BirdienFool

Very interesting and timely for me, given I'm working on this - the position of the right elbow during transition and first half of downswing. I used to try to move my right elbow in front of my hip while turning the hips to start the downswing. That caused me to get the club stuck behind me by thrusting the hands away from the body too much ( and below ideal plane) and forced active hand action to square the face...resulting in a LOT of nasty hooks. Now I'm just trying to get the right elbow alongside the hip instead of in front of it, trying to keep my hands closer to my body, and the club not so flat coming down, and its working very well now. No more hooks and the ball starts out on a real good path. I'm still gooving it on my P3ProSwing and at the range, so its still a work in progress, but I believe it is working. So the moral of the story is dont let that elbow get so far in front of the hip that it forces your hands too far away from the body - big trouble there !!! Rob

Guys, Yes, its true that they practice much more than we do. And they have the best feeling putters available - A Cameron with genuine German Stainless Steel costs in excess of $5K. But, also remember that they play EVERY WEEK on outstanding greens that are almost always running at the same speeds, double cut, double rolled, smooth as silk, so it does get easier when your green speeds are ultra consistant all the time. As for the rest of us, unless you belong to an elite club, we face different speed greens every week, sometimes they have not been rolled for a few days,etc. Given this, I agree with the other guy who said they arent as good as we all think, and the stats show it.

The putter does not feel as good as it used to, and I noticed some of the rubber polymer missing around the insert. I have some soft rubber RTV compound I'd like to try in it, so I want to pull off the insert, but its pretty stubborn to get off, and I want to make sure I dont bend it. I dont even know how thick the insert is. I'm just toying around with it (I do have another SC putter to use in the mean time) and trying this out. If I have to I will send it in to the Cameron studio to be done by them. Rob

Has anyone ever pulled apart one of these putters? I know it has a soft polymer inside the cavity around the German Stainless Steel insert. Cant really afford to send it in, but I do have some very soft rubbery RTV sealant that I could put in there and try out (and send it in if it doesnt work out well enough for me). I took the screws out but it appears that the sealant/polymer inside is firmly holding the insert in place. I have not tried heating it.

I currently have a Cameron Newport 2 with the German Stainless Steel insert, but having some trouble with 4-8 footers lately. The Squareback 2 looks like it might be easier to line up on the short ones. Does anyone have any experience with this putter? Feel, ease of line-up, distance control ease, and any other advice from folks who have tried this? I'm a committed Cameron guy, so it would take an earthquake to move me to something else. Thanks, Rob

I've seen Jeff Ritters online stuff. Check out Herman Williams as well. Just do a google search on Herman Williams Golf (he is in Raleigh, North Carolina). I really liked the way Herman explained things (more so than Jeff or Shawn Clement), and on a sheer reluctant gamble, I sent him my video and 50 bucks. Well, I'll tell ya that it has transformed my swing (and my game). He told me things that my local pro never even mentioned. He wrote me a full and detailed prescription on what to do, videoed himself doing the drills, showed what to look for, all in addition to doing a full analysis of what I was doing, why it wouldnt work, cause and effect, etc. I swear...It was the very best 50 bucks I've spent on anything golf related. I love that guy! I used to have to have a good round to break 80, and now I'm doing it all the time, even flirted with par on good putting days. I would highly recommend him - you get 50 bucks worth out of it without a doubt. I was very reluctant, but I'm sold on this guy.