Left Hand Golf Tip: Putter Loft at Impact by Tom Stickney
Left Hand Golf Tip: Putter Loft at Impact by Tom Stickney

Lefties only golf tip: Hi I'm Tom Stickney Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor and today I want to talk to you show you that having the wrong loft on your putter can affect players and them not even know it even at the very very high levels. As we watch this particular tour player putt you can see the blue line talks about where the putter goes as the top of his backstroke as he comes down you can see the low point is a fraction from a golf ball and he starts to hit up on the golf ball. As he started up on the golf ball we can see if we look very close the ball starts bouncing and then starts to roll about where that red line is right there. OK So if we look at the 2 lines are drawn the green line is his club shaft at address and the orange line is his club shaft of impact and you can see he's kind of backed the club up a little bit. What happens is the club starts to flatten out and if it starts to move upwards if you back the shaft up you are adding loft to the putter so therefore when this particular player comes down the putter starts to flatten out there's a low point pre impact he gets up on the golf ball but at the sitting up on the golf ball he leans the shaft back a little bit therefore adding lot to the putter.

2019-07-23

Lefties only golf tip: Hi I'm Tom Stickney Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor and today I want to talk to you show you that having the wrong loft on your putter can affect players and them not even know it even at the very very high levels. As we watch this particular tour player putt you can see the blue line talks about where the putter goes as the top of his backstroke as he comes down you can see the low point is a fraction from a golf ball and he starts to hit up on the golf ball. As he started up on the golf ball we can see if we look very close the ball starts bouncing and then starts to roll about where that red line is right there. OK So if we look at the 2 lines are drawn the green line is his club shaft at address and the orange line is his club shaft of impact and you can see he's kind of backed the club up a little bit. What happens is the club starts to flatten out and if it starts to move upwards if you back the shaft up you are adding loft to the putter so therefore when this particular player comes down the putter starts to flatten out there's a low point pre impact he gets up on the golf ball but at the sitting up on the golf ball he leans the shaft back a little bit therefore adding lot to the putter.