Posts by Marcel White

Quote: Originally Posted by iacas      Dave Pelz has been wrong before. 17" past? Debunked. Just sayin'... If you want to worry about the dimples of your ball affecting your putt, go for it....

Quote: Originally Posted by saevel25  I am sorry, you can try to call it a Parabolas all you want, but its not. The reason, Parabolas are conic sections, meaning you take a cone and take a slice of it, at any angle....

Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt  Actually, the ball rolls on more of a ballistic trajectory, with most of the curve occurring as the ball slows down.  The break is also affected by the change in...

    Quote:  I'm pretty sure the dimples don't really affect putting...     Dave Pelz says they do (pages 209-211 of my edition). Now I have a problem: Shall I trust him or shall I...

Thanks MiniBlueDragon, your questions are very interesting.   Parabolas are theoretical lines that only exist in flat surfaces (planes). This excludes crowns and saddles.   Friction makes it impossible for any object...

Thanks for your contributions. 1st Quoting Greg Norman is very impressive but doesn’t explain why his system is not very popular on PGA Tour. Does anyone now do what he says? 2nd I wrote my thread to all those who need to read...

It's hard to believe you wrote that.   I was addressing "all those who seriously read greens before putting" and never seen a golf pro reading greens with feet.

Thanks for your question. I tried to be concise but perhaps I tried too much and the result wasn’t clear enough. Golfers who read putts usually observe from behind the hole and also from behind the ball. This tip says that for right...

Hi all! I write about breaking putts and putting lines and I try to check everything relevant that is published concerning my niche. Recently a golfer that claims to be also "a shooting sports instructor" posted an article about...

Address and then move the putter head up, just a little bit, before you start the backswing.   Marcel White