Lower 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 players using lines on their golf balls – using them as a visual aid to help one align and aim before hitting the putt.

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

Personally, I tried putting a line on my golf ball and I didn't like it. Maybe it's just me, but I've found that it's just one more thing to worry about before lining up a putt, rather than trusting my process of reading the green with my feet, seeing the slopes with my eyes, and aiming from there. .

But there's more than one way to dig the cat, and golf gives players the opportunity to use what works best for them – so if you're using a line on the golf ball and it works well for you, so be it.

But is it really best How to help dial in your goal setting?

I tapped Golf Teacher to Watch Todd Casabella to get his thoughts, Director of Instruction at Barrington GC shared a different approach that ditches the line and uses three dots instead. Check out how it works below.

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

“If you're like most golfers, the commitment to putting a line through the ball varies from month to month, round to round, or hole to hole,” says Casabella. “So if your streak success is fading, here's a different trick for you — I call it 'three-positioning'.”

Why does Casabella choose this way rather than using a line in football? Simply put, it is less cerebral.

“When you use the line, golfers tend to focus more on the line,” he says. “But the areas seem to be invisible, which frees up golfers to react to the game.”

Casabella then goes about her business.

Look for one

Using a permanent marker, place one dot on the ball, where there is a large clean space without writing, logos, or images. This is one place.

Number three (I know, I skipped two, we'll get there)

Mark your ball and begin the process of learning the green, getting a general idea of ​​the slope of the green. After doing that, now point to the point where you see the ball entering the hole. This is the third place.

If useful, many players use clock indicators to identify this point. For example, a straight putt would go into the hole at 6:00, and a putt with more break from right to left would go into the hole at 3:00. The putt shown in the photo above goes into the hole at about 4:30.

Determining which part of the clock the ball will go into the hole helps you pinpoint the second spot.

Look at two

Remove your ball marker and return the ball to its original position on the green. When you do this, make sure the dot on the ball is very high and facing up. Now step back and visualize the path the ball will take to get to third base and into the hole.

Once you've seen that path, visualize the ground about six to 18 inches in front of the ball on the same line. This is the second place.

Now that you've got the one, two, and three spots, it's time to sink the putt, adds Casabella.

He explains: “Once you master the technique, making putts is as easy as 1, 2, 3.”

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