Putting practice with an alignment mirror.

[Stretch]

My club's teaching pro picked up a few of the small YES! putting mirrors in their current fire sale and passed one along to me. It looks like this:



Found a nice guide to usage here: http://www.golfinternationalmag.com/.../pageflip.html and spent about an hour with it on the practice green, learning a few interesting things. For example, I set up with open shoulders and my eyes outside the target line, when I actually need my eyes slightly inside the line in order to see a flat putt as flat. May be why I've been trying to bend everything in the right side of the cup!

Anyway, it seems like lots of folks make similar products (Eyeline, GEL, Izzo etc.) and they're generally fairly inexpensive. I think it's a worthwhile piece of kit and I'm going to keep it in my bag to check my setup every week or so.

Anyone else use one of these?

[hoser]

I use something similar to this. Putting is the weakest part of my game and my set up needs a lot of maintenance.

My common faults:
* Dominant eye (right) is way too far inside my target line
* My head sways during the stroke
* I look up too quickly after I stoke the ball
* Right shoulder is open too far (I'm a lefty)

I spend about 30 minutes a week using this aid in my basement and notice a significant improvement on the course in the following days.

[ejimsmith]

I've been using the Dave Pelz Putting Tutor, which costs a bit more (like $60 w/ shipping/tax). I've been happy with it as far as helping me hit the ball straighter. I discovered I was opening my club face sometimes. This helped me get a rythym for keeping it aligned. I've been liking it.

[JML22]

Where's it on sale?
I need something like this so im working towards something with my putting instead of just bashing a bunch of putts in a circle