How to predict the roll-out distance past the bottom of a tier added by gravity alone and then manage the remaining distance to the hole after that with touch.
Tagged: slope
Geoff Mangum on Reading Putts 4 of 7: Multiple Breaks / Slopes
Geoff Mangum of the PuttingZone.com describes how the prediction of multiple curving breaks over different areas of slope works backwards from the final 3-4 feet of must-happen break to handle independently each feature of the contour (3 factors for break: slope steepness and direction, green rolling speed, and ball rolling speed).
Fall Line Gadget.mov
Megan McChrystal and Geoff Mangum teach how to perceive the fall line of the green and the surface slope, with a simple gadget — a piece of string and a tee peg.
Geoff Mangum on Reading Putts 2 of 7: Perceiving the start line and target
Geoff Mangum of the PuttingZone.com describes how to perceive the start line angled uphill off the baseline straight between ball and hole, using the delivery speed of the usual touch to predict the start line and identify an aim spot on the high side of the fall line above the cup (3 factors for break:… Read more »
Geoff Mangum on Reading Putts 1 of 7: Perceiving the Fall Line
Geoff Mangum of the PuttingZone.com describes how to perceive the fall line straight uphill-downhill thru the hole on a flat-but-tilted green surface as one of three keys to predicting the curving path of breaking putts (3 factors for break: slope steepness and direction, green rolling speed, and ball rolling speed).