hi edshaw
the only think that made me change to this weird way of putting was when i got my new putter and i read dave plezs putting bible. dave said he knew a guy that putted this way and had the best putting action he had ever seen and is the best putting action he has seen to this day. and dave plez knows more about putting than anyone i have heard off. a true prndulim swing, you fix one end of the putter with your left hand and it dont move, and your righ arm just swings back and forward. up and down the line off the putt, a true pil (putter in line) putt.no wrist movment just the right arm controling the swing of the club.
when i first tried it i never imagin i really use it but the results were so good at lagging the ball, it its also so easy with the front of your body facing the target,you see all thats in front of you, the breaks, the points where you want the ball to roll over and you have to look at hole as its harder to try and look at the ball. i did feel embarrsed when i first tried it with my mates and took some ribbing too, but this soon passed as i went form a poor putter to a very good putter in only 2 weeks at most.
i know that the long handled putter had helped sam torrance and also langer who both had the yips and both had thought of giving up the game, both have been two of the best puttes since.
if you find you were like me and just a avg putter on a good dad the try a broomhandled putter, i dont mean to used my weird swing but try it like langer or torrance. you dont go from 186 in putting order to first 3 years running as langer did, if the long putter dont work how he go to no1 in one year. also remember you get 2 putts on every hole. if like me your a good putter you WILL hole some of them. i know as i 1 putt at least once a round. you realy start to think you can sink most putts and i use to be a guy who would try and get it close with anything more than 8 feet, now its about speed and going 6 inches past the hole and i two putt from 6 inches lots more.
want to be a better putter = get plezs book. putting bible and get a broomhandled putter.
if anyone trys it please let me know how you get on.
try this at home:- stand looking at a makeshift hole and put your left hand across your chest and left hand on top of right shoulder, drop right hand by your side, now turn the palm of your right hand towards the hole, now sing arm back and forward, does your wrist turn and does it face the hole all the time and if it was a club face it would face the hole all the time too,.
best of luck
bill