Like any golf skill, good placement is earned – not given. Solid technique is important, but understanding the core concepts and cause-and-effect behind them is what helps you become your best coach and consistently shave strokes.
1. Your placement path follows your shoulder line
Your swing path affects both contact and the starting line – but it is NO something you should strive to produce. The putter swings naturally along the line your shoulders create.
2. Posture determines your shoulder line
Good attitude is the foundation. When you hang forward from the hips and let your arms hang naturally under your shoulders, your stroke will follow along that shoulder line every time. Let the movement happen instead of trying to direct it. The road is one RESULT with solid configuration, not something you impose.
3. Back length controls distance
Ask golfers what controls distance and you’ll hear many different answers. But from the point of view of physics, it is simple: the distance comes from the length of the back, not from how hard you “hit” it. A shorter backstroke falls more slowly, delivering less energy. A longer one falls faster, sending the ball farther. Let length dictate speed – not effort.
4. The myth of “acceleration”.
When a putt is short, friends like to say you “slowed down.” In reality, your back was probably too short. Big hitters often have a forward stroke that is a bit off shorter than their back because the impact of the ball slows down the shooter. Recently, while teaching alongside Sam Burns – one of the best players on the PGA Tour – his swing was a perfect example: smooth, effortless, with a natural fall. No added punch. No intentional acceleration. Just pure pendulum swing and elite distance control.
5. Most shots break
READY every putt has some curveeven the shortest ones that players often assume are straight. You may not need to aim out of the hole at the tap-in, but you do I DO you must identify the break before setting your goal. Start your routine with a reading—not your setup.
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