Brad Faxon - Putting Instruction (The Stroke)

[@RollYourRock]

You're welcome my friend... cheers to you as well !

[@joeidaho5938]

My take on what is being said is that intuition has to take over in the putt stroke. Without that, it's just a mechanical stroke....and will not be very successul, esp on long putts.

[@RollYourRock]

You got it! 👍

[@bluesrocker33]

Yep. Overthinking and focusing on your stroke too much creates a bad putt. You got to get in the zone and just out it in the hole. Work on the mechanics at home.

[@youbanarajthala6366]

wow i will recommend this video to my brother .he like this.

[@RollYourRock]

+Yobana Rajthala - Glad to hear... play well! Cheers...

[@LeeTrevinoFans]

GOOD LORD DOES HE SET UP SUPER OPEN! PLUS THE BLADE IS OPEN TOO...sorry for the caps 2:23 3:52 Gentle Ben watches it lol

[@RollYourRock]

He has often said that he doesn't align the clubface... Yeah, even Nicklaus, who was left eye dominant, set up very open to the target.

[@rogerl1976]

WOW.....Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to try it. Good bye yips.

[@joeidaho5938]

I feel exactly the same thing. I need to feel motion....esp before putting. If I'm frozen, I often lose the real sensitive touch needed to putt. I often have a very slight sway motion....and especially on the shortest most sensitive putts....that you can botch up, simply with a bad twitch when hitting the ball. Need to feel flow.

[@RollYourRock]

It's all about doing what you can repeat. - Watch out for those "twitches"

[@freegg123]

Is he really a putting expert?

[@RollYourRock]

Yes, I think so, but how about you be the judge...

[@samuelbm87]

I really just needed somebody to tell me that some movement is OK

[@scottamichie]

Yeah....like 30 yrs ago...

[@brett7011]

I need someone to tell me that everything is going to be ok and that I am their boo-boo bear.

[@dickyrock1]

Thanks, always appreciate educational videos. This makes a lot of sense

[@s1fruits]

That little forward press is a great trigger. My tempo has changed from a 1-2 stroke to 1-2-3 stroke. For me it's a lot more relaxing.

[@RollYourRock]

The eternal search for our happy spot...

[@antap]

In a ideal world you would stay down through the ball so you don't peek up and leave the blade open, the blade needs to close through the ball; looking up through anxiety results in the baby weak putts where the blade is open (Rory on 18 2024 US OPEN or Doug Sanders in the Open here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ7XpGxomL2AepYsi=hLrx9tbSYZXlyGQc ), but you don't want it to interrupt your stroke as Fax was saying. Tiger Woods did this well as did Nick Faldo - just to name a few great Majors Champions. And: 1. 4 time Open Champion, 15 time PGA Tour winner, 90+ Professional Wins and one of the greatest ever putters, Bobby Locke, always stayed down; he says when I look up I miss so he used to "hit and listen" "why would I want to look up and see a missed putt"; tough to argue with. 2. In one of his US Open victories Gary Player (South African like Bobby Locke) dedicated himself to not watching any short putts (stay down), and he won and missed nothing short that week. 3. Payne Stewart's wife commented that he was looking up too early in the 3d round of his US Open (she watched on T.V.). This was something he would work on and a something his late Father told his wife to watch and take care of after he passed. I watched his victory last night again - via the "One Moment in Time" 1999 US Open video) recent take on victory and you can clearly see him: a) in a super calm zen like state; something to behold b) his head down well through the ball c) putting superbly to win his third major. See it here (includes his wife's comments about the head) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH6mi6yKrJ1gl9Esi=vcNtPMtY_DDGxHiG I call it an anchor. You don't have to specifically think about your head to keep it from rising, you could "hit and listen" as Locke said, you could see what is under the ball as Faldo did or think about the path as you putt (I do this)

[@RollYourRock]

Thank you for your excellent comment! Easily one of the top 10 comments EVER on this channel. Everything you say here is spot on! - Cheers! RYR🙂

[@Rd-bi7vr]

Tour players now look like they all came off of the same assembly line when it comes to putting.

[@RollYourRock]

I'm not sure I would agree with that. Who do you think they all look like, Tiger?

[@Rd-bi7vr]

@@RollYourRock look at how jack and arnie.or floyd or player had their own style..now.everyone mostly stands the same ,.no.one croutches like.Jack did...

[@RollYourRock]

@@Rd-bi7vr I wonder what process/thinking went into Jack's development of that putting style? I don't think I've ever heard him talk about it…

[@Rd-bi7vr]

@@RollYourRock maybe the greens were slower and players.had a pop.stroke? But this is now coming back in style ....

[@RollYourRock]

@@Rd-bi7vr "Coming back in style" - Over the decades, golf instruction in a nutshell. 😂

[@goodoldrebel8]

Putting is mostly about being able to line up your putt correctly and read the breaks. If I can't see the imaginary path of the ball, I know that I won't make the putt. This is where judgment takes over.

[@chaseturknett]

goodoldrebel8 so true, if I can visualize the line and can commit to it, 9/10 it’s a really good roll that either goes in or is a tap in

[@scottamichie]

Well... hmmm. That’s not common wisdom. The STROKE is usually cited as most important-once you’ve lined it up comfortably.

[@es75015]

this sport is so amazing. theory and pratice are so different

[@RollYourRock]

Yup! You'll hear just about anything & everything out there...

[@mesillahills]

99+ percent of the handicap players do not understand the putting stroke. So build yourself a wooden putter with a square shaft and at an offset angle to the wooden blade as required by the rules of golf. Then run your stroke on the upper edge of a stairstep where the shaft cannot rotate because of it's square shaft. What you will observe is EXACTLY what Brad describes above. The blade will appear to your eyes to ARC and it will open and close (relative to the target) even though it is riding a a straight edged stair step. and cannot rotate. Explanation - It is the LIFT of the blade off the ground at the offset angle, during the stroke, that takes place that causes this to happen. The angles that form because of the angle offset are not what the average player understands. Most touring pro's do. The people at "the Putting Arc" actually sell a clip on device to essentially do the same thing as I describe above. Then, once you understand this, the rules of Crenshaw and Tiger all apply. You must hold the putter very lightly and RELEASE IT which simple means, "let it swing". Suddenly the reason for the use of the big flat topped Super Stroke grip and fingers only on the right hand become obvious too. So does the reason a certain amount of movement is OK. You are putting the putter into it's own non-rotating or NEVER rotating momentum. Tiger's "right hand only: drill also help with all of this. especially the release and going through the ball with no shaft rotation what-so-ever. OK. it makes no sense. How can a putter with a blade that appears to open and close and be on an arc NOT BE ROTATING at all ? Well, build the wooden putter with the square shaft, ride it on a stair step, and see for yourself !!! Some people are going to be very surprised at what they see. Touring pro's won"t.

[@RollYourRock]

Well said! - Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge! Cheers! 🙂

[@rezik9919]

can. you leave a link to a picture of what this wooden putter would look like? im having a hard time picturing it

[@bonjovi7120]

Brad Faxon was a very average player in his day. Not sure what made him a putting expert all of a sudden😂😂😂

[@RollYourRock]

If you had dug into Faxon's putting stats, you wouldn't have been so quick to embarrass yourself. BTW, Brad won eight times on the PGA tour.

[@bonjovi7120]

@@RollYourRock brad faxon🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RollYourRock]

@@bonjovi7120 My bad, I didn’t realize you were only nine-years old.

[@dilidilipellos]

Do you have anymore putting tips from Mr Faxon

[@AngusFalconer-b2w]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RollYourRock]

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[@brianyoung3]

lack of movement = tension

[@RollYourRock]

Yes SIR!

[@andrewbuza6035]

Awesome advice

[@oatechaosincycles]

Love it! Wish I could meet him and talk putting all day! Just bought a Ping My Day putter. That Fax Day is looking as good as ever!

[@RollYourRock]

The key to finding a good feeling My Day is the zip code in the rear cavity. The early examples had the 85029 code while the later ones had the 85020 code. The early (85029) My Day is the one Brad used. They are a bit heavier and much more solid. In addition, the later issue had the topline mark/line off-center toward the toe. GOOD LUCK! 🙂

[@oatechaosincycles]

@@RollYourRock Thanks for the info! I checked and its a 85020. Now I have a new endeavor! I'll keep my eye out for the older model.

[@RollYourRock]

@@oatechaosincycles They are more difficult to find, but well worth your effort. I'm curious: what length putter do you use and in what area of the world do you live? Good luck in your quest...

[@oatechaosincycles]

@@RollYourRock Im in Georgia USA. I use a 33 3/4" putter. My current gamer is a Scotty Cameron Pro Platinum Newport 2. It was a restoration project and no longer has the nickel plating. Super soft but great feedback. Lots of up keep though!

[@RollYourRock]

@@oatechaosincycles Ha Ha, I play an old-school Cameron as well. My current gamer is a sub 330g 1995 Gun Blue Newport. At 36 1/4", and with a 79g grip, it weighs 505g and a swingweight of D3. At this length, the old Camerons and Pings keep the overall weight and the swingweight within reason (D2-D3). BTW, leave your putter "raw", there's no finish left on my Newport either! 😂

[@anomad6314]

good, have taken notes. Thanks!!

[@RollYourRock]

You're welcome. I hope you find it helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask...

[@billhuang8502]

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[@RollYourRock]

Bill, that's not a good idea... *warning!

[@RollYourRock]

There are several others that I uploaded a few years ago... Just do a search... cheers!

[@geoffmangum]

Pretty decent advice except for that last bit about a putter "has to" swing on an arc because it has a lie angle of 10+ degrees. That's not correct, as "the putter" doesn't move itself, and if the golfer attached to the putter moves shoulders, arms, hands in the thru-stroke VERTICALLY for half a foot or so, even the flattest lie-angle putter on earth moves dead straight. Try it. So the idea that "the putter has to" do anything is wrong, and a stroke that arcs to the inside thru impact is a "pull". And if you watch Faxon's stroke or especially Crenshaw's stroke past impact, the putter head is moving straight and slightly rising vertically above the aim line for at least half a foot past impact. Crenshaw's stroke stays online and rising for about a foot or more. The skill for this is "dead hands," "stand still", and don't rush the tempo of the stroke and instead let the momentum of the hands and putter follow their inherent straight path or at least learn to move deliberately on the same path thru impact.

[@edchapman5801]

The "inherent straight path" is contrived, something you have to think about in order to do it - if the hands stay the same distance from the body they will move naturally to the inside, like the handle on a revolving door. Why move the putter VERTICALLY? All the great putters keep the putter low to the ground and a stroke that arcs to the inside isn't a "pull" unless the putter approaches the ball from the outside with the face closed.

[@mentalframer]

So who are you???

[@jacobr4558]

I'm finally starting to put this together(I think). It appears to me that Crenshaw, Roberts, and Faxon do a mini right wrist hinge going back then through impact it's a mini hold for a split second? They don't let it fully "release" as they say until far past impact?

[@RollYourRock]

@@edchapman5801 Well said! Thanks, Ed

[@Rd-bi7vr]

I hate these fat grips that are common nowadays. The pistol grips were better to release the putter and feel better.

[@RollYourRock]

👍👍😃

[@RollYourRock]

YES, Luke Donald would agree with you both... ;-)

[@scottrackley4457]

He holds the course record at a nearby course, 61

[@jeffreysu2220]

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[@pgaquigz1125]

Love Faxon

[@tsped83]

Still the best putting video out there

[@RollYourRock]

I agree! Have you watched the other Faxon segments?

[@tsped83]

Oh yes

[@RollYourRock]

@@tsped83 👍

[@hanswurst3077]

The best is last path of the putter. Thanks

[@jodyreid236]

thank you for the videos great stuff cheers

[@golfclinicscandinavi]

Good stuff!