Very good point. Al
At 09:38 AM 1/13/2003, you wrote:
Actually, Dan, you bring up an interesting alignment possibility. Put your line all the way around the ball and place the ball on the ground with the plane of the line vertical and in the direction you want the ball to go. Standing behind the ball (which we all do at some point anyway) will allow you to check this alignment. Now when you stand over the ball and are ready to putt, when you look down at the ball if your eyes are directly over the ball the line will appear to be straight. If your eyes are not directly over the ball the line will appear to be curved. Sort of a three ball putter approach to alignment. Just a thought.
Alan
At 08:41 AM 1/13/03 -0500, you wrote:
I have a spinner. I believe that Dave Pelz has demonstrated that it works. I watched on demo on the Golf Channel and it was convincing to me. Besides, I've always used the ball name as an alignment guide in my putting, so the spinner line is even better, with some adjustment. What I have found is that a line all the way around the ball tends to mess up my alignment. What I have found works much better is to barely touch the ball with a nonpermanent marker in the spinner. Then carefully rotate the ball and put a short, permanent mark on the ball along that line, then wipe off the remnants of the first line. I have found that a short line, perhaps 1" long max. works much better for alignment than a long one or one that goes all the way around a ball. I'm guessing it has to do with some optical problem of the line looking like it bends as it goes around the ball, as you look down at it from above. Dan Neubecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Tutelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 6:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Sweet Spot Finder > > > At 05:20 PM 1/11/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I think Dave Pelz has been selling them and talking about > theory behind it > >(for putting) for some time now. > > Pelz did controlled experiments (using "Perfy", the putting > equivalent of > Iron Byron) proving that balanced balls putt better. He > reported it 14 > years ago, and I don't know that it has ever been > successfully -- or even > seriously -- challenged. He balanced them using floating, > which is cheaper > but slower. It gives a spot, whereas spinning makes it easy to put an > aiming line on the ball. > > >I found the major disadvantage was that I didn't trust the > line it was > >showing me and I'd putt to where I thought I should (and > would usually > >miss) instead of trusting the line. > > That's not a problem of balance, but of putting with an > aiming line. I've > had the same problem. Yesterday I finally heard an explanation of Jim > Furyk's strange putting routine, and it seems to be designed > to combat > exactly that issue. He stands over the ball for a "pre-read" > impression. > Then he reads the putt from behind, biased by what he felt > over the ball. > That way, when he gets back over the ball, he won't be surprised into > second-guessing. > > If I ever go back to lining up the ball, I think I'll do > that. (As if golf > weren't slow enough already. Yechh!) > > Cheers! > DaveT > >
