[Geoff]

My thought is always a "disappearing act" -- I think early in the routine about the break, target, speed, etc, but then shift to "do it" mode for sighting the target, aiming the putter, setting up, checking the aim, sensing the distance, and pulling the trigger. As the routine progresses, my conscious participation in the putt steadily evaporates. At the end, I start the putter back. Thereafter, the instincts give me the backstroke, gravity gives me the downstroke, biomechanics give me the form of the striaght stroke, and a habit gives me the finish. So I have nothing to do but either watch silently as the stroke happens, or mess it up somehow. I like to just watch the scene near my feet as the putter swings beneath my neck.

Cheers!

Geoff Mangum
The PuttingZone
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