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In regards to his putting advice (straight back - straight through) he does say in the book that it is his opinion that it is the "most consistent" method to keep putts online. The reasoning being that what throws the putt offline is the angle of the putter at impact. If it is straight back and through, then the angle doesn't change. If you are using the "screen door" method then there is more of a chance to get that angle off of square.

He also has very high praise for great putters like Crenshaw that use the "screen door" method. He just thinks that the rest of us should use a method that he thinks is more consistent. And being a numbers guy, that is where he's coming from.

Even if you don't like that aspect of his teaching, he does have a lot of very good ideas on rhythm and routine.

And in regards to him hawking his wares on the Golf Channel, show me a "renowned" teacher that is not doing that. Off the top of my head I've seen infomercials with Ledbetter, Harmon (multiple brothers), Haney and Rick Smith...
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In regards to his putting advice (straight back - straight through) he does say in the book that it is his opinion that it is the "most consistent" method to keep putts online. The reasoning being that what throws the putt offline is the angle of the putter at impact. If it is straight back and through, then the angle doesn't change. If you are using the "screen door" method then there is more of a chance to get that angle off of square.

That's almost beside the point, though: if it's more natural to square the face with a screen door swing, and requires manipulation and timing to do square-to-square, then the opposite is true.

He just thinks that the rest of us should use a method that he thinks is more consistent. And being a numbers guy, that is where he's coming from.

And for most people, the "more consistent" stroke is the arc stroke. That's probably partly why Dave Pelz has seemingly stopped pushing his stroke on everyone and focused mostly on the short game. Seemingly.

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