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    dominant eye & putting

    Can anyone provide me with some information/link regarding how one's "dominant eye" affects putting?

    I found a few pages on the web describing that it's important to know which eye is dominant (left or right), but couldn't find information on what you're supposed to do with this information.

    Are you suppposed to set-up above the ball with your dominant eye?

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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    Here is a great article that was recently in golf magazine.

    http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline...139927,00.html

    Hope that helps some

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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    Very interesting and something I've always wondered. I play pool lefthanded, but do just about everything else right handed...but I can putt left handed pretty well.

    Here's an interesting link.

    Also, Google always provides some good links.

    Let me know if you find anything else. As for me, I'm right eye dominant. My wife is left eye dominant but we are both right handed...
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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    Quote Originally Posted by NCGolfer
    Very interesting and something I've always wondered. I play pool lefthanded, but do just about everything else right handed...but I can putt left handed pretty well.

    Here's an interesting link.

    Also, Google always provides some good links.

    Let me know if you find anything else. As for me, I'm right eye dominant. My wife is left eye dominant but we are both right handed...
    I'm right/right, for what that's worth. And I play pool right-handed. Though technically, perhaps I should putt lefty. They say you should have your dominant eye forward, if I remember correctly.

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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    I'm right eye dominant and I putt lefty for that reason

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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    I'm right eye dominant (even though it is the eye with the more correction on my glasses) and I suffer from peeking at the hole too early in my followthrough. So for the last 3-4 years, I line up the putt, then I close my left eye as I putt, and I don't open it until I can't see the ball anymore.

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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    I too am right eye dominant and putt right handed, I however use a balance line (line drawn around the ball which is also the balance line) which i aim along the true break aimline from behind the ball so dominant eye doesn't affect me as long as a i trust the aimline and practice preview stroke. I also suffered from peaking as Chicagoland Nick said, which can screw up your stroke. And i too since reading the tiger book close my left eye on all putts which really helps you to make sure you feel the perfect preview stoke first and then you can execute that stroke properly over the ball.

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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    Quote Originally Posted by Everardo
    I'm right eye dominant and I putt lefty for that reason
    I'm going to experiment with that a little this year. I'm right/right and recently demoed a lefty putter and was draining stuff like it was my job... maybe a little shaky on distance judgement, but the line was lights-out.
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    Re: dominant eye & putting

    Quote Originally Posted by jeffgladchun
    I'm going to experiment with that a little this year. I'm right/right and recently demoed a lefty putter and was draining stuff like it was my job... maybe a little shaky on distance judgement, but the line was lights-out.
    I tilt my head a bit and look out of my right eye. I think the distance thing would be too discouraging for too long for me to switch.

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