The Best Way to Read Greens for Golfers! 

The clearest and most concise explanation of the plumb bob, I was trying to explain it to my kids, and I am just going to have my littles watch this video.

I tried this on the course today for the first time. The first time I tried it, I made a 20+ ft putt. My playing partner was shocked. I made 3 more putts of over 15 ft during the round. Count me as a believer...... Thanks for the video. (Disclaimer- I watched about 4 others share the same technique as well before trying it and every one came down to these same steps.) Try it. It helped me.

I use that technique all the time, it's very reliable but I use the tiny hole on top of the grip. Super precise.

Nice job on the video. First things first. First you need to make sure when you hold the club the shaft is "plumb". One way to do that is to hold your putter next to a doorway and then turn the putter until the shaft is straight up-and-down inline with the edge of the doorway. Then remember that putter head position and make sure it's in that position when you do the plumb bob technique on the green.

Those guys don’t look too excited about being witnesses. Great vid.

I can’t wait to try this! I’ve been golfing over half my life, and have seen countless golfers do this, and had absolutely no idea how it worked.

Started a note book for all my shot game techniques by watching your videos! Thank you for helping get my short game a little better each hole I play!

U explained that very well. I've always wondered how that worked. Def going to give that a run. Thank you

Awesome. A friend tried to teach me but it wasn’t as detailed as this...easy to understand...thankyou

No one could ever explain to me how to do this, but your video explained it perfectly. Been using this for 3 weeks now and never putted better. Thank you so much.

Explained in the best way i have seen yet, just been onto my garden putting green and this is fantastic thank you!!!!!

best, most understandable explanation of this technique. Thanks

This is tremendous! I never understood how that method worked until viewing your video. Thank you very much for the easy to understand explanation.

I have to give you a shout out! Your videos are awesome! Both entertaining and most importantly, very informative! Thanks for the great effort you put into them!

I have played golf for 24 years I’m 30 now. I recently decided to relearn all my fundamental and psychological aspects of golf. And I have been using a lot of your tips and drills. This video in general helped me hit about 5-6 putts around. Thank you

Excellent breakdown on the plumb Bob putting technique! Can’t wait to try it out! Thank you!

Never really understood the “plumb bob” method seen it used but you explain it perfectly. Can’t wait to try it!

such a good explanation. im taking this to the course today. earned a follow.

been using this method years , like you say flat greens ,WORKS thank you

Excellent video. Thank You for teaching me the plumb bob technique. Always wanted to learn it. Cheers.

Thanks Matt. Now I get it. Excellent explanation. I also like to “feel “ the green by walking the line. And always get to the low side and find the fall line.

wonderful lesson. wish to learn more about green reading. thanks.

Great instruction! Will try on my next round. Thanks a lot!

Worked like a charm first time trying it on the course. Great explanation

Solid clarity on a method many have seen and most probably never understood, thx. Well done.

Great tutorial video - thanks for sharing this amazing technique!

Always wondered how this technique worked, can’t wait to try this Thanks Wild Guy !!

Just used this technique today. Let me say "THANK YOU!" I had a real bad problem reading greens. This just excelled my putting even more! THANKS AGAIN!

Thank you for the information and sharing what you know

Explained way better than the 10 guys I have asked in the last 20 years. Thanks!

I’ve been doing this incorrectly for years. 1st vid I’ve seen for this. Thanks for taking the time.

This is really good information. I have been doing the plumb bob wrong all my life. Thanks!

I watched a couple videos before this about plum bobbing. And I like @MrShortGame explanation. Was more clear about what to do. Huge Thanks for this video 👌😊🍺

Thank for this crash course on the Plumb Method. I've been using this and I'm amazed at how good I'm putting now. Now if I can get my speed down pat on slower greens that will be awesome.

Thanks for posting this info. I've seen people do it but never knew how to do it.

Great stuff I always wondered what they were looking at can’t wait to try it out on Sunday

Thank you, I can't wait to try this.

That hole looks like it was cut with a spork. Great video, can't wait to try this this upcoming season.

Fantastic video. Helped me finally read a green! Thank you sir.

Extremely helpful thank you!

Thank you Matt. I never knew about the dominant eye and the opposite hand as requirements to properly plumb bob. Wow. After watching this video I have been correctly plumb bobbing and it has made a world of difference for me. My last 3 outings have resulted in sub-30 putts per round (which is really good for me). My "normal" putts per round over the past 10 years (I track a bunch of stats every round) averages around 32 putts. So when I can putt only 25-29 putts per round, that leads to lower scores. Thank you for clearly demonstrating how to properly perform this technique!

this is the GREATEST tip video I have ever seen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've used this method for yrs....really works well for me

I don’t golf often, so I still still loving this video… It resets me from time to time on how to use the plumbob method. It’s just missing the part of where you have to calibrate your putter to hang straight.

I have been using 'plumb bob' technique for years but it never seemed to helped my putting. Thanks to this video I have found out that I was using the wrong technique - I was holding the putter with my right hand and using my right (dominant eye) as well as covering the middle of the ball rather than the outside half as in the video. Since watching this video and making the changes, I can't believe how much better I have putted. Thank you MrShortGame.

I subscribed just now. I need this and truly hope i can incorporate this technique to help improve my reads. I finally have a trusty stroke and i am tired of misreading greens. Thanks

Id love to see you do a video on the Aim point technique. i’ll give this a try when i’m on the practice green on the weekend. Let me know about aim point and thanks for the video

Finally a video that simplifies it for me. Now a new subscriber just based on this video.

Great tip. Thanks

Thank you! Can’t wait to try this...

Tried this today, really helped knock off some strokes. Thanks!

This really helped me out this morning. Thanks so much for sharing! =)

Thanks for your videos

Ive tried everything and this will be tomorrow’s practice. Thanks

Excellent short concise

Thank you for the great videos!

I’ve been using this method for years, you don’t see many people using it anymore but I think it’s a great way to read greens. Another great video!

Thats the best tip yet thanks

Thanks. This now helps me a lot.

Probably the best video I’ve watched yet for help

This might be the best Plumb Bob video that I've seen. Looking forward to putting greens being open so that I can try it out.

Fantastic. Can't wait to try it at the greens

That is an excellent video my friend. Thank you

Thanks man!! This was very helpful!!!

Thank You, That actually works!

Thanks. I’ve seen people doing this on the green, but I didn’t know how to do it or how it worked.

Did this today. One of my best putting days ever. Out of 18 holes only three putt once. Most were in or very close. Thank you!

nice explanation, not noticed many other videos with this method! ill need to give it a go :)

Thanks, It was the best tip I got for reading green that other wise looks straight.

Wow I always wondered what golfers were doing, thank you!

Thanks for the visual though the camera, that was what I was looking for

great video easy to understand,

It works! I'm a horrible green reader and putting was/is my biggest weakness in golf. Now I'm burning edges and making putts that never even had a chance in the past..Thanks!

Thanks, I will try 👌

Love your videos helped a lot !!!!!!

Never really understood how to do this method. Thanks for this video.

best tutorial ever!

It is just now that I fully understand this technique...very easy to understand...

Outstanding

OMG, I've seen golfer plumb bob and I had no idea how they did. Buddy, thank you so much for a detailed video, very interesting. Many time I had putts that breaks and could not be able to read, Instead of a one foot tap in could end up 2+ feet knee knocker. 👏 👍 👊

I'm definitely going to give this a try. My putting woes have been hurting my very good chipping game for a long time..

Great stuff

This is my first time seeing this. Gonna try it out. thanks

Been using this technique almost a year now. Really helped my putting and shaved off a few strokes

Great. I learned something.

Ok I just tried this on a mid length putt in which I was unsure if there was even a break - using this method allowed me to read a right to left break - and it worked!! Had ignored for years (over a decade) the plumb bobbing method due to lack of detailed instruction/methodology. Thank you!

Great video!!!

I know I'm a little late on this, but I've used the plumb even if there is a hump in the way. I read it to the top of the hump, then read from the hump to the hole at my target line. It gives a pretty rough idea of how much it'll break or straighten out 💪

I was using the plumb technique this past fall. But I didn’t know how to read it. I would hold my putter over my ball expecting to line up the putter shaft with the ball and hole. But as you indicated frequently the hole will be to the right of the shaft or to the left of the shaft. I didn’t know to hold the putter with my left hand and to close my left eye. Now I know. Thanks

Wow, 2 years too late but Thank you so much! Explained it magnificently!

Dude. I’m quitting my job today and moving to FL to join the tour. Greatest tip ever.

great,Thank you

Wow. Thank you

It helps to check rotatorty position of your putter by aligning it to a true vertical like the edge of a building . Some putters are hugely off if held with the face at 90° to line.

Really good explanation and execution. Considering this technique has been around for so long I'm amazed I've never heard of it. One often sees tour players 'plumbing' their putts but nobody has explained this. The only other thing is to allow for parallax error and you should really improve your putting and see your scores drop.

It’s a very useful tip

great stuff and i liked the replies about checking your putter 1st.

Always wanted to know how to do that right, now I know. Cheers

I ll try, thanks

Great lesson. I never knew what golfers were looking at when they did that