Over the past several years Singh has confused The Putting Arc more than any player on tour. He gets an arc, starts winning, builds enough confindence in his stroke to switch back to the short putter and keeps winning. That is what I thought was happening.
Then, on tour a couple of months ago he was on the green with a straight back and through training aid.
Yesterday I gave a lesson to a good friend of DT's and he tells me that Singh laid a heavy tip on a man, Mike Shannon, after winning the Shell in Houston. True? I don't know. However, I know Mike is not helping anyone move the putter head in a straight line. The tip, "theorectically" was enough to pay off a small house.
was using that straight back device last year too. I saw him in October at Disney using it.
Until last week at the Britsh were he just putted awful stroke wise I felt his problem wasn't in the stroke, but in reading the greens. He lips out or goes over the edge of so many putts, so I doubt the stroke is bad.
At the British he looks as though he has ZERO confidence in his stroke.
I was watching him warm up on the putting green in St Andrews on Friday. He hit 5 reps of 3 balls from a good 12 feet. ALL of them went straight into the hole and all with virtually the same speed. Looked VERY good and jaws were dropping along the fence. By far the most impressing putter on the green. Others were missing here and there but Vijay was dead on. I was standing face-on & could not tell if his stroke was on-plane or not.
i took a few putting lessons from mike shannon several years ago. he was at isleworth for a while.
we worked far less on mechanics and far more on set up, putter fit, and eye type and and putter loft and how it affects your aim. and a real strange way to envision putts.
i know this is an old thread but i thought i would add my $.02.
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