Putting is a challenging skill where even the slightest error results in a higher golf score. If we could lower 3 to 5 strokes a round by setting up properly in the greens, it would seem like we won the lottery. I have discussed many different ways to set up your putting stroke, using lines to help align our putter face and the importance of following through twice as far as taking the club head back during your stroke. All of these tips are great and work when we implement them. One thing I have not talked about is how to test if what we are seeing when aligning our putter head is in fact what we think we are seeing. Seems like a basic step during practice, however I know I have relied on results to prove my point. I have never actually tested whether my putter face is actually square to my aim point. Well, that is about to change!

To be fair to myself, I never physically checked my putter head alignment because of the positive results I achieved. I have always felt what I was doing was good enough, yet sometimes I get into a funk where what I am seeing while standing over a putt is askew to what I want to happen. We all call it ‘struggling with my putting’. Well, I found a simple method on how to fix my alignment woes and I am excited to give it a try this spring.

Peter Knight offers a very simple to understand and easy to apply putting aid that we can make ourselves. It is actually so simple, I am surprised I never thought of it before. Additionally, it will cost next to nothing to make! Using an isosceles triangle as a template will provide the best visual cues to how your putter face is aligned. I do not have pattern, but I am confident you can easily figure one out. This is such a simple think, I am surprised I never saw this putting aid before.

Putting is a very unique skill. The coordination between the putter face and your eyes for alignment are interconnected to a point where things like parallax error are a concern. Using the triangle as recommended by Knight will help combat this putting challenge by improving your putter face alignment. In doing so, you will actually get what you see.

I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!