Another putting thread....

[Roberto Busatto]

Sorry all if this will be something already written and written and written again but I would like to have confirmation from your voices against my feeling...

I read the tips and charts, I read the HBstudio forum sticky on how to putt, I read several threads here and there, I'm able to do maths and to move the marker accordingly...
what I'm unable to do is to give the correct strength to the ball and what is really puzzling me is the movement of the controller stick...
First problem I have is the lenght of the movement...I'm really struggling finding how to hit 5ft vs 10ft and so on and youtube videos are quite old (looks like the system and info changed from this for example )
Second problem...I heave read in several threads that the forward speed of the stick should not affect the power but my feeling is completely different...if I'm not smooth and strike fast forward when I move the stick I always hit long yardages (with long I mean not less than 20/25 feet even if I'm on a 5ft putt).

Tomorrow I will buy a new controller to plug on my PC (I'm using a PS3 Gioteck controller atm that strangely worked without drivers)  - btw...is it better to buy an XBOX 360 or Xbox One controller -  and see if things goes better, waiting to buy within a couple of weeks a new video card and move up from 22fps and animations that are really not smooth at all, especially when putting and swinging.

I think that it was very very long time that I wasn't so addicted to a sim in just one week...I even unplugged my driving wheel after 5 years spent with iRacing
I'm terrible with numbers ATM and my first tournament next week will be a nightmare but this is really a great new challenge for me and I know I will grow and hopefully get better results...

Thank you for your help
Roberto

[Deleted]

For me, it is an internal "clock" type of thing for the timing of the backswing to equal the distance. I know that doesn't help you, but I don't feel the forward speed affects anything unless you push forward softly.

[HeMan1202]

I think (maybe) most people will use a point of reference to judge distance of the backswing of the putter, which is the main (only?) factor of how far the ball will travel.

I use the back foot of the golfer but you could use whatever you wanted. You can putt the ball using several various views of your golfer which give better angles to judge how far back you are taking the club.

[settlerofcatan]

I concur with Bob -- I use complete feel to do my putting. I have a sense for when "NOW" is the right time to push the stick forward. I think it just comes with playing the game for a while. It's pretty rare for me to lag a putt more than 3 feet beyond the hole and I never leave it short, so I've gotten the timing down by feel pretty good. Just keep practicing, you'll get the internal sense of how long to hold back the more you play.

[typhon]

thats funny.. i was actually going to post a new thread. but i was also wondering if people are just putting off feel? or are the top players using calculated math with putts. i didnt know if that was a trade secret like counting cards at a blackjack table

when i joined TGCtours a few days ago i have been actually attempting to play better rather than just firing at will.  and it seems i have been playing worse cause maybe im too focused

[mikenym84]

All feel here. I started to get better with the putting but for me it truly just comes down to practice. Typhon- that happened to me where I was just over thinking every shot and really started to suck. Ive found having a short memory is good also. I was getting pissed when I completely blew a shot and it ruined the rest of my round because I was trying to hard to make the shot exact. Now if its over 20-25ft I just try to get it close and accept the fact that Im going to two putt. Sometimes they go in though!