Aimpoint Routine

[TyWebbb]

For those of you that have been to a clinic or teach a clinic......

What EXACTLY do you do to get the read during a round?  Please be precise.  I went to a clinic in February and have been to the practice green a few times since when the weather permitted to play around with it.  When practicing I use an eez-read circular level to determine the mid-line, then get the slope with my Husky.  After that I just look it up in my booklet and its amazing how accurate it is!  I've played a few times since but haven't implemented the technique in an actual round yet.  I don't want to hold up the group as it takes me some time to find the mid-line using my feet.  What do you all look for as you're walking up to the green?  Do you go on the other side of the hole and take a look?  Any tips that could help me find the mid-line in a timely fashion would be greatly appreciated.  Also how do you estimate the slope?

I'm really, really excited about the day that I can implement this tool in a round of golf.  I just want to make sure I know exactly what I'm doing before I do.  Thanks for any help!

[MiniBlueDragon]

... except that Vector Putting doesn't work.

As I actively practice my reads when I'm not playing rounds for me an AimPoint read takes around 5-10 seconds:

- Evaluate the high and low anchors on the walk up to the green.

- Walk to the mid-point with chart in hand.

- Rotate to zero line.

- Estimate slope %.

- Read the correct figure.

- Go putt.

There's really not much else to it.

[iacas]

What MBD says. If you practice the routine you'll get much faster at it and the routine should take 10-15 seconds.

[TyWebbb]

Thank you both.  You're right, the more I practice with it the more comfortable I'm getting.  It was just a little overwhelming at first because it was new.

[MiniBlueDragon]

No problem; just keep doing what you're doing and it will speed up. :)