Putting 101 | How To Release The Putter

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[@TheNYgolfer]

Great video, Finally someone who not only understands the concept of releasing the putter but also knows how to explain it clearly. Thanks.

[@mikeburton8916]

Great information Josh, thanks.

[@camrynhernandez5996]

Unbelievable explanation. Thank you so much.

[@Way2sublime77]

Yep, exceptional explanation! Just made a 2 hdcp feel like I haven't a clue how to putt correctly.

[@zzxxyy22]

Great explanation. Thank-you

[@rdlez]

Thanks Josh

[@riggsnguyen]

It works !!! Thanks Josh.

[@edthecattv9360]

Thank you for this video!

[@paulakoncki4029]

Thank you!! I use to do that and was told by a friend not to use my wrist, hence bad putting! Guess what I going to do? Show this vid to my friend! Love from South Africa!!

[@mikeburton8916]

Great video, thanks.

[@thomasmervak77]

Hey Josh! This seems simple and intuitive. Basically, on a smaller scale, the putter release is like the release of any club wthin an inch or two of impact. But it seems like timing the release is also an issue, to develop consistency and didtance control. Sort of like a miniversion of a long chip or short pitch. So I ask: do the wrists flex and unflex and move based on a feel for the putter's momentum. Can you spare a comment?

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[@thomasmervak77]

@@joshzandergolf Thank you so much, Josh. Using your video and my own observation, I adjusted my grip and began better accelerating the putter with the right hand through the release. This was obviously very subtle and required a lot of putting mat reinforcement. I proceeded (as a 16 handicapper) to shoot a 38 for nine holes, sinking many long putts for one putts. Helped my confidence, too.

[@joshzandergolf]

Yes there is flexion and extension on a small scale. You can feel this when putting with a belly putter. By the way all my new videos (over 100) are on my Zandergolf app. Links for both stores to subscribe: Apple: apps.apple.com/us/app/zander-golf/id1489723973 Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.academies.zandergolf&hl=en_US&gl=US

[@mesillahills]

I blocked my putts with my left wrist all my life as per Dave Pelz. And I putted short putts all my life terribly. What a moron he was. He did not have a clue. Then I decided to try to learn how to putt. I spent about 200 hours under a seven foot string. And I learned how to putt like a touring pro. It was very hard to do. I would make 40 six foot putts in a row and go home thinking I "found it". The next day I would start out missing 8 out of 10 from the same spot. It was all muscle memory the day before when I went home. Then I finally started discovering that the LIGHTER I HELD THE PUTTER and the more I released it (LET IT SWING), the more I could start out making putts the next day right from the start. There are lots of other things involved too, but you are wasting your time if you are not going to release the putter (let it swing) off of a very light grip (as per Crenshaw). Why ? Because you are putting the putter into it's own momentum (inertial force) and done correctly it has very little propensity to rotate (twist). Suddenly not much else is important because the putter is moving itself in a single tilted place. The big Super Stroke flat top grip helps with this as does Tiger's right hand only drill that he has used all of his life. It helps with staying released and not rotating through impact (go under and not around). When they outlawed anchoring a long putter, the rules makers had no clue about how to putt. It makes no difference is if is anchored or not when released. That is why so many tour players have now gone back to it. I can make the exact same amount of putts with it anchored or not. (I don't use it but had discovered that fact BEFORE they outlawed it.) It was a silly rules change made by people who did not know how to putt themselves.

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[@slappy0077]

ben crenshaw style is better