Golf Tip: Putting; Jimmy Ballard

The most important aspect of putting is to have the putter head come back inside the target line to avoid creating angles Jimmy Ballard: Listed as one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers Golf Digest's #24 instructor in the world; Golf Magazine's 80's Teacher of the Decade; Has taught over 300 PGA, LPGA and Senior PGA Tour players

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[designillinois]

People who say this guy is retarded, are completely ignorant. Jimmy Ballard helped some of the greatest modern golfers go from mediocre players to some of the best in the world. Ever hear of a guy named Rocco Mediate? Dolt!

[shavedhead78]

the best putters in the world ALL arc their putting strokes...even loren roberts who appears to have a straight back and through stroke. its simple physics. the putter has to follow the angle of the shaft and arc to create consistency.

[hjgardner79]

@tjlgowers Jimmy is exaggerating the motion so you get a sense of the feel and so you can see what he's talking about. Clearly on a 4 footer you aren't going to release the putter like he shows. You might on a 30+ ft. putt. Also, I'd like to see your calculations on how you came up with 0.8 degrees.

[chm97chm97]

For a heel shafted putter Ballarrd is 100% right. Ben Crenshaw is a classic heel shafted putter and the putter head comes inside target line every time,

[jaxfl2]

Traditional putting is too complicated. I'm 65. I'm the #2 Putter in Florida. I do it completely differently. It's a lot easier and more accurate. Face the hole, Look at the target and use just one arm. Check out my video. Search ONE HANDED PUTTING or click on my name below.

[jr55ful]

ben crenshaw does it like ballard says. good enuf for me.

[tjlgowers]

YUCK!

Sure to have a pure putting stroke you have to putt in an arc, but you dont do it bu trying to putt in an arc!!! It will arc naturally due to the angle of the shaft into the putter head. (shavedhead78 is right) HOWEVER, you will find that the very best putters in the world only arc their strokes by the slightest amount, on a 4-foot putt the putter face should only open (arc) about 0.8 of a degree. Jimmy Ballard is advocating a release like a full swing which only happens at immense speeds

[hiphopp04]

horrible lesson. just listen to Hank Haney

[TheJerwy]

It's more difficult to putt with an arc if you use a face balanced putter.

[dkayne6655]

the chances of you going straight back every single time is so small, with the thought proces of slightly inside will help you square the putter at impact

[dkayne6655]

you obviously dont know golf look at videos of tiger woods, loren roberts, ben crenshaw, jim colbert, etc...

[mrbritvic]

if you want to putt the ball straight to where you are aiming it should not have any sidespin on it -to check this get a ball with a line around the circumference and watch it roll-arc putters put right to left spin on unless it is hit dead on the base of the arc-pro,s can do it because they practic for hours-find your own stroke and watch the ball line rolling over and over