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Date: 18 Sep 2006 04:31:13
From: S McFarlane
Subject: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low. Almost
all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter would run
right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead center. The
pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what it's telling
me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
Scott
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 09:46:15
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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"S McFarlane" <skottymac@verizon.net > wrote in message
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> Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
> A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low.
> Almost all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter
> would run right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead
> center. The pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what
> it's telling me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
>
I think that's just a normal pattern of variation. If your arms are a
constant length (i.e. you aren't changing the flex in your elbows), and you
aren't moving your body forward or back, and your shoulders are a little
inside of the ball (so your eyes are over it) but there's a little variance
in your stroke, look at what happens -- If you bring the putter in a little
too close to your body, it will also come through a little lower, resulting
in impact on the toe but also higher on the club. If the club comes through
a little outside you will also be a little high resulting in impact on the
heel but also low on the club face. Work on coming through consistently,
but be happy about keeping your arms consistent which can cause a lot of
uglier misses if you start moving them around.
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
> Scott
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 14:20:17
From: Frank Ketchum
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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"S McFarlane" <skottymac@verizon.net > wrote in message
news:lipPg.1313$wU4.798@trnddc06...
> Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
> A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low.
> Almost all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter
> would run right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead
> center. The pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what
> it's telling me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
>
Interesting. Is it possible that you don't always have the ball in the same
spot in your stance (for example, I try to keep it just ahead of center).
If you varied the position of the ball front/back (either intentionally or
unintentionally) and had a putting stroke that went outside to inside it
would produce the pattern you suggest. When the ball is further back in
your stance, it would contact lower and more on the heel. When it is a
little further up, it would contact higher and more on the toe. Just a
thought.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 12:02:46
From: Dave Lee
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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"S McFarlane" <skottymac@verizon.net > wrote in message
news:lipPg.1313$wU4.798@trnddc06...
> Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
> A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low.
Almost
> all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter would run
> right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead center. The
> pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what it's telling
> me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
>
> Scott
>
>
This might well be normal. Assuming that your shoulders are inside the ball
and form an axis of rotation for your arms, if you move your arms out so
that the ball hits the heel then club will rise and impact will be low. The
opposite would be true for toe hits.
I've never heard this discussed, but it seems correct given the 23 seconds
of serious thought that I gave it :-)
dave
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 12:24:20
From: S McFarlane
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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"Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com > wrote in message
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> This might well be normal. Assuming that your shoulders are inside the
> ball
> and form an axis of rotation for your arms, if you move your arms out so
> that the ball hits the heel then club will rise and impact will be low.
> The
> opposite would be true for toe hits.
>
> I've never heard this discussed, but it seems correct given the 23 seconds
> of serious thought that I gave it :-)
>
That sounds right, except I suspect it might have more to do with the hands
being inside / outside the shoulders. That's the sort of info that I'm
trying to squeeze out of the tape. If that's correct, then it's very good
feedback to have. I'm shooting for hands directly under the shoulders,
which I've read promotes a straighter stroke. I'm going to fool around with
this and if anything useful comes out of it, I'll post it.
Scott
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Date: 17 Sep 2006 23:46:37
From: gpsman
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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S McFarlane wrote:
> Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
> A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low. Almost
> all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter would run
> right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead center. The
> pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what it's telling
> me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
Your putting stroke is not perfect. Nothing a few thousand bucks and
your trip to heaven won't remedy.
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- gpsman
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 08:04:34
From: Thomas Prufer
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:31:13 GMT, "S McFarlane" <skottymac@verizon.net > wrote:
>Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
>A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low. Almost
>all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter would run
>right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead center. The
>pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what it's telling
>me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
A guess: Your putter's lie angle is wrong for you. It's toe-down in your stance.
Any good?
Thomas Prufer
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 11:13:52
From: S McFarlane
Subject: Re: Impact tape pattern on my putter
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"Thomas Prufer" <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:31:13 GMT, "S McFarlane" <skottymac@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Just tried impact tape on my putter, and I'm wondering how to decipher it.
>>A very clear pattern emerged. Almost all of the heel hits were low.
>>Almost
>>all of the toe hits were high. A regression line of the scatter would run
>>right through the sweet spot, with the highest density dead center. The
>>pattern is too clear to be an accident, but I don't know what it's telling
>>me about my stroke. Any thoughts?
>
> A guess: Your putter's lie angle is wrong for you. It's toe-down in your
> stance.
> Any good?
>
I'm wondering about the lie angle as well, but it doesn't appear to be
toe-down at setup. The putter wants to be more upright balance-wise, so
maybe it's moving on me in the stroke.
Scott
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