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Instructors Cindy Miller

Cindy Miller helps you identify which style of putting stroke you use. Figure out which stroke is more comfortable and stick with it to become more consistent on the greens.

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Incredible teaching video! I need to figure out what type of putter I am by taking video shot of myself asap, one of my struggles. Thank you so much Cindy and have an amazing week!

What is a good drill to improve balance for holding the finish?

Tee up your thoughts here...

John R.

July 31, 2023 11:09 AM

Incredible teaching video! I need to figure out what type of putter I am by taking video shot of myself asap, one of my struggles. Thank you so much Cindy and have an amazing week!

JOHN L.

July 30, 2023 04:57 AM

What is a good drill to improve balance for holding the finish?

Barry S.

July 18, 2023 08:32 PM

So how do you set up for straight thru putting. You showed the arch thru set up but not the straight thru set up

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Cindy M. Instructor

July 19, 2023 01:30 PM

Barry S.

If you are a straight back and through putter, it is not as important to have your arms as close as you set up. You can stand a little farther from the ball if it is more comfortable as well.

Brian R.

July 26, 2023 06:54 PM

@Cindy M.

I didn’t know I was doing it until…I read Dave Pelz’s “Putting Like the Pros” (I think that’s it). Anyway, I’ve tested out his following assertion, and it’s clearly applicable to me, my arms, etc.
Medium stance, stoop as far as to find your eyeline, and your putter head/distance to ball are determined by where your arms hang straight down due to only gravity. The straight-back-n-thru motion is greatly aided. Hands further away produces a standard in-out-in arc, and hands close produce a (barely) out-in-out, and kind of oddball convex (your overhead perspective) or reverse arc path. That one is muted by comparison, but absolutely happens w/ hands too close to body.
Pelz’s books are old, and don’t mention mallet putters w/ long sight-lines as better-suited to straight-thru strokes, but that too tracks w/ my personal experience. Does any of that resonate, or am I just suffering from my own confirmation bias?

Cindy M. Instructor

July 29, 2023 04:50 PM

@Brian R.

Brian R
Dave Pelz is a close friend and has caddied for my husband Allen on the PGA TOUR many times. He is a very smart man as is Allen and clearly, in your description above, you are as well.

People can choose how they want to putt as well as how far they want to be from the ball. They need to be sure they are aligned properly to the hole and can only do that with a laser. This will ensure their eyes are triangulated correctly so they are set up to the hole, and that is not always necessarily right over the ball. It might be inside or outside their eyeline.

Let me know if you have more questions. I don’t want to confuse you. Just want you to know there are other factors.

christopher w m.

July 18, 2023 10:16 AM

This was great... It might help a little more if you also showed this on a longer putt. I am a crossover & straight putter.
Thanks & Have a great day

Paul D.

July 18, 2023 12:21 AM

That's a great drill. Any advice hitting out of wet sand?

Bruce R.

July 17, 2023 09:01 PM

Great tips! Well done. Can I ask if the same two choices apply to "lead hand low" grip putting strokes? I keep my lead hand (my hand because I am a right handed golfer) low and that is very comfortable and stable for me. I feel like I am an arc putter with lead hand low. Does that make sense to you? Love your videos. Really helpful. Thanks alot.