Reading Greens

[iacas]

3 hours ago, 70sSanO said:

A rather odd statement that seems to indicate more of a basis on familiarity than merely developing a skill.  Not to say that it won't help in the process, but if you putt on the same greens every week, given enough time and enough putts, that alone could be more beneficial.

FWIW I don't particularly agree that it's "easier on courses you play a lot."

[Buckeyebowman]

5 hours ago, 70sSanO said:

A rather odd statement that seems to indicate more of a basis on familiarity than merely developing a skill.  Not to say that it won't help in the process, but if you putt on the same greens every week, given enough time and enough putts, that alone could be more beneficial.

I bought the DVD and I am planning on watching it and seeing what I can glean from it.  I think the system has merit.

John

Well, I think this is a point. I read an article by Lee Trevino in which he related his advice to some country clubbers who wanted to sponsor a kid to Q school, and his start on tour, until he got on his feet. Of course, the kid shot lights out at his home course. Trevino's advice was to take the kid to 10 courses he had never seen and watch him play. More to the point, watch him putt! How quickly could he adapt to the speed and breaks on the new greens? 

I may have played a thousand rounds at Mill Creek. I can hit an approach shot on the green, and I can tell what direction the putt will break from back in the fairway! How much and what speed are details to be worked out, but I know if it's going right or left.

There another course farther afield that we don't get to play much. Many of the holes are built into a hillside. Those greens will mess with my mind. You think you're putting uphill and it's downhill. You think it will break right and it breaks left. It's almost like you have to do George Costanza putting! Whatever you think, do the opposite!

[natureboy]

1 hour ago, Buckeyebowman said:

It's almost like you have to do George Costanza putting! Whatever you think, do the opposite!

That's sometimes how I feel about my putting in general 

[Lihu]

On June 7, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Buckeyebowman said:

Well, I think this is a point. I read an article by Lee Trevino in which he related his advice to some country clubbers who wanted to sponsor a kid to Q school, and his start on tour, until he got on his feet. Of course, the kid shot lights out at his home course. Trevino's advice was to take the kid to 10 courses he had never seen and watch him play. More to the point, watch him putt! How quickly could he adapt to the speed and breaks on the new greens? 

I may have played a thousand rounds at Mill Creek. I can hit an approach shot on the green, and I can tell what direction the putt will break from back in the fairway! How much and what speed are details to be worked out, but I know if it's going right or left.

There another course farther afield that we don't get to play much. Many of the holes are built into a hillside. Those greens will mess with my mind. You think you're putting uphill and it's downhill. You think it will break right and it breaks left. It's almost like you have to do George Costanza putting! Whatever you think, do the opposite!

Seems like if you learn to read breaks rather than depend upon memory, your chances of success on other courses would improve.