Brian has the reputation as being one of the best putters on tour. Any insight on what he works on?
From the Address Position shown in these photos (which I took at the '07 Honda), Brian Gay simply makes a Paw Minor Basic Stroke. That is, his Arms are bent and frozen (Power Package zeroed-out), and his Stroke is a 'rocking' shoulders (body-only) motion imparting Angled Hinging (10-3-H). Note the Arm alignments (both Forearms On Plane), and also the Grip: Reverse Overlap with Left Hand Rolled; Right Hand Turned; and #3 Accumulator Zeroed.
I took more photos yesterday, the day before the 2009 U.S. Open, and BG's Stroke and Address position (including Centered Head, Grip, Ball Location, Hands Location, zero Shaft Lean and slightly Open Stance) haven't changed a bit. I'd post them now, but unfortunately, I left my download gear at home. I'll put'em up next week.
From the Address Position shown in these photos (which I took at the '07 Honda), Brian Gay simply makes a Paw Minor Basic Stroke. That is, his Arms are bent and frozen (Power Package zeroed-out), and his Stroke is a 'rocking' shoulders (body-only) motion imparting Angled Hinging (10-3-H). Note the Arm alignments (both Forearms On Plane), and also the Grip: Reverse Overlap with Left Hand Rolled; Right Hand Turned; and #3 Accumulator Zeroed.
I took more photos yesterday, the day before the 2009 U.S. Open, and BG's Stroke and Address position (including Centered Head, Grip, Ball Location, Hands Location, zero Shaft Lean and slightly Open Stance) haven't changed a bit. I'd post them now, but unfortunately, I left my download gear at home. I'll put'em up next week.
For now, enjoy . . . and learn!
Fun to see that besides the rail, he uses aids from Sweden.
Your experience will be that much more enjoyable if you have the book and can reference what is discussed on this forum. At first, it will seem like a jigsaw puzzle, but once you start to understand where the pieces go, the puzzle turns into a beautiful picture.
Reverse Overlap: first finger(s) of the Left Hand overlap last fingers of the Right Hand.
Rolled-rotated to the left
Turned-rotated to the right
#3 zeroed out-angle between the clubshaft and Left Hand (arm) is zero or both are in line.
At first, it will seem like a jigsaw puzzle, but once you start to understand where the pieces go, the puzzle turns into a beautiful picture.
Which makes me wonder what it looks like to you, Drewit?
For some reason I see a sort of 1920's mechanical , perpetual motion machine, with a flywheel, gears, belts, levers. It doesnt hit a ball and stop but keeps on going around and around with new balls running down a chute and being tee'd up automatically. It spins at a fast pace in balance like a gyro and runs like a clockwork. The brass balls on the ends of the flywheel are planets. All in a factory setting.
Have I got the wrong puzzle? Am I insane? Who was Mike O and what have you done to him? Did he know too much?
Actually, BG doesn't use these aids. It is normal for vendors of all sorts to surround the putting green at each PGA TOUR event, hoping to get players interested in using their products and to secure their endorsement. Such was the case here.
Brian hit six putts (from six feet) that rolled down the 'rail' and then the remaining three feet to the bottom of the hole. Whereupon followed this exchange:
Vendor (clearly awed): I've been out here all day, and nobody's done that.
BG: Smiles, but says nothing, turns and begins lagging 20-footers.
I took more photos yesterday, the day before the 2009 U.S. Open, and BG's Stroke and Address position (including Centered Head, Grip, Ball Location, Hands Location, zero Shaft Lean and slightly Open Stance) haven't changed a bit. I'd post them now, but unfortunately, I left my download gear at home. I'll put'em up next week.
For now, enjoy . . . and learn!
Have these been put up? I really would like to see this..... its snowing even more now and I have time to train some putting.
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