putting up or downstroke?

[dchoye]

this might be covered in the past. Im interestred to know how others hit their putts as it relates to the upstroke / bottom of the arc or on the dowstroke?

I was "hitting down" on my putts early this season when I felt the greens were slower at my course, however now I feeling like I have to putt the ball on the upstroke as the greens have gotten faster and this seems to work better.

I feel it is difficult to be exactly at the bottom of the arc

anyone else have thoughts about this? When I was "hitting down" on my putts earlier this year it wasnt an abrupt downward blow, more like shallow and not as glancing as my chips.

[Jeremie Boop]

I strike my putts with the upswing of the club always.

[saevel25]

Originally Posted by Iacas

Get a putter that is fit properly for you (in terms of distance control, not only static weight but the location of the weight - butt of club, halfway down the shaft, putter head).

Get a putter that has the proper shaft flex for your stroke type.

Hit the ball with proper impact dynamics - 1-2° loft, 2-3° AoA (positive), putter head at peak speed or already decelerating slightly.

The easiest way to achieve #3 is often to match your backswing length and follow-through length. All putts should be the same tempo (60-80 BPM, somewhere in there) but vary in the length of the backstroke and follow-through.

You want to hit up on the ball slightly. This will allow the ball to get out of the small indentation it sits in on the green. Grass isn't a hard surface, so the ball will sit down. In actuality the ball deforms the grass infront of the ball when it rolls, this is what stops the ball, because it causes a torque that is not 90 degrees from the center of mass. To prove this, ever see a ball roll in a bunker, that's basically what happens on the green but to the extent you really can't see the deformation, and the grass rebounds.

For me, i tend to do a slight forward press since my putter has about 3 degrees of loft on the club. Then i put the ball slightly forward in my stance, and just putt like the ball was in the center of my stance. I think a bad tendency is to try to push your hands forward to much to strike the ball, so you negate the AoA.

But definitely want to hit up on the ball