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06 GOLF ARTICLE
NEW
PUTTING MODEL
For golfers, the principle of play for more than 40% of
your score is to strike the ball on an intended line based
AIM PATH
on a chosen speed to a hole 4.25 inches wide with a
tool. The challenge or rather the secret to putting, is Knowing where and Developing a well-timed
to sustain the variables that constitute the action of how to aim movement pattern that launches
putting. the ball on the intended line
with a quality roll.
On the right is a brief summary the four skills of putting:
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH
12-FOOT STRAIGHT PUTT
BETTER GOLF THROUGH • On average, aim improved by 1.8 inches for all
TECHNOLOGY WITH MIT subjects and aim is defi ned as distance of ball to
left or right of the hole (not distance in front or
In a research done at MIT, 185 Professional Golf behind hole)
Management (PGM) students’ putting variables
• Subjects experienced signifi cant improvement in
were analyzed with SAM Puttlab to study the
club motion and consistency
effect of a fi tted putter on their putting variables.
• Using standard deviation as a consistency measure
12-FOOT BREAKING PUTT
• Again, subjects experienced signifi cant improvement
in club motion consistency at comparable levels to
straight putt test
RESULTS OF FITTED PUTTER VS. PERSONAL PUTTER ON A STRAIGHT 12-FOOT PUTT
% REDUCTION IN STANDARD DEVIATION RESULTS ON AIM
60% aimed left of target
63% 41% 25% aimed right of target
Acceleration through Impact Lie Angle 15% aimed straight at the ta
the ball
30% 27% 20%
Face Angle Impact Lean Angle Total Tempo
30% LEFT EYE DOMINANT
55% aimed left
25% 21% 2
28% aimed right
Forward Radius Forward Path Angle
17% aimed straight
NEW
PUTTING MODEL
For golfers, the principle of play for more than 40% of
your score is to strike the ball on an intended line based
AIM PATH
on a chosen speed to a hole 4.25 inches wide with a
tool. The challenge or rather the secret to putting, is Knowing where and Developing a well-timed
to sustain the variables that constitute the action of how to aim movement pattern that launches
putting. the ball on the intended line
with a quality roll.
On the right is a brief summary the four skills of putting:
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH
12-FOOT STRAIGHT PUTT
BETTER GOLF THROUGH • On average, aim improved by 1.8 inches for all
TECHNOLOGY WITH MIT subjects and aim is defi ned as distance of ball to
left or right of the hole (not distance in front or
In a research done at MIT, 185 Professional Golf behind hole)
Management (PGM) students’ putting variables
• Subjects experienced signifi cant improvement in
were analyzed with SAM Puttlab to study the
club motion and consistency
effect of a fi tted putter on their putting variables.
• Using standard deviation as a consistency measure
12-FOOT BREAKING PUTT
• Again, subjects experienced signifi cant improvement
in club motion consistency at comparable levels to
straight putt test
RESULTS OF FITTED PUTTER VS. PERSONAL PUTTER ON A STRAIGHT 12-FOOT PUTT
% REDUCTION IN STANDARD DEVIATION RESULTS ON AIM
60% aimed left of target
63% 41% 25% aimed right of target
Acceleration through Impact Lie Angle 15% aimed straight at the ta
the ball
30% 27% 20%
Face Angle Impact Lean Angle Total Tempo
30% LEFT EYE DOMINANT
55% aimed left
25% 21% 2
28% aimed right
Forward Radius Forward Path Angle
17% aimed straight
