Could anyone give me so tips on using a Long putter? I jsut cant seem to get the ball in the hole... I used the Oddesy 2 ball putter but would like to get into the long putter!
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To use the long putter, place your top hand at the top of the putter’s grip and place the grip against your sternum. You can grip the club with the other hand as you normally would.
Or, you can try another grip.
Some players hold the shaft like a pencil. Others hold the shaft between the curled index finger and middle fingers of the right hand. Either way works as long as the top of the shaft ends at about the height of the logo on your shirt when you’re in a slightly upright putting stance and the putter’s sole is resting on the ground.
You have two ways to applying force with a long putter—bending and straightening of the right arm or rocking motion your shoulders.
Some players prefer to bend and straighten their right arms (for right-handers). Others prefer to rock their shoulders back and forth.
Whichever method you choose, it’s essential keep the upper body still so it can act as the fulcrum around which the pendulum- like swing moves.
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Question Author
Thanks for the advice... will give it a go!
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Let's start with a look at how to hold the putter.
I take it in the fingers of the left hand, the thumb holding the top of shaft, and then gently press that hand against my chest -that's gently, not anchored too tight.
The right hand is also in the fingers, the grip again lying in there quite 'loose'.
I like to play the ball a tad forward of centre in my stance, and set up with my eyes directly over the ball (and bear it in mind that you will need to have the length of your putter customised to allow this).
Once established at the set-up, the left hand must remain in this central position throughout the stroke. It's the pivot point (or fulcrum) about which the putter swings.
The putter head itself is lying very gently on the ground, and from here I think of it as a a right-handed putting action.
I ease the putter back and through with the right hand/right arm, while the body remains still. The left arm hardly moves at all. There is a little 'give' in it, but essentially its function is to give the right hand something to work against.
Above all I try to swing the putter head smoothly, and also picture striking the ball on the equator to give it a nice roll.
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