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Drive for show, putt for dough
While everybody wants to hit the ball 350 yards off the tee, putting is where most of your strokes are taken.
Putting technique is a hot topic in golf today. The “curved stroke” method is starting to gain many converts. While this is nothing new under the sun, the method of using a curved putting stroke is being taught by teaching gurus on all the Tours worldwide. The Putting Arc is a teaching tool that has been invented to give golfers the feel for what the curved stroke is like.
Old timer Bobby Locke was probably one of the first pro golfers to use this type of stroke and gain great success. Ben Crenshaw is a modern legend that uses the curved method and is known as one of the best putters on the planet. While this approach is not for everybody, there is merit to the idea of a more natural curved or arc stroke in contrast to the widely used straight back and straight through method taught by other instructors and used by most golfers.