Laser Putt - anyone tried or using it

[Fsgolfer]

Saw this in another forum but not much info on it that I could find.  Anyone try it or currently use it.  The website claims its used by a number of pros.  Looks promising but a little pricey.  

Try to post link:. Laserputt.com

[iacas]

No, but I'll write to them about getting a review. Too many golfers twist their putter open and closed or move it off-plane in some way. Or both.

[Fsgolfer]

Great.  Would love to get your thoughts on it.  Hope they will supply u with one for testing.

[Club Rat]

I recall @SavvySwede was at the PGA show 2016 and there was a similar product or it might have been the LaserPutt.
I use a laser beam when practicing stroke alignment along with the Navigator putting aid and video which works well.

It is posted in my review -

One of the biggest benefits was as @iacas mentioned,

10 hours ago, iacas said:

Too many golfers twist their putter open and closed or move it off-plane in some way.

The only draw back with a laser is the beam is difficult to use outdoors in bright sunlight.

[Fsgolfer]

Yes the maker of this device readily admits the laser is not visible in bright sunlight even utilizing the most powerful legal lasers allowed.  However would still work on cloudy/overcast days and indoors.

[roamin]

On 3/23/2017 at 9:16 AM, Club Rat said:

I use a laser beam when practicing stroke alignment along with the Navigator putting aid and video which works well.

It is posted in my review -

On 3/23/2017 at 9:16 AM, Club Rat said:

One of the biggest benefits was as @iacas mentioned,

On 3/22/2017 at 10:49 PM, iacas said:

Too many golfers twist their putter open and closed or move it off-plane in some way.

Question about this...doesn't the putter have to move on a (small) arc (without manipulating arms/hands or something)?

I noticed in @Club Rat's video review, that he keeps the putter on the target line throughout the entire practice stroke. For all but short putts, wouldn't you have to move your arms away from your body to do this?

I received a little clip-on laser for Christmas from the in-laws that clips on to the putter, but I never thought of using it for anything other than initial setup and aim.

I like lasers and welcome any excuse to use them. 

Edited March 24, 2017 by roamin
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[Club Rat]

32 minutes ago, roamin said:

For all but short putts, wouldn't you have to move your arms away from your body to do this?

My putting style is a semi pendulum "like the motion of a clocks weight swing back and forth with a minimum an arc"
The only motion/movement is my shoulders rotating back and forward.
Yes, I use this method for shorter distances.
On longer putts,(over 20 feet) my stroke is more traditional with shoulder rotation and a slight arm swing.
It also will have a minimum arc per-sey, the face opens slightly as my shoulders turn slightly open.

I prefer a fixed laser line, not a laser which attaches to the putter.
I find it easier to watch the laser line on the ball as it rolls to the target.
I also like seeing the laser line across the top of the putter through the alignment marks.

With the use of the putting aid, the small rods make it very visible when the putter twists or face opens or closes.
My routine practice is trying to make a true path motion to keep the putter square and inline with my target.

This method has worked for me many years, I find it easy for distance control and helps keep the putting stroke online at the target.

 

1 hour ago, roamin said:

I like lasers and welcome any excuse to use them.

Add using the benefit of recording your putting stroke.
Watching your stroke in slow motion will surprise you how much wavering the putter head makes during a stroke.

Lasers are an added means of a true line.

[iacas]

1 hour ago, roamin said:

Question about this...doesn't the putter have to move on a (small) arc (without manipulating arms/hands or something)?

A putter being swung on a tilted plane will arc… and the baseline of the plane will still be a straight line. Consider a plane board and put your club directly on it, and swing it back: the club will travel in an arc (from above), but the baseline of the plane (i.e. where the laser points, or the shaft, etc.) will be on a line or very close to it.

So I think I get what you're saying - but no, this shouldn't "make" you swing on a straight line.

1 hour ago, roamin said:

I noticed in @Club Rat's video review, that he keeps the putter on the target line throughout the entire practice stroke. For all but short putts, wouldn't you have to move your arms away from your body to do this?

Yes, and to keep the putter face square to that, you'd have to counter-rotate your wrists.

[roamin]

 

44 minutes ago, Club Rat said:

Watching your stroke in slow motion will surprise you how much wavering the putter head makes during a stroke.

I'd believe you there. I can feel it (in real-time) on some putts, so I'm sure it's looks horrible in slow-motion. (BTW, just added "recording my putting stroke" to the practice to-do list since I saw it for the first time on video the other day when I made my course vlog, and noticed that I was rotating my left hand/wrist on the take-away.  

24 minutes ago, iacas said:

A putter being swung on a tilted plane will arc… and the baseline of the plane will still be a straight line. Consider a plane board and put your club directly on it, and swing it back: the club will travel in an arc (from above), but the baseline of the plane (i.e. where the laser points, or the shaft, etc.) will be on a line or very close to it.

So I think I get what you're saying - but no, this shouldn't "make" you swing on a straight line.

Yes, and to keep the putter face square to that, you'd have to counter-rotate your wrists.

Thanks for the clarification. 

Edited March 24, 2017 by roamin

[Fsgolfer]

On laser putts website I watched an instruction video that showed using this for both a straight back/straight thru stoke and also an arcing stroke. They claim with an arcing stroke the laser needs to be on target line about four inches before impact and four inches after, basically face square to target line at impact, which I think can be sound instruction. The arcing before and after impact is not really an issue, inline impact is the goal, simalar to full swing mechanics.

[iacas]

3 hours ago, Fsgolfer said:

On laser putts website I watched an instruction video that showed using this for both a straight back/straight thru stoke and also an arcing stroke. They claim with an arcing stroke the laser needs to be on target line about four inches before impact and four inches after, basically face square to target line at impact, which I think can be sound instruction. The arcing before and after impact is not really an issue, inline impact is the goal, simalar to full swing mechanics.

Right.

A point in the middle of the line should point at the target line, but because the face will open and close slightly, a line drawn in this way will be open and closed to the target line for all but an instant, too.