Its always seemed interesting to me that the common putting grip has the #3 Accumulator zeroed out, despite the fact very, very few people understand why. Homer was a wonder.
I've read that Tiger's dad was always suggesting he get his hands a little higher. Something he did during the week of his first Masters win. Dont think it was a grip change though , just a hand position thing. Which does approach zeroing out #3. Also a great adjustment for super short chip shots for those who dont like to grip it in the life line for Chip Basic, 12-5-0.
Its always seemed interesting to me that the common putting grip has the #3 Accumulator zeroed out, despite the fact very, very few people understand why. Homer was a wonder.
I've read that Tiger's dad was always suggesting he get his hands a little higher. Something he did during the week of his first Masters win. Dont think it was a grip change though , just a hand position thing. Which does approach zeroing out #3. Also a great adjustment for super short chip shots for those who dont like to grip it in the life line for Chip Basic, 12-5-0.
Do you remember the early days of Tiger ramming 10 foot putts like he was trying using back of the cup as a backboard? I think he did make some adjustments cause his speed and distance control is so much better now than those first few years on tour.
If you have no need of a power accumulator why build it into the machine to get the job at hand done? Putting only needs a very small amount of power so 1 (not PA1) should be plenty 99% of the time.
Do you remember the early days of Tiger ramming 10 foot putts like he was trying using back of the cup as a backboard? I think he did make some adjustments cause his speed and distance control is so much better now than those first few years on tour.
He thinks that line is to some extent subject to the vagaries of the greens surface but that speed is totally within his control. He kicks himself for getting the speed wrong. Of the two direction and speed , generally speaking its speed that most of us get wrong, it might be the more crucial of the two in fact.........its way easier to be five feet short than five feet wide. And so he prides himself on speed control these days. His line aint to bad either.
In regard to the way he putted when he first came out on tour.........of all of the things that impress me about that guys game , the way he became the best putter Id ever seen ........after he came out on tour, ranks as #1. He sure wasnt that good at first. Most guys putted their best when they were juniors , Tiger picked his late 20's and early 30's. Its really kinda weird. Not saying he didnt putt well at times, like his first Masters, but he turned into a different animal later.
Anyone know who or what helped him to make this change? He always said his dad was his putting coach but....
I once read brain research comparing world class violin players.
Most of them start early (as kids), and even most talented ones need to, in order to reach a world class level. But there have been a rare few who have started in the late teens or so. Brain activity scan shows that early starters use a much larger proportion of their brain than late starters do.
To translate this to computer and TGM language, I believe Tiger has a CPU and an OS tailor made for golf. Tiger can probably improve any facet of the game he puts his mind into improving. Because he has the best computer....
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While I (amongst others) have my whole game configured on a fragile 360k floppy disk. Needless to say, it doesn't even load every time I tee off either.
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