I’m a 25 hc 3 months in. Mostly 3-4 putting. My fear is that this will only help me with straight puts, but greens almost always have some slope
by hauntedamg
I’m a 25 hc 3 months in. Mostly 3-4 putting. My fear is that this will only help me with straight puts, but greens almost always have some slope
by hauntedamg
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Yes, the line to the cup is crucial to see if you’re pushing/pulling putts. I use a similar mat and have had amazing results, wish I bought it sooner. Make sure you get a mirror too to see that you’re lining up properly to build the best habits
70% of putting is your form, this will undoubtedly help your smoothness and consistency when it comes to hitting a putter, reading greens is great and important but it doesn’t matter if you can’t consistently hit the ball the way you are planning to hit it in relation to the green
Practice a consistent stroke then use that consistent stroke for your lines you read. That is what that mat is for to gain a consistent stoke and not putt your stroke for the break which is inconsistent and fighting speed, line, high side misses that keeps the ball out of the cup.
They definitely help you getting through boring conference calls!
I have one. My start line and putting under 10’ is exceptional compared to the rest of my game. My speed is terrible. This device is worthless for practicing speed control.
My wife bought me one.
It’s nice to work on keeping the ball on line. There is nothing wrong with just hitting some putts.
I have mine on hardwood floor and it’s like putting on ice. Insanely fast for short putts. Takes a bit to get it up the hill to the hole. I like to try to just drop it in, be a little short or just practice some shorter putts.
Definitely helps with face control/understanding.
I don’t think the dude in the photo is reading his putt very well
For your line, which is pretty crucial, it’ll help you make a lot 4-5ft putts. It won’t help your speed because it is simulating a bit of a ridiculous slope.
Yes
Taking reps with the flat stick can never hurt.
Yes I have one and I was able to tinker around with my putting stroke and find one that works.
Now I have confidence that I can hit my putting line when I’m playing.
Well put Mats are the best
All putts are straight putts
Only if you wear full head to toe golf attire like the picture.
Would recommend a prime putting mat, it rolls pretty true to actual putts on a green. It’s expensive but worth it
Every single putt is a straight putt. If you’re not picking a straight line to start your putt on, you’re doing something weird.
My experience- great for casual putting in the office, but I actually don’t like the rise in elevation at the cup. I believe the thought is that the rise in elevation will train you to hit an assertive putt, but it actually made my speed judgement worse out on the course (when I was using it a lot) because I was so used to hitting up the 6” to get it into the hole. Overall, good for form repetition but you need to go to an actual putting green to learn how to judge speed.
99% of shots in golf have some sort of slope to them, but we still practice on a flat range.
This will help you for sure with <10 foot putts, and thus cut your 3putts. I’ve used one for 25 years.
Unless your floor is perfectly flat, it is okay. You can learn the weave in your floor! But that is all it will do. The floor you may have assumed to b3 flat will now be crooked af.
No.
Yes. Recently bought this one from Costco. It’s solid and it helps
No, these mats suck imo. I returned it right away when both my wife and daughter were sinking putts on their first try. For some reason the one I had made almost every putt roll straight even when I was trying to miss. I bought another foam mat with 3 different slightly elevated holes. Much better since it wasn’t guiding the ball in.
Very important. You can be the best green reader in the world but if you cannot start your putt on your intended line then none of it matters.
I’ve had one for about a year and my 3′-5′ putts are almost automatic now. I’ll use it 3x a week, 50 from 3′, 50 from 5′ and 25 from 7′. My goal is 90% make rate.
Before a round I’ll roll some putts to hopefully figure out what the greens are doing at the course, adjust my stroke to compensate and it’s been really beneficial.
You need three things to make a putt with a caveat:
1. Be able to identify the line
2. Be able to start the ball rolling on that line.
3. Be to able to hit it with the correct speed for that line
This mat helps with 2 tremendously and helps with 3 a little bit.
The best bang for your buck time wise is to putt on one of these at home for practice and then go to a range and practice only speed.
This goes back to my caveat, if you get 1 and 2 wrong, but 3 right, you still have a chance to make the putt. But if 3 (speed is wrong) you’ll never make it.
So, what I mean by only speed is don’t waste time reading the putt at the range green, that’s for later, just practice hitting 4-5 balls at a time from a bunch of different distances trying to get it within 2-3 feet every time. You can get so many reps just by doing this, I don’t even can it, just roll it to the hole practicing speed, then grab em and move to the next distance I want to try.
You combine those 2 things and you’ll become an adequate putter pretty fast.
I would just get a flat one and then get maybe a bundle from Putout for some training aids. I use a flat 12-foot putting mat. I feel like the ones that incline are going to produce poor habits with speed control, so I say practice on a flat surface so you know you are striking the putts well end over end and that stuff. And get gates or whatever and use them. Make it fun and just smoke putts all day. You will get better, especially if you live in the Midwest like me. I got nothing better to do than putt inside because it’s snowing lol.