 15 rounds. A few reasons why I think it is the best way to putt.

1-Like what was said about it in the test. It is like rolling a ball with your hand. If you give ANYBODY a tennis ball and tell them to roll it to a hole or garbage can 50 feet away they will just do it with out even thining about it. Your mind just instinctivly knows how much to give it.

2-It is much much easier to go straight back and straight forward with only using your right arm. I know there are 2 ways of thoughts on putting. Straight back and a little arc. I believe common sense and science tells us straight back and straight thru anything will be your best way to go about getting a ball to roll stright forward.

As far as seeing the line with 2 eyes and all of that. I don't think that does anything. At least not for me. I have a line on my ball. I line that up to something about 6 inches infront of my ball , I walk up to it, line up my putter, look at the hole, my mind now knows about how hard to hit, i take it straight back and straight thru.

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