String Putting Station

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this video is using strings to visualize your breaking putts. So I find that

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this

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can be really helpful for golfers who are new to green reading. I have a couple

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different strings set up here and I'll kind of talk you through the station. So

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the first one here I have a straight uphill putt. So this is kind of

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calibrating me being able to roll the ball straight with the string. So we'll

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we've got the line underneath pretty close and then hopefully we can start

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that online and I pulled that just slightly. You better have my string. You

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better I didn't quite pick the vertical putt or the straight putt. So that

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started

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more with the string and that was going to go in if I hit it hard enough. Let's

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see if we can get it for a third putt of the day. So I often like to use a

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string

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to help calibrate my start line at the beginning of a practice session. So

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there

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we know that I'm rolling it pretty close to end over end with the string. Now I

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'm

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gonna apply that to some green reading. So I have a second string set up here

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where I read the putt and used some of the math to figure out where I want to

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aim it. So if I'm striking the putt from underneath the string this is about a

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18 foot putt and I've got the it's about a 3% slope and so I've got the the pin

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about 27 inches or the aim spot 27 inches or so up the hill. You can always

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review the using the math to pick your start line to help help you understand

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how I got to that spot. But then I've also got a point or a ball marker on the

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ground right here where I think the apex is going to be. So if I was to look

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from the down the line camera and draw a straight line from the golf ball to

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the

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hole the apex would be the highest point further away from that. So the ball is

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following kind of a curve more or less like this. This would be where the apex

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would be. But what you'll see is the apex is not the highest part. So a lot of

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golfers who are new to green reading will basically see the apex and then aim

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the apex. So now you can see if I was to start this ball at the apex with

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pretty

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good speed then it's going to finish a good amount low of the hole. So what I

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need to make sure happens is that I'm going to hit this higher than the apex

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to start so that when it gets there so that was just slightly low of the apex

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and it missed on the on the left edge. So we'll see if we can get this to start

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even a little bit higher. So that was a little bit better start line or a

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little

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bit firmer. Just missed that same apex. Potentially I'm pulling it or I've got

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to

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work a little work to do on my string. Let's see. So I'll visualize with the

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string one more time. That started a little bit better. That rolled over the

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apex and went in the center. So the first two were just a little bit

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poles. It kind of felt my my right side get a little bit early. But this

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station

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I'll use something like this when I'm working on green reading with newer

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golfers. Basically we'll give you two or three putts at each putt but each one

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you have to read it and then put the string exactly where you want the ball

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to roll. I find that a lot of golfers kind of they start adjusting their

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stroke to try to change where the ball is going to roll rather than simply

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choosing a different start line and committing to that start line and then

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making the same stroke. If you're trying to direct control start line based on

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changing your stroke then you're going to really struggle with consistency of

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start line and that change usually affects your speed as well. So I love

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using strings to help get me and the student fully committed to where we want

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it to start and then the apex can help you visualize the putt. You can either

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use a ball mark that you want to roll over or you can use a tee that you put

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just below the apex that you have to make sure you go above. So if you're

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working on your green reading calibrate your face control with the straight up

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hill putt read the greens committing to a spot up on the high side and then

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practice rolling that same stroke that you were doing on the breaking or on the

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straight putt but using the breaking putt. You follow that sequence it will

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really help you be able to visualize and take your putting stroke to breaking

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putts on the course.