Steve Stricker's Heel-Up Putting Stroke

[ewc19972]

i just saw Steve Stricker lift the heel with his putter and he is doing very good with this technique. why exactly does this help him? would it help me? what is the science of this technique.

[iacas]

i just saw Steve Stricker lift the heel with his putter and he is doing very good with this technique. why exactly does this help him? would it help me? what is the science of this technique.

That's just the way he putts. It's what he's used to. He gets the heel up because his putter is a bit flatter than it perhaps should be. His left arm is in line with his putter shaft, though, which is typically a good thing.

[jambrose]

Stricker is so mechanical in all his swings that an adjustment like this really does not make a difference for him. His game hasn't looked better

[i-Guy]

He gets the heel up because his putter is a bit flatter than it perhaps should be.

yeah...I have always wondered why he just doesn't have the lie adjusted???

[iacas]

yeah...I have always wondered why he just doesn't have the lie adjusted???

Because he makes a lot of putts. If it ain't broke...

[i-Guy]

Because he makes a lot of putts. If it ain't broke...

I know...then don't fix it. But I would think he might waver sometimes on trying to consistently raise it to the right place versus having it bent there permanently...to each his own and I wish I could putt as consistently as he does...

[MuscleBack Sauce]

Putting advice is like giving advice on how to make a sandwich at this point. Everyone is different. Just do whatever you have to do to get the ball rolling as quick as possible and end over end. (I know, I know, just try to build the pyramids in one day)

[i-Guy]

Putting advice is like giving advice on how to make a sandwich at this point. Everyone is different. Just do whatever you have to do to get the ball rolling as quick as possible and end over end. (I know, I know, just try to build the pyramids in one day)

You know it really seems this way doesn't it...as there are many grips, stance and styles of putting on the PGA Tour today and to some degree they all seem to work...I always thought there was some basic fundamentals to putting that needed to be adhered to for success but I think the main idea is to get the ball into the hole in whatever fashion works for you...

[Fatphil]

I used to play with a very upright bullseye and I would virtually lock my wrists upright almost directly over the ball. Lost it about 15 yrs ago and now I have a more traditional lie on my Odyessy, but now my hands always try to go to the line of the ball which either causes me to drop the toe or push the club outside the plane..whether its the belly putter, claw grip whatever, most players are just trying to eliminte that tendency to lose their upper wrist angle.

I see a lot of the mistakes I make in my full swing popping up in my chipping & putting. Mainly having to do with the Loft...(Lack Of ••••in' Talent)

[FHopper]

I assume it is the result of getting his eyes over the ball and a level pendulum swing. I used to putt like that but it hurts my back now that I am OLD.

[Fatphil]

I assume it is the result of getting his eyes over the ball and a level pendulum swing. I used to putt like that but it hurts my back now that I am OLD.

I think it has more to do with locking in his wrists than his eye line..he is just trying to eliminate even a 1/2 a mm of movement which can cause a mishit.

Eh Bro...haven't you heard? 60 is the new 45!!

[FHopper]

Eh Bro...haven't you heard? 60 is the new 45!!

and that is why my sailboat is a Hobie!