PICKING YOUR SPOT
How is the spot chosen? The process I recommend is to compare each putt to a STRAIGHT FLAT PUTT and make an educated guess at your “spot.” Ranked in order of importance, the steps to consider are:
- First, what amount of speed will it take for the putt (should you happen to miss slightly) to finish two feet past the cup?
- Second, given that speed what line would be most likely to make the putt?
- Third, what other factors are present? Grain? Wind? How do they change my spot if those factors are present?
- Fourth, once the spot is chosen, all thought goes into “feeling” the length of stroke required to hit that spot.
