Remove the line on your golf ball – use this little trick instead

If you look around the practice green before a round, you’ll probably notice more than a few golfers using lines on their golf balls – using them as a visual cue to help a person line up and aim before hitting a putt.

When it comes down to it, using a line versus not using a line is all about personal preference.

Speaking personally, I’ve tried putting a line on my golf ball and I just didn’t like it. Maybe it’s just me, but I found that it was just one more thing to worry about before settling on a putt instead of trusting my own process. reading green with my feeteyeing the slopes and aiming from there.

But there’s more than one way to skin a cat, and golf offers players the opportunity to use what works best for them – so if you use a line on the golf ball and it works for you, so be it.

But is it really? the best way to help you dial in your goal?

I eavesdropped GOLF Teacher to watch Todd Casabella to get his thoughts, with the Director of Instruction at Barrington GC sharing a unique approach that splits the line and uses three points instead. See how it works below.

Use 3 dots instead of drawing a line on the golf ball

“If you’re like most golfers, the commitment to use the line on the ball varies from month to month, round to round, or even hole to hole,” Casabella said. “So if your success with the line fades, here’s another strategy for you – I call it the ‘three-point’ setup.”

Why does Casabella prefer this way to using a line on the ball? Simply put, it’s less cerebral.

“When using a line, golfers tend to focus too intently on the line,” he says. “But the points are a little more abstract, which frees up players to react more athletically.”

Casabella then shows how it works.

Place one

Using a permanent marker, place a single dot on the ball where there is the most clear space without any writing, logos or graphics. This is point one.

Third point (I know, I skipped two, we’ll get there)

Mark your ball and then begin the process of reading the green, getting a general idea of ​​the slope of the green. Once you have done this, now identify the point at which you see the ball entering the hole. This is the third place.

If it’s helpful, many players use clock references to identify this point. For example, a straight putt would enter the hole at 6:00 and a right-to-left multiple break putt would enter the hole at 3:00. The shot shown in the photo above is entering the hole at around 4:30.

Determining what part of the clock the ball will enter the hole helps you identify the second point.

Place two

Remove the ball marker and place the ball back in its original position on the green. When you do this, make sure the point on the ball is at the top and facing up. Now step back and imagine the path the ball will take to roll over the par three and into the hole.

Once you see that path, imagine a spot on the ground that is about six to 18 inches in front of the ball that is in line. This is the second place.

Now that you have point one, point two, and point three, it’s time to sink the putt, Casabella adds.

“Your goal should be to roll the ball point over the point in front of the ball, and then over the point in front of the hole,” he explains. “Once you’ve mastered this technique, making putts becomes as easy as 1, 2, 3.”

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