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A drill for finding your optimal putting alignment. Remember, visual alignment trumps physical alignment, so finding a set up posture where a straight put looks straight will help you make more putts.
Playlists: Putting
Tags: Putt, Set Up, Beginner
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Okay, another way to tackle this visual alignment problem, especially if you don't want
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to go through the whole formality of bringing someone in, I think that that is the better way,
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but this way you can work well too.
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You're going to set up to a medium length short put, so five to eight feet somewhere in
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that range.
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What you're going to do is you're going to set up to the ball.
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Once you get the putter or once you get the ball, the club head behind the ball, you're
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going to align yourself so that you're square to the whole while looking at the
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whole.
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Okay, and then what you're going to do is you're going to this look straight to me, so I'm
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going to bring my eyes back and what you'll see is that my feet are slightly open and
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the ball is actually further back than my instead.
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So contrary to typical putting wisdom, this is the setup where it helps me to see the
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ball straight or to see the putt straight.
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So you can do this a few times on a few different length putts and you can get an idea
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of what your eyes tend to prefer as far as how open to get.
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And just the general tendency, you guys who are cross dominant or left eye right handed,
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will tend to set up more square with the ball in front and guys who are same side dominant
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like myself will tend to set up with the ball more back and they're constantly open to
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see the line better.
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So give that a try if you had any trouble with the first visual alignment drill for figuring
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out your specific alignment.
