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GREEN. NOW IT IS AIM POINT. >> IT IS A METHOD OF READING GREENS. >> FINGERS INVOLVED. IT CAN LOOK PRETTY FUNNY. >> I’M A HUGE AIMPOINT GUY. >> NOT A FAN, SO ANNOYING. >> SOME GUYS’ PROCESS TAKES LONGER THAN OTHER GUYS. >> IT IS A LITTLE RIDICULOUS

WHEN THEY TAKE FOREVER. >> IT GAVE ME A SYSTEM THAT DEFINITELY HELPED ME. >> IT ACTUALLY SPED ME UP A BIT ON THE GAME. USE AIMPOINT, USE FEET TO CALIBRATE BASED ON SLOPE. >> TAKE THE READING OUT OF IT, PLAY BASED ON THE SYSTEM.

>> USE YOUR EYES. >> GOOD PUTTING STARTS WITH GOOD GREEN READING. ONCE THEY’RE CONFIDENT THEY PICKED A GOOD LINE, TEND TO BE CONFIDENT, JUST ROLL THE BALL AT THE RIGHT SPEED. >> PEOPLE SAY YOU JUST MISREAD THAT, ADD MORE OR LESS BREAK, YOU READ OR OVERREAD PUTTS.

NEXT QUESTION, HOW DO I SEE BETTER? FEET WILL TYPICALLY NEVER LIE. >> IT’S FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THE SLOPE IN YOUR FEET, THAT CORRELATES TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BREAK. >> IT’S LIKE GETTING YARDAGE. IF YOU LEARN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT NUMBER MORE

EFFICIENTLY, THEY CAN SPEND THE TIME DEVELOPING SPEED AND TECHNICAL LINE SKILLS. >> STANDING OVER TO IT FEEL IN THEIR FEET. SOME SEE IT ONE WAY, FLIP AROUND, TRY TO SEE IT THE OTHER WAY. >> REALLY GOOD COURSE DESIGNER OR ARCHITECT WILL USE THE LAY OF

THE LAND, MOVE DIRT AROUND TO TRICK YOUR EYE. >> THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE ON ALL TOURS THAT THE SYSTEM DOES WORK. IF YOU’RE NOT USING IT, YOU’RE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE. >> GOT IT! A MAJOR CHAMPION! >> I DON’T THINK I WAS A GOOD

PUTTER UNTIL I LEARNED TO READ THE GREENS THROUGH AIMPOINT, REPETITION, GAINING CONFIDENCES I’M READING CORRECTLY, MADE IT SUPER EASY. >> I HAD TO TEACH 7 AND 8-YEAR-OLDS, AND WE USED THE FINGERS TO GET THEM ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THE HOLE.

TURNS OUT THAT EXACTLY MATCHES THE MATH, THE PHYSICS OF A BALL BREAKING. >> THE BIGGEST MISTAKE MOST PEOPLE MAKE READING PUTTS IS FOCUSING ON THE END OF THE PUTT. REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE AREA OF THE PUTT. WE’RE FEELING THE SLOPE IN TWO

DIFFERENT SPOTS IN THE MIDDLE AREA AND GETTING BIGGER OF THE TWO SLOPES. COME BACK TO THE BALL, HOLD UP ONE FINGER AGAINST THE HOLE, THAT TELLS ME TO AIM AT THE CUP ON THE RIGHT SIDE. NOW WE HAVE A 20-FOOT PUTT, STILL BIGGEST IN THE MIDDLE

AREA, STILL A ONE, BUT FROM THIS DISTANCE, IT’S FIVE OR SIX INCHES OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. NOW WE HAVE ABOUT A 25, 30-FOOTER. STEEP UPHILL, ZERO HERE AND ONE LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE SECOND. PLAY A ONE. UPHILL, STRAIGHTEN MY ARM A

LITTLE BIT, GIVES ME ABOUT A FOOT OF BREAK. >> REGARDLESS OF A PERSON’S AGE OR HEIGHT OR ARM LENGTH AND FINGERS, IT ALL BOYS DOTO ABOUT THE SAME GEOMETRY, THE LENGTH OF YOUR ARM, WIDTH OF YOUR FINGERS, THAT RATIO IS ABOUT THE SAME FOR ALL PEOPLE.

>> THERE IS ACTUAL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH 1%, 2%, 3% SLOPE. GIVES ME THE SENSE THIS IS WHERE I SHOULD BE AIMING. THE REST I FEEL FROM THERE. >> LOT OF THE READS FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THEIR NATURAL READ, AND IT’S HARD FOR A

SUCCESSFUL PLAYER TO PLAY A BREAK THEY DON’T AGREE WITH VISUALLY. GUYS WHO ARE SLOW WILL BE SLOW AT WHATEVER THEY DO. AIMPOINT IS DESIGNED TO BE VERY FAST. >> IT’S HELPED ME READ THE GREENS, TURNED A LOT OF THAT INTO BETTER SPEED TO START TO

GRASP HOW IMPORTANT YOUR SPEED IS ALMOST SUBCONSCIOUSLY DOING AIMPOINT. >> CHAMPION ON THE RISE, MAX HOMA. >> HELPED ME SET A SENSE, I’VE READ PUTTERS BETTER. >> IT’S A NO-BRAINER, WILL BE MORE ACCURATE THAN YOUR EYES. >> GUYS ARE GRAVITATING TOWARDS IT BECAUSE IT’S BETTER.

WE’RE ALWAYS TRYING TO INNOVATE OUR GAME, BE MORE PRECISE. IN 10 YEARS ALMOST 100% OF THE TOUR WILL BE DOING IT. >> HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, AIMPOINT IS TAKING HOLD. THIS IS DENNY McCARTHY EARLIER TODAY, ONE OF THE BEST PUTTERS IN THE GAME.

WORK GOES INTO LEARNING THE SLOPES AND DEGREES THROUGH THEIR FEET, TAKES TIME AND EFFORT. PART OF THE TWO, THREE-DAY RAMP-UP, CADDIE AND PLAYERS GETTING THEIR FEELS. IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH PUTTING, AND THIS HELPS, JUST HEARD FROM KEEGAN, HE COMES TO MIND. YOU CAN’T FAULT A GUY BUT WONDER

IF THE OLD-FASHIONED ART OF READING GREENS MIGHT GET LOST IN TEN YEARS. PAUL? >> I’M NOT GOING TO DISMISS IT. PUTTING IS SO MUCH IN THE MIND. IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS, GIVING YOU AN EDGE, ABSOLUTELY GO FOR IT. IT’S SO MUCH ABOUT BELIEF.

WE ALL STAND OVER A PUTT, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL OF GOLF, YOU FEEL IT SOMETIMES, KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO HIT A REALLY GOOD PUTT AT LEAST. I’M NOT GOING TO DISMISS IT. MY PERSONAL VIEW GOES BACK INTO THE ARGUMENT, IS PUTTING AN ART

OR SCIENCE, WHAT IS IT. SO OFTEN THE DEFAULT PUTTING BADLY IS GO DOWN THE ROAD OF SCIENCE, NOT ART. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE WHEN WE’RE PLAYING OUR BEST, PUTTING OUR BEST, WHEN I PUTTED MY BEST, I’VE BEEN REACTIONARY. I LOVE THE WAY THAT BOB TEACHES,

AND THE BEST PUTTERS I WITNESSED, AARON BADDELEY AND BRAD SNEDEKER. THEY PUTT QUICKLY AND IT’S NOT INCREDIBLY MECHANICAL. IT’S REACTIONARY AND INSPIRATIONAL. THAT’S WHAT GREAT PUTTING IS. AND I’M MUCH MORE THAT WAY. THE DEFAULT WE ALL HAVE WHEN WE STRUGGLE IS GO INTO SCIENCE. IF YOU FIN