As with many things outside the machine, I don't think they know what they are talking about when they say release the putter. Some will say one thing another will say something else. That little terminology problem that Mr. Kelley tried to help solve!
Some may be seeing the hinge action but not knowing what it is, they use this term, some may just be seeing and teaching the arc, I really do not know but as Ben Doyle would say " you release accumulators, not the club". Ben would say "you release the putter when you hand it back to the caddie"
Just my thoughts,
I think what the conventional world means when they talk about releasing the putter is allowing the putter head to pass the hands, perhaps in a horizontal hinge motion or just allowing the left wrist to break down a little after impact. The beauty of the machine is that you have many choices with the putting stroke.
Check out the posts of VJ. He has listed many putting strokes. And Ted is somewhat of a putting fool himself. Learn from them.
Right... Stan Utley said at the Summit..."TAKE THE LEFT FOREARM, AND OPEN THE FACE ON THE BACKSWING." On the downswing... "Turn it down." "Hit down on the ball." "I feel like I'm covering the ball, with a slight forward lean of the shaft."
He said he uses a 5 1/2* loft on his putter. He wants 3 1/2 to 4* loft at IMPACT.
"The left arm lengthens going back, and the right elbow absorbs the swing." "The right elbow lengthens coming down, and the left elbow absorbs the Hit."
He believes in being "process oriented" when putting.
Tiger talks about "releasing the putter"... I'm don't know if he is talking about the same thing as Stan.
I believe I've heard Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen talk about "releasing the putter." They both are Stan's students.
Stan is not a TGM guy, but it sounds like a lot of what he teaches in putting complies with TGM.
what tiger means by releasing the putter is for the head of the putter to pass the hands instead of keeping them in line the butt of the club should contine to point at your belly button watch tiger his wrist never break down he just allows the blade to swing like a pendulunm its like using a belly putter with an imaginary five inches going towards your belly
That bent left wrist after impact is not throwaway. Many players (most) putt with the right wrist bent and the left wrist bent. Their wrist bend usually does not change throughout the stroke. A tour player that is 80'something on the money list was here the other day and he start talking about how the "felt" a little lag loading in his backstroke, almost like a float load.
There was none there!!! That is just his "feeling" so when the tour players start talking about what they "feel" putting or swinging the club be careful. Sometimes what they "feel" is not "real."
PS- I would love to begin attaching pictures but I am lucky to work a cell phone and email. If anyone out there knows a simple way for me to pigeon hole the components of placing pictures here please send me a private message.
Learn from them.
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