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Help with stroke: butt pointing at midsection?

May 1 2006 at 8:47 AM
bgolfing 
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Really need some help w/ my stroke, in particular how do you manage to keep the butt of the putter pointing at your mid section in the backswing and thru swing? The hole putter moves away when I putt, leading to very inconsistent distance control. I can only get the putter to stay pointing at my midsection when I break my wrists, obviously not ideal. Any tips/drills, etc.?

 
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Two Shoulders, Two Arms, One Triangle

May 1 2006, 10:33 AM 

Yes, the basic tip is to move the shoulders, arms, hands and putter all as one unit -- sometimes called a "triangle" but it really looks more like a giant Y. The putter will remain pointing somewhere all the time, not necessarily at your mid-section. Neither of your armpits should close more or open more than they are at the beginning, and your lead-side upper arm should not slide across onto your upper chest. To make this happen, you have to "drive" the stroke from your lead-side shoulder socket. This will dip your entire shoulder frame from shoulder to shoulder in the backstroke. You won't have to do anything with the arms and hands except don't use them at all -- let the lead shoulder power the whole unit.

Cheers!

Geoff Mangum
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