They are all good putters because they know how to putt. Putting has changed since the Gary's day. Ben Crenshaw changed it all. And Tiger got on board. Ben showed the world that you have to give up control of the putter in order to get control of the putter. That's because a putter released to under it's own momentum does not have much propensity to twist. The flat top grip helps with that as well. As does a very light grip. What they do today is essentially take themselves out of the putt. Ben even moves around all over the place and Faxon does too. Helps them get the flow of a free floating putter that is not twisting. Works for me too. Tiger's right hand only drill is a great way to get feel. One hand only on the putter gets it released in a nice smooth way. Just be sure to go under and not around at impact. Do that and you should START OUT making putts the next day. Practice induced timing is not an issue.
@@peterjenner5431 yeah it’s finding what works for you. I separated my hands, keep the left still and pendulum with my right hand lower down the grip. Worked wonders 👍
I started getting twitchy with right hand on short putts. Even left hand low felt twitchy. I found claw grip was the best way to take away that twitchiness. Feels a bit weak and unstable, especially at first, because you're putting almost entirely with left hand, with right hand just giving a little support, but it takes out that twitchiness and lets me stroke the ball smoothly.
I got fit for a new putter recently, and I’m sinking everything again, after having had the yips. So by Gary’s definition the new putter made me 20 years younger again. All of that. For $400.
The tip about speed is brilliant. Every damn putting "expert" says hit it firm to the back of the cup. Issue with that is if you slightly miss those firm putts lip out almost every time.
I got the yips so bad I could barely take the putter back. I then tried the claw or rather the pencil grip with right hand and it totally cured the yips for me. Amazing.
He's actually confused on the reason for the worn looking side of the cups. It's not because it has taken abuse from putts that attack from the opposite side. It is because the downgrain side of the cup lost the grass that could have laid down on that area (ie it was removed when the hole was punctured and taken out). I have the feeling he learned this early in his career and it works, so he never questioned it. But the underlying reason is just wrong. here is a video that shows: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7vDwYzPGQ54.html
I think it depends on the type of greens. Bent grass (which is what most of us play on... In America at least) doesn't really have a consistent grain direction to consider. Whereas something like bermuda can break pretty hard just from the direction of the grain, even if it's otherwise level. I've never played on bermuda or anything similar, so feel free to correct me as I could be wrong.
@@bendaniel356 the two main Differences with Bermuda are Bermuda Roots tend to grow and spread more Horizontally rather than the more Vertically oriented rooted Grasses such as Bent and even Poa Annua, plus the Grain Direction. Bermuda grain has a tendency to "Go West" OR Downhill on a Sloping Surface. So when the Hole Cutter plunges down, first the Roots around the edge of the Hole get cut and then the "Down Grain" - the WEST Side, OR the LOW Side, of the Hole will wear out Faster. I'm sure you have seen how the Dirt above the Cup Liner is Painted WHITE for TV Tournaments. Many Courses that get heavy play on their Bermuda Greens insert a White Plastic sleeve on top of the Cup Liner to support the edge and to help delay the breaking down of the edge of the Hole.
This could be... however I have noticed wear on the cups and never really knew how it happened. I used to think it was guys tending the flags, but not sure. To be safe, I always examine the hole from all sides and try to always favor the high side. Works okay for me.
@@MrMark945well you would be listening to Gary giving you misinformation. Grass grows in the direction the water flows on the green. That's why the grass appears shiny when you look down a slope and dull when you look up a slope on a green. So when they cut a hole on a slope, the grass on the low side has its roots exposed/cut. Those roots no longer can absorb nutrients/water from the dirt so the grass dies.
Sorry to say this because Gary Player is a legend, but he still has some misunderstandings about what he said. First of all, if you have the yips you won’t die with the yips. Look at Will Zalatoris, he had the yips and now putts it quite well. Lucas Glover had the yips and now he’s out of them playing well. Tiger had the chipping yips and he chipped it so well at the Masters Second and last, the cup isn’t worn out because of balls hitting that side of the cup. That is ridiculous. It is worn out because the grain goes that way and it has no grass behind the way it is growing, so it dies.
Bermuda Grass has Grain, that will Grow towards the WEST, OR Downhill on a Sloping Surface. Expect the Break to Go towards the Worn Side of the Hole. Bermuda Roots tend to grow Horizontally, rather than Vertically Down, so the West Side OR the Downhill Side has lost MORE Root Support of That Side of the Hole.
A Top 10 Player Of All Time For Me 1 Jack Nicklaus 2 Tiger Woods 3 Ben Hogan 4 Sam Snead 5 Arnold Palmer 6 Walter Hagan 7 Byron Nelson 8 Gary Player 9 Phil Mickleson 10 Tom Watson
Jack and Tiger you could put tied as first, but I put Tiger ahead. Ben Hogan is directly behind them. Can't put Snead ahead of Ben. Snead has more wins, but doesn't have a grand slam.
@@1974jrod yeah true I also would put ethier Vijay or sarazen as a honarble mention bc sarazen has the grand slam and Vijay was always in contention in his prime and could even put Rory if he wins one more major but don’t forget Faldo ethier I have him 14 bc he was in his prime in a weak era
Clearly yes! Putt at the right speed and you'll have a 4-1 chance of holing more putts, read the hole to determine the break, practice 6 footers, speed is everything. Were you even listening?
I certainly respect the man, but his theory on the yips is wack. At the professional level very few professionals actually 'yip' the putts...give me a break. You can't even make a cut at that level with yips, so that would mean most great ball strikers would be done by age 40. Brandel Chamble made the same claim about the chipping yips and tied that to Tiger. Wrong. It was corrected. There are a 'few' cases of the yips, Ernie Els for example, but even him, he has overcome that; he just won a tournament on the Champions Tour. I don't know why Player would be so pessimistic about that, he's always so optimistic. It's odd.
Just love laughing at the ignorant comments on putting by the "expert" keyboard warriors who know everything about it but never seem to feature in any golf tournaments. Strange, I thought there would be a strong correlation ..lmfao.
