Understand the Speed Laws of Putting
A golf lifetime is spent trying to attune your brain and your hands to the pace and speed of the many and various putts you encounter. There’s no other choice but to take them case by case, but Craig Farnsworth, a Colorado-based eye doctor-turned-sports-vision-specialist who has written two books on putting, would have you bear in mind four basic rules of speed and pace on the putting green.
1) Most putts have three separate speed zones: the initial burst, the basic rolling speed, and the braking speed. You have to try and visualize all three to hit any kind of lengthy putt...
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The view flying into most major airports is of thickening subdivisions and boulevards colliding below. But it’s different on the westbound descent into San Diego International. For most of the approach you gaze upon a moonscape of arid rubble with here and... Full Story
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Communities Use Tough-Course, Easy-Course Tandem
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Caddies Take it Up a Notch at Service-Driven CordeValle
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Communities Use Tough-Course, Easy-Course Tandem
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Clubhouse Renovations Cause Some Soul-Searching
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Clubhouse Angst at Gardiner’s Bay
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Weird Clubs We Loved, Part 2
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High-Tech at its Highest: Citadels of Clubfitting Excellence
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When Weird Was the Word in Golf Gear, Part 1
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