Sure, N. Ruta, I'd like to participate in
your discussions on putting. Goodness
knows I have devoted enough time to
it. At 63, if I had a dollar for every hour
I have devoted to first, becoming a master
putter, and second, to yodeling like
Jimmy Rodgers, I'd be comfortably retired.
As for yodeling like Jimmy, lamenting my
wasted youth to a friend, he pointed out
that Jimmy Rodgers had tuberculosis, and
maybe that's why he could yodel so well.
(Please don't suggest I hop a plane.)
Anyway, back in the dark ages of the
Reagan era, I became converted to back
and shoulder putting, and have not forsaken
that method. I noticed somewhere along
the line that each degree of back swing
produced a barely discernible sensation of
tension in the muscles of the neck and
back. In other words, a five inch back swing
feels different from a six inch back swing.
At the same time, I also noticed that the
longer the putt, the more the head must
turn to see it. This too, can be related
to a distinct sensation in the balance
center (the inner ear) and the neck muscles.
Have you ever thought of it in that way?