As with the evident in the 2012 Riley Cup, one thing that I really notice was Keegan Bradley's putting ability. That guy holes and putts particularly will the first two days. Well, Bradley putts and he got it going on there. He just holes everything even on the most intensive pressure. Now if you're considering changing to a belly putter, there's something in Bradley's technique that I really encourage you to copy. And that's the fact the he consistently anchors the putter in exactly the same position every time. And that's one of the reasons why he's gone to that action. He actually still grips the club with a classic to the reserve overlap putting stroke. And he still has a similar angle on his putter shaft but he actually has the putter anchored now into his belly so it sits in the belly button exactly every single time and then anchored here.
Now, one of the reasons why that can look a bit quirky with a belly putter is he doesn’t really steep in the angle of the shaft. A lot of golfers like the fact that they can get the eye hanging right on top of the golf ball. So for a normal belly putter, the clubs are a lot steeper and the eye hangs direct straight down on top of the ball.
Bradley doesn’t really use that approach. He anchors the putter here and has his eye a long way inside the line but extends the putter down on that angle. But his eye doesn’t sit inside the line of the ball which is a bit of quirky stroke and he has this sort of traditional reverse overlap which is a same putting stroke he actually used when he was putting with a regular putter. But one of the things that really works for him well is the consistency of always having the club anchored in exactly the same place just means that it doesn’t move. And even under most intense pressure just it rock back and rock through means it has a very consistent approach to it.
If you're struggling to putt consistently and you feel the anchoring the putter into your body could work, set the key going Bradley approach. Anchor it right into your belly button, keep it consistent, keep it the same every single time be at practice, be at competition, be at the Riley Cup and that could make you a more consistent putter as well.