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Our Putting system get students in the perfect setup alignment position. 

What is the next fundamental to be taught? 

We asked a few of our friends:
 
 
"I find a lot of my students struggle with distance control more than anything else for putts around 15-18 feet. Part of the reason is because they don't make consistent "square - faced" contact. It's hard to calibrate distance when you don't know how you're going to strike the ball from putt to putt. SO I help them make good contact and start to get a sense of distance/speed control."

 -Jamie Fischer
Teaching Professional at Conway Farms Golf Club, Top 50 Women Instructors.
"The biggest item that must be done is to get someone set up properly, this is huge! The one big mistake people make is that in outing they go in the order of hitting a regular golf shot which is to build their body and then bring the club to them, in PUTTING you must go the other way you must build you around the putter. Set the putter first and build their posture around the putter. This is what is so great about the combination of the mirror and the plane you can see what you are doing, you get instant feedback. Set up is the key and lead to a good repeating putting stroke. Building the set up priority is to get both sides, halves, of you body to match up as close as possible, level shoulders, elbows bent the same amount, touching the front of your stomach in the same spot. SO, set up head to toe. I would suggest to someone that they work with a student for several lessons on the set up only and only using the mirror AND if possible I would do this inside if possible first. So they may work half a lesson on their swing then go to the putting. I hope this helps. It is really not one thing but most people have a combination of set up problems that lead to bad aiming and a poor stroke. The biggest thing I would tell these teachers is to get the students body as balanced and even on both sides, halves that they can, this would be a great start. When you do this items like grip balance ball position, ect. start to get better. Take your time and get this first and the time and work you put in after this will pay dividends

Tiger Woods is my model of a class A set up, he is as good as it gets and you get to see him a lot. Many people now are buying the Sam’s or Tome’s which are great but they are not worth anything if you are not set up properly, in other words you can not get better with them without getting set up good.

Once you have built a good set up now you can really start to work on the stroking motion and really get something done."

-Mike Perpich
Top 100 Golf Magazine Instructor at River Pines Golf Club, GA Top 50 Kids instructor

"If they get the student "in the proper setup" then posture and balance should be out of the equation.
But to have good posture the student must be fit properly. Had a student y'day in Minneapolis who invested in the Dandy putter company originally. His Dandy putter was 2 inches too long and forced him to be too upright with the hands outside the shoulders. Of course, ball position is another issue with setup as is shoulder/arm alignment as well as alignment in general.

Next, hands and face rotation. The majority take the putter back with their hands, causing an open face to the path. Until they work the arms and shoulders as the power source, they will fight pulls and pushes."

-Dr. Craig Farnsworth
Has Trained Over 60 Tour Pros
Keynote Speaker at 2000 PGA Summit
Has SEE & Score Golf School
"I think the number one issue I see is the over use of hands, which affects the face rotation of the putter. I find that a change in hand positioning can greatly improve the putting stroke and the effectiveness of the putting plane."     
 
-Jane Frost
 Jane Frost Golf School, Golf Magazine Top 100 and Top 50 Women Instructors,
and Massachusetts #1 teacher 3 times.
 

"I want to help a student get their speed and line "married". After I get the Putting System in place I will use it to show breaking putts and integrate the Entry System to help them see the correlation. Generally I will set the System up to play more break than necessary to get the student to finish the stroke with slow speed to allow the putt to break in using maximum amount of the hole. I use the Entry System to show the center of the cup for a breaking putt. This approach has been very effective with all levels of players."

  -Bill Abrams  
 GOLF SOLUTIONS ACADEMY
2004 Central Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year
2005 Illinois PGA Horton Smith Award
2005 Central Illinois PGA Professional of the Year
 
"The most common errors has far as stroke technique is concerned would have to be path and face rotation... Both of those usually go hand in hand... When there are path issues-- there are generally face manipulations going on as well...
Putting is the one area in golf where I use "science" to a certain extend -- then I allow for the creative/athletic/ artistic elements to come into play... I've found that this approach works will for competitive players that have to perform under duress... Lots of stuff to discuss here but that's the general concept."

 -Ted Kiegiel
 Head Golf Instructor at Carolina Country Club 

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