Tigers stroke
 

With the Masters approaching and given its premium on putting acumen. What components, variations should we watch for in Tigers putting method? He is so impressive on the greens.

Ill start it off with:

-His grip is under the heal pad of his left hand not in the palm. Unusual but perhaps nothing more than a non significant personalization.

He seems to have structure plus. Is this extensor action, grip pressure?

Anyone else?

He putts the arc.

Horizontal hinging he refers to as release?

He practices with right arm only. Is he hitting? Right arm swinging with down plane right shoulder move and RFT?

What about his lag pressure? High or low for any given length of putt?
Is his distance control bases on the length of his stroke or lag pressure?

What ever he is doing is amazing. Especially when considering that he has improved so much in this area over his years as a pro. He is a better putter now than when he was a kid, very unusual.

I also have similar questions about the amount of lag pressure when putting and what sort of hing action, i would assume that for everyone besides straight back and straight through putters a la dave pelz there must be some form of angled hinging, or would it be horizontal, not jsut for Tiger, but for other great putters, how much ody turn, which acumulators should be used as well as pressure points. Should one use their normal strong single action grip or a grip with the shaft in the lifeline

Tiger's Putting Stroke
 

What about his Right Shoulder? It isn't frozen it moves downplane on the forward swing.

My take on Tiger.
Shoulder swing-he keeps his hands quiet.
He uses angled hingeing-no roll "feel"
ONCE HE IS SET UP, HE TAKES ONE LAST LOOK AND IS TOTALLY FEARLESS AND COMMITTED TO WHAT HIS BRAIN HAS JUST TOLD HIM TO DO .:golf:

Yes, great points. He takes a long calm eyed look at the hole just before he goes. He calls this "putting to the picture". He keeps this mental picture he has taken of the hole in mind during his stroke. Something his Dad taught him.

OK Now we're getting to the meat of the matter. Shoulder stroker or not? Im not sure about this. His shoulders can be seen moving, he doesnt extend his right arm actively which would suggest swinging, but he practices putting and chipping right hand only. His hands are quiet yes, his right hand bend is frozen. Perhaps he is somewhat blended? A right arm swinger? A hitter? A hands to pivot arc putting swinger with a down plane right shoulder move that takes a very structured RFFW into release? Or does he start down with his right arm only, his shoulders only reacting?

Any bigger brained TGM'ers want to offer an opinion as to whether he is swinging, hitting or switting his putts. I am fascinated by this. I personally find push basic to be a little stabby and pure shoulder strokes a little stiff. There must be some middle ground? Or is this a "blending aint mending" and therefore dangerous proposal?

Tiger has stated that he utilizes left-arm-only practice strokes as well, so focusing on his right-arm-only putting as a means to figure his method of powering his putting stroke may lead to misleading ideas about his stroke. I'd guess that it's a blend, leaning toward swinging.

Yes very true. I think blend too. Perhaps RFT and right shoulder down. I dont know of any articles where he discusses what powers his back stroke or down stroke. We may never know. But it would seem weird to me for him to practice one armed and then resort to a pure shoulder stroke back and through.

My interest is merely to find some middle ground between push basic and the pure shoulder stroke. I thought I saw it in Tigers stroke, perhaps Im wrong.

Hopefully the DVD series will shed some light here.

Right now Im using a hands to pivot RFT backstroke and then right shoulder down and then on my next one a RFT with a right arm punch and then on my next one a......