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I've been about a putt per round better. Now, let me throw in a caveat because I don't know that the improvement is entirely due to the moving-ball-marker-gizmo and might be more due to their plastic-line-template-gizmo. In practice, the line markings with their line template helped me identify a way to roll the ball more on a 12-6 plane. I had a little bit of wobble in my roll that i wasn't seeing with just a simple, single line. I had some mechanical flaw in my stroke and my line wasn't rolling 100% 12-6. I didn't visually pick that up until I started using their line template which has these little side markers/wings which showed this slight wobble in the roll. I feel like this mechanical change has me rolling the ball straighter and that is probably the biggest part of the improvement. I feel like I'm simply rolling the ball straighter.

Just to throw out an alternative viewpoint......... I'm a habitual putter-ball-line guy. I think the line on the ball helps me aim and align my putts better. It can't be that foreign of a concept since a lot of guys on the PGA Tour use it, too. I bought one of these Trident devices and I really love it. I'm able to get a more accurate alignment. Because of the moveable base and the side markings on the ball (these are key), I can make little micro-adjustments very precisely and get my ball aligned exactly how I want it to sit. And - here's the best part for you non-line guys - I can get my aligning done in half the time. The moveable base allows me to make small adjustments much quicker than without it. I think this device - at least for me - improves pace of play. If you're a line-on-the-ball-guy, I would give this device a run.

@iacas So, I'm often fighting the habit of transitioning from my heels to the balls of my feet at impact. I'm often telling myself pre-swing to keep my weight on my heels. What would be a better drill/tactic to help this problem versus having an object touching my backside and telling myself to keep connection to that object?

I really hope that you take all the great advice given to you in this thread and don't open this business. I agree with the people in this thread that are telling you this is a bad idea for a variety of (good, logical) reasons. I'll give you one more..... At one time, I was heavily into the shooting sports. I was competing a high level. I decided to open a shooting-related business thinking it would be fun. Instead, it look my hobby and turned it into a job. This business sucked the joy out of my favorite pastime. Keep golf as something you love (a stress reliever) and don't turn it into something that is stressful.

I honestly don't know. My perception is that the alignment rod is against the left side of his head to teach him to not sway back to his right side and the ball is there to teach him not to sway forward towards the balls of his feet. It doesn't seem like a terrible set of teaching tactics to me. You must think that it's teaching him a bad habit but I don't see what that is.

@iacas What is he teaching that you think is wrong?

Hi Guys, I'm going to be in Salt Lake City this week and wanted to try to get a round of golf in while I'm there. I don't really want to make the trek to Park City so I was hoping to play a course close to where my hotel is in the middle of town. I was considering Bonneville and Meadow Brook as two solid public course options. Does anyone have a recommendation between those two courses (or maybe another course that I'm overlooking)?

Deadman, sorry if this was mentioned already, I couldn’t find it, what is the website you are using where you are calculating your strokes vs. handicap and showing those screenshots?

This is a great book. I got it as an audio book to listen to while I was on a long car trip. Highly recommend the book. I'm a fairly novice golfer and I found it helped me tremendously. I've already listened to it once and I'm on my second pass at the book. I'm guessing I'll go through this book a dozen times and learn something new each time.