Selection of your hinge is so important. The layback, layback and closing, and closing only can determine your ability to putt. A total lack of knowing, understanding, implementation, and eventual habit formation of a selected hinge will cause players to steer, throw away, and yip it all over the golf course.
The horizontal hinge or the door closing only will fits the circle on the ground and I will tell you for certain this hinge has been used on the PGA Tour to win more tournaments than the vertical hinge. Amateurs though feel the putter face should remain square to the target line at all times. Why didn't they read The Golfing Machine?
As mentioned in an earlier post, the reverse roll feel of the vertical hinge is very strange to feel on the golf course. The no roll feel of the angled hinge is what "mother nature" gave us.
This goes back to a scientist that said everything should go straight back and through. Being the putter head was moving straight back and through the assumption was made the face of the putter should layback only or stay square to the line. But he was not Mr. Kelley and didn't give everyone a "feel' to go along with this layback only.
So this got everyone going on the greens attempting to keep the face of the putter square to the line and believeing it would be natural. No quite ladies and gentleman. The whole time the answers were setting in this little yellow book.
Thank you so much for posting this question about hinge. If there are any out there who don't totally understand the hinges and the feel of the hinges check out the Golfing Machine Basic on this sight. For those who do not agree. Come here and make your argument.
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