[Fred Brattain]

If you look at Jack's set up down the line (you can always view the tape of the Masters in '86, there are a couple of great shots, his elbows (BOTH OF THEM) are directly down the line of the putt. He uses a pure piston stroke on fast greens. This is exactly what I was pointing out in an earlier thread about putting. BTW in the 50's and 60's, if you weren't alive and playing then, the greens were very much like moderately well kept fairways today. If you had the opportunity to play a REALLY REALLY nice course, they were then like a pretty good shag carpet. That's why Gary Player and Palmer (who both preceded Nicklaus) were "pop" putters. With the exception of Bobby Locke, Nicklaus is the best who ever lived with a flat stick. His technique was as close to flawless as any human can get. "Perfection is unattainable" - Tin Cup MacAvoy, and when it counted, he was the best because of his brain. Putting is 20% keeping your head still, 10% reading the green correctly, 20% starting the ball on line and 50% KNOWING it's going in the hole.

Obi WunPutt