Strong And Slight Arc Putting Golf Tips

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In this video, Dan Grieve, head professional at Woburn Golf Club, offers his strong and slight arc putting tips

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Hi, Dan Greave here, head professional

00:06 at Woburn Golf Club, talking about putting arcs.

00:08 It's a question I get asked a lot.

00:10 Should I have a slight arc,

00:12 or should I go straight back, straight through,

00:14 or should I have a slightly more exaggerated arc?

00:16 And really, there is no answer to that.

00:18 It's not that one is better than another.

00:20 We've all got our slight tendencies.

00:22 Some will be straighter, some will be more in, in to in.

00:26 But it's important you don't get too far outside the line,

00:29 or too far in.

00:29 So, for example, I put the string here

00:31 just to give you a nice visual of where straight is.

00:34 So if I was to go down the string,

00:36 I would have a perfectly straight to straight stroke,

00:38 which really, once you start hitting it

00:40 more than a couple of inches,

00:41 it's very difficult to have a straight to straight stroke.

00:44 You need to start coming in at some point.

00:46 So if your stroke is going out here,

00:49 that obviously is outside the line, okay?

00:50 You're gonna tend to pull your putts.

00:52 If your putter starts coming in way too much on the inside,

00:55 again, you're gonna have a job trying to square that face up.

00:58 So a slight arc is nice.

01:01 Okay, even a little bit more is fine like that,

01:04 but let's not bring it round too much

01:06 or have it going outside the line too much.

01:08 So my stroke is a little bit more in to in.

01:10 So you'll see my stroke coming slightly inside.

01:12 I've got the string down here.

01:14 That gives me a little bit of a guide

01:15 as to how much I'm coming in.

01:20 And let's make sure as well that we really do match

01:22 the style of stroke that you have to the putter you use.

01:25 So this is a heel balance putter.

01:27 That means the toe is hanging down.

01:29 The toe releasing this way

01:30 is gonna help me square the putter up.

01:32 If I was to use a face balance putter with my stroke,

01:35 I would tend to push the putts

01:37 because face balance putters

01:38 do not want to swing as much in the toe.

01:41 So there's no right or wrong.

01:42 You go out there and do a bit of practice yourself

01:44 and find out which putter suits you best

01:47 depending on your arc.

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