[EdZ]

Yoda,

After reading your post above, the first name that came to my mind was......Ben Crenshaw.

Once had his tape on putting. Open stance, slight forward press which brought the clubshaft in line with his left arm, hinge action, Silky smooth.
Always like that story about how an amateur asked him in a pro-am what line he should take on a putt. Crenshaw replied "How hard are you going to hit it?"

I use a similar setup as Ben Crenshaw, I've found that the slightly open stance really allows my 'eyes' to be on plane - if I try to setup square, I tend to angle my eye line out to the right.