Putting - Swing or Hit ??????
 

Is it advisale to swing or hit our putts. I was playing with a 5 hdcp today, who seemed (to ME) hit his strokes rather than swing them aka Faxon, Crenshaw, etc. So I ask, is it better to swing or hit your puts.

thanks.

The real question is whether your going to use vertical or angled hinging...Tom Tomasello taught a hands only putting stroke per 10-20-A with angled hinging...I have seen Ben Doyle teach a right arm triggered putting stroke with angled hinging. There are a number of instructors who use vertical hinging...if you know the difference between the two hinging actions, the putting stroke with vertical hinging is really a manipulative stroke...the putting stroke with angled hinging is a very natural action...

Instead of thinking hitting or swinging with putting, I believe the key is one should be thinking along the lines of 1-L-12 and 1-L-15...please read and study those two facts in 1-L...as Ben Doyle says in the "Foreward" of the book..."The 21 facts in the third edition, 1-L, have been so useful for precision golf...

DG

Picking Points For Putting
 

DG,

I agree that the 21 Points in 1-L apply to all Golf Strokes, from Drive to Putt. And referencing them as the bedrock for any chosen Principle or Procedure is an extremely useful discipline. But I am curious...

Why did you choose 1-L #12 -- "Ball Speed is dependent upon before Impact and after Impact Clubhead Speed" -- as particularly applicable to Putting, especially as an alternative to thinking in terms of Thrust, i.e., Hitting (Pushing) versus Swinging (Pulling). I have my own rationale, but again, I am interested in your view.

Even acceleration in both directions...reduce jabbing at the ball (I'm looking for a true roll out of the ball).

On a side note, I believe Homer would recommend a right arm stroke with putting...which I believe with a short stroke as we have with a putting stroke goes in hand with a mandatory right forearm takeaway per 7-3 and the one accumulator stroke pattern from the 3rd edition.

DG

options
 

there are times when i use both methods...i find that i have better feel swinging :happy3: the putter treating it as a mini swing..and there are times when i don't have that feel and i will go back to right arm piston crosshanded:confused1