==================================================== Newsletter - Issue 62 Date 07/20/08 ==================================================== ==================================================== Equipment - Books - DVD's ==================================================== I just bought a putter called the Dr. Feelgood Right Handed Zero Lat Putter to use for my putting lessons - for students that are inconsistent with where their putter face makes contact with the ball. I plan on anchoring two pvc rails to the ground with tees like I normally do to get students to groove a straight back and through stroke for short putts, but it will be a much narrower channel due to the unique shape of the putter head. Check it out and you'll see what I mean: http://www.bataviacc.com/drfeelgood.html I'll let you know how it works out in the next issue or two, I received it last Friday and haven't tested it yet. ==================================================== TCT Quick Tips - Putting - Slope and Break ==================================================== Uphill putts will break less than downhill putts. So if a putt is uphill you would play for less break than a perfectly flat putt. Downhill putts are just the opposite. You would account for more break if your putt was downhill. ==================================================== Golf Tip : Up or Down, The Truth About Toes ==================================================== A properly fitted putter should not have the toe up at address, because the address position is how the putter will present itself to the ball at impact. There are practically no additional centrifugal forces -- other than those associated with the forces of gravity-- on the putter when making a stroke compared to when it is in the address position. So you should have the putter toe/heel line horizontal at address. A radius on a sole of a putter is generally a good thing, so the center of the sole should be in contact with the ground in the set up position. On the other hand, drivers should always have the toe up at address ­ if the hands return close to this position while impacting the ball - because during the last portion of the swing there is a centrifugal force of up to 70 pounds just before impact, acting at the center of gravity (c.g.) of the head. The c.g is forward of the shaft and approximately in the center of the head, and because it is away from the shaft axis, the centrifugal force will bend the shaft down (droop) and align the face properly (or almost properly) at impact. Enjoy, Tom