Side Saddle Putter recommendation

[khale]

I am looking for something like KJ Choi is using but under $100. My putting is bad and it keeps me from scoring well. Last round, I hit 9 greens but had 40 putts for a 91. I missed all 5 birdie putts within 6 feets. I need to experiment with some other method of putting and Side Saddle Putting seems interesting. I have found a few side saddle puttere online but they are either ugly or over $200. Please give me some recommendation.

[deronsizemore]

I am looking for something like KJ Choi is using but under $100. My putting is bad and it keeps me from scoring well. Last round, I hit 9 greens but had 40 putts for a 91. I missed all 5 birdie putts within 6 feets. I need to experiment with some other method of putting and Side Saddle Putting seems interesting. I have found a few side saddle puttere online but they are either ugly or over $200. Please give me some recommendation.

My recommendation would be not to do it. It sounds like to me you just need to practice your putting more. If you're out there practicing, there's no way you should have 40 putts in a round. So, assuming I'm right and you don't get to practice much, I'd guess you will have even less luck with side saddle approach.

From my own personal experience, I miss putts because my putter face isn't square to the hole. Go out and buy a cheap chalk line from the hardware store, find a straight putt on the practice green and snap a chalk line along that line. This will allow you to get your putter face square first and foremost and also get your body more square to that line. If your speed is killing you, practice putting toward the fringe. Just try to let the ball come to rest right at the fringe or slightly over it. Start at the fringe and take five steps away from it and that should be roughly 15 feet. Putt until you can get five balls in a row to rest up against the fringe or bearly roll onto it. Once you've done that, take another five steps back which should be about 30 feet and do the same drill. This drill not only is good for getting speed right but it's also good for not hurting your confidence. If you're out there practicing to an actual hole and you're constantly missing, that can really mess with your mind sometimes. You don't want to even think about missing, just think about speed and getting the ball to the fringe. Hope that helps.

[JML22]

For some people the putter just doesnt fit the style of the person
i had this plastic knock off TM putter that i kept telling my friends sucked and they kept saying practice practice practice
but after buying a YES putter i'm down like 8 putts a round and i'm confident with those 3-5 footers

[deronsizemore]

i had this plastic knock off TM putte

Plastic?

OK, yes, if you have a plastic putter, it could definitely be the equipments fault. Go buy a different one if your current putter is plastic.

[unpicasso]

Why don't you look on the web for some video on side saddle putting. I found this on the web www.face-on-putting.com look easy to do.

[jamo]

I don't think KJ's putter is anything special, is it? I thought it was a center shafted Odyssey with a long grip on it. I can't tell whether or not it's a long putter or normal length with a long grip.

My point with that is that you don't need a special putter to putt side saddle. Maybe just a long grip.

[deronsizemore]

For what it's worth, I had golf on a few days ago and it was a recent tournament that KJ was playing in (and leading at one point). I can't remember what tournament it was, but he is back putting the traditional way.