PUTTING TIPS

[mimurray]

I've read that book a thousand time!! One of the best of all time thats for sure.

[True FL Native]

I live in Jupiter and have been playing my entire life as well. I grew up around teachers (my father played on tour for 18 years and my grandfather was the golf coach at Wake Forest for 35) but have never had a "formal" lesson. I know much more about the swing then most but at the same time would not consider myself a great player. I graduated from UF in 2000 and played only a handful of times until last summer. I am trying to get it back but its slow. The swing is like riding a bike but the short game sure as hell isn't. Whenever I am having a hard time getting the feel for my swing, I pull out Ben Hogan's The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. I like the basics because everything else then falls into place.

[cashacumming]

I think it is interesting at this point that there has been no discussion about actual golf swings although I know the site is new. Appears to me that ihub readers must be "going low" because I know there are lots of golfers here. That is a good thing. It has also enetered my mind that when it comes to putting alot of people do not know what to ask. They either do not pay much attn to what their putts are doing or just simply cannot feel the problem. It's easy to ask about why my shots are slicing, hooking, low, etc......No big deal though....I'll be here on and off if needed. Good luck to all on the course and in the portfolio......

[upbeatmofool]

I myself place extreme importance on the use of -''The Hand Wedge''-since implementing this innovative technique in my game,my handicap has fallen from 57 to just over 20.

[mimurray]

I would tend to agree with you on that. I don't think any one person can have all the answers. We even see that amongst tour pros, more and more these days we see that they are using more than one teacher or they periodically change teachers.

I have taken lessons over the years and picked up different things from all of them. I had been a player for a pretty long time before I took "professional" lessons so I am in large part self taught. I would take things that I read, or tips I saw on TV or picked up from other players and then go to the range and work on them. I wouldn't always do things exactly as they were taught to me, rather I would use these "tips" as a starting point and then adjust it to fit how I play.

Some of the best "tips" I ever got came from a guy that ran the range at the Breakers Hotel where I go to practice. It wasn't like having a formal lesson, as he was doing what he does while working at the range he would see me hitting balls and on occasion as he would pass by he would mention something. Kind of like a swing thought to use. Or he would see something funny in my alignment and straighten me out. You can get what is called "range bound" where you are sitting there just beating balls one after another and you could be doing something wrong and just keep repeating that same mistake time and time again because it's like you are in a groove. In this case it would be a bad groove. His short comments turned out to be some of the best advice I ever got and had the most impact.

So that is why I agree with what you say about not being able to just seek out the advice of only one person. Golf is such a complex game and has so many variables to it and I have found that some instructors tend to teach you based on how they play the game. What works for him might not work for me so if he is trying to teach me how to do it the way he does it I might not be able to repeat that and I end up not really learning anything. I think that is why the tips I got from this guy at the range were so helpful, he got to know me and knew how I hit the ball so if he would see me doing something that was a little off he could get me back on track.

One thing for certain about the game of golf is that you can never learn too much!!! The guy that thinks he knows it all might as well just give up the game because IMO you can never know all that there to know about this game!!!

[cashacumming]

Thats all good Cosmo........keep "putting" your post here....lol

[cosmoworld7]

a long term put on Google might be a good thing right now as its fast rise can also result in a drop. imo.

[cashacumming]

Got it....lol....

[excel]

I saw your new board on the home page and thought you'd get a kick out of her name.
I have no idea how good she is.
I assume she loves golf and to some people here her name might bring a smile considering the name of your board.

Could be a rumor but I heard relaxing and smiling helps your game.
Good luck!

[cashacumming]

Putting tracks are fine for what they do....this board is for those who have a stroke but can't understand why the ball is not going in the hole........a more advanced tip if you will......

[cashacumming]

Anybody w/anything helpful is welcome to post here...I have seen 50 guys thru the years who think that one person has all the answers but the truth is it doesn't work that way....He may help you everytime you decide to listen to him but he may know your capabilities and limits.....There are alot of things out there that the average golfer does not know and reading golf magazine does not really qualify.......And if you find someone who has that opinion that one teacher is "the only one who can help him" then you probably won't see that golfer get much better..........Good luck

[excel]

You better contact..........
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=6514

for advice!

[True FL Native]

Get a Dave Peltz putting track. He has different models but really just the simple one is what I like. It makes a world of difference.

[cashacumming]

Yea...those "putts"......lol

[cashacumming]

Nope....not for "puts" sorry guys........ this board is for folks who set in front of their computer wishing they were on the course. Thanks for looking though. Gl w/ those puts.

[Stock]

I thought this board was to learn how to buy puts. lol

[cosmoworld7]

Example for newbies:

Example: Jane opens a small travel business that specializes in island vacations. The manager of a a local business agrees to purchase 100 trips to Hawaii in January for $300 round-trip as perks for his employees. Jane's computed total cost of each trip is $200-a $100 profit on each trip which locks in a guaranteed profit of $10,000 for her initial period of operation. In effect, the guaranteed order is a put option.

Scenario 1: As luck would have it, just as November rolls around, a competitor offers the same trip for only $250. If Jane didn't have a put option agreement, she would have to drop her price to meet the competition's price, and thereby lose a significant amount of profit. Luckily, she exercises her right to sell the trips to Hawaii for $300 each and enjoys a healthy profit in the new year. Jane's put option was in-the-money in comparison to the price of her competitor.

Scenario 2: Jane gets a call from another client who needs to set up 100 trips in January to fulfill obligations to his management team and is willing to pay up to $400 per trip. Since Jane is under no obligation to sell the trips to her first customer, she agrees to sell them for the higher market price and makes a total profit of $20,000 on the deal.

[cosmoworld7]

Cashcumming: I think putting is a good idea but it also has its risk just like call options. Its all a matter of timing.

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Put options give the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying asset at the strike price until market close on the 3rd Friday of the expiration month. Just like call options, put options come in various strike prices depending on the current market price of the underlying instrument with a variety of expiration dates. Expiration dates can vary from one month out to more than a year (LEAPS options). However, unlike call options, you might consider going long a put option if you expect market prices to fall (bearish). In contrast, if you are bullish (expect the market to rise), you might consider selling a put option.

[upbeatmofool]

I like to get a stripper to kiss my balls for good luck before I play.

[cashacumming]

Lets lower that handicap today!