is your putter making you worse?

Getting the ball started online is a multifaceted task that takes into account putter aim, putter style & putter path.  The people who are struggling the most use a putter style that matches neither their eye alignment nor their path or stroke style.  This forces them to manipulate the putter head to compensate for poor visual alignment and/or a path that isn’t complemented by their putter style.

Putter alignment is dictated by the head shape, hosel and alignment lines on the putter head.  Heads and hosels that are more square and full of lines will tend to have a left aim bias.  Putters that are round and free of lines will be more right aim biased.  If your tendency is to aim left, be sure you aren’t using a boxy putter with a plumbers neck as this will exacerbate your problem!  I always tend to aim left so I use putters with soft round shapes and a ‘flow neck’ connected to the heel with few to now lines.  Everyone is different, so it is imperative to know your aiming tendencies.