Wowwww. I watched this video on Thursday night. Practiced it some on Friday. Played a tournament Saturday and Sunday. I must say, this gave me a ton of confidence. I have never really had a “system” for reading greens, and this works very well. You very quickly get a good idea of how this works. If you just TRUST IT, you really won’t believe how many more putts you make, or ones you very narrowly miss. There were numerous putts that I normally thought might break 3-4 inches, but using the formula were more like 10-11 inches, even more and more on some longer ones. I made several very long putts(four over 20 feet, several 12-15 feet, well as numerous 5-6 footers. My distance control is often abysmal, so walking off the paces of every single putt was especially helpful. I was often really misjudging the length of longer putts, by a lot. Now, being very confident that I really have a very good idea of the amount of break, the difference was amazing. The best thing is, you learn with every single putt you hit. Thank you for this video!!!!!
Ok, I’m not one to like and subscribe as soon as I see a video. I’m not a bad putter but I have watched this video several times and practiced it. This has been very helpful. You earned my “Like” and “Subscribe.”
I love this! I have used the Tour Read app for a year now, and it's got me dialled to the greens at my home course. It allowed me to shoot my best 9 hole score of +4 with 12 putts. The app is excellent at testing and confirming or correcting your green reading and helps to build your confidence and understanding of how the putt will break. I had a hard time adjusting my reads to other courses and especially higher green speeds, but seeing this and hearing Mr. Bauer explain the simple rule of (paces x2) -1 on a 10 stimp green, then doubling it for every added percent of slope, it makes it so much more simple and quick. Some other things I like about the app are the instructional videos. Mr. Bauer gives great simplified video about his teachings of all the foundations of putting like how to set-up, posture, the stroke, alignment, tempo, routine, and even putting it all together. you can also find practice plans in the app, drills and games, and even some "Before Round Warm Ups". If you get the app and watch all of the content their and then come back to this video along with practice and putting these concepts into action I would put money on it that you be putting lights out in no time.
I’ve been using the app/phone in the putting green, and the method on the course, and my strokes gained per Arccos have improved from -2 to almost +2 compared to my target handicap.
This approach to green reading is incredible and pretty easy to put into use. I first watched it a week ago and liked what I heard and saw, so I put it to use. I spent maybe 20 minutes on a practice green developing a feel for degrees of slope with my feet. Once I felt good with that, I went out for 9 holes and decided to trust the "formula" as described and see what would happen. First hole, I conclude it's a 7 step putt, 1 degree right to left. So, 13" right of the hole center. Stroked it and drained it. I was stunned. The rest of the round was similar. What I didn't make I nearly made and my 2nd putt was usually a tap in. Today, I went out again and it happened all over again. If you can hit a straight putt consistently, this approach will knock you out. The "personal adjustments" for things like uphill and downhill also are easy to put to work as well. I find this version of AimPoint to be a much more natural way to work, as well. Many thanks.
❤ - Hands down, the greatest putt reading video I've ever seen...before this, I used Paul Runyan tips, "the bobble / Plum Bobbing", 2/3 reads, the clock and my own method I created with using nickel width (The hole is 5 nickels wide) I'm adding this to my routine.
Such a fascinating contribution to the game of golf. Well done. Congrats to coach Ralph and his guys for coming up with this fantastic system. Estimating the break.has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Thanks for sharing this with us amateurs.
just tried this and i can say it’s definitely is worth the effort to learn. even if you dont end up using it youll learn a ton at least i did. But im trying to quantify the downhill uphill break adjustment. he kind of downplays it in the vid but it seems like a very singificant adjustment. lets say its a 5 pace putt 1% left to right. thats 9” of break from center cup if its flat but what if its 2% downhill?
Man, I've been playing competitive golf, both Amateur and Professional, for 46 years now. I've seen many green/speed reading techniques come in and out of favor. For me, these all have WAY TOO MUCH information. I don't use a line on my ball. I want to see white, and "feel" the ball in. I'm kind of a ying/yang, zen type of a player anyway. As opposed to a technical dude swinging a club. I'm a big believer in K.I.S.S..
I’ll endorse any system that helps amateurs while NOT slowing down play. When I am waiting in the fairway and I see a guy doing aimpoint for 2 minutes and then misses his 10 ft putt by 3 ft, I want to walk off the course. This video starts with the most important thing: be sure you can regularly hit straight 5-6 footers before you get all crazy about your reading system!
All good putters see the line quickly, if you try your first instinct, give it a go. Same applies in so many sports, our brain is far smarter than we realise, its when we start questioning our instinct, that things get difficult
what does the app give you over a digital level- I have a husky level from home depot that does percentage. I also have a stimpmeter (!!) If i use all that and the formula why would i need the app?
I've seen an increase in made to almost made putts by really trying to visualize the putt going in the hole when I'm over the ball. Really focusing on seeing it and seeing that spot where you think it's going to go in at. I've never heard of that equation before but I like it that's for sure. I've never really paced off putts either, but this is the 2nd or 3rd tour instructor I've heard say that. I think it's time to start pacing putts.
I think the guys using this on tour are feeling it with their feet, like you do with aimpoint, but for some reason they don't talk about it. Not even on the app. It will be to ensure the only way to understand it fully is to seek out a lesson.
It’s kinda guess & check: .5% -barely perceivable 1% - perceivable 2% - more perceivable 3% - obvious 4% - unplayable (they don’t put pins here) Go through the process and you can evaluate how well you guessed the % of break with each putt to help dial you in moving forward.
can someone please describe what this process is in the simplest way possible? because im having a hard time understanding how to find out the slope and the speed. They also used that formula but how does that formula change based on the slope?
just rewatch it a few times and pause and take notes- its all there. one thing that threw me initally was the word ‘pace’. here it means literally a yard. youll need to calibrate your step (ie stride, pace) to be 3 feet or a yard roughly to do this thing.
Ok, I follow the approach. Problem I have is that slope is not constant %. So let’s take a 10 step putt where the last 4 steps are on a 3% slope and the first 7 steps are 0%. Is the break based on a 3 step break (5 inches per degree) or on a 10 step break (19 inches per degree). I tend to be over-reading with this method and I am not getting the full distance worth of break. My guess is that you should use the 3 step in this situation. Even with the method there is a ton of judgement. GRINT software does have green maps with approximate %slope and direction.
If you ignore the first 1/3rd of putt as suggested you get roughly 7 steps with 4 @ 3% and 3 @ 0% giving an average of 7 steps at 1.7%. This would give you a (7x2)-1*1.7= 22 inch read. If you ignored the first 7 steps at 0% you would get just the read on the 4@3% which is (4x2)-1*3 = 21 inch read which is pretty damn close. This only works for 0% slope at beginning and would need to do the blended approach for any other slope scenario.
Aimpoint express is miles simpler than this. And done correctly Aimpoint it’s really fast. It’s a shame that so many people are doing Aimpoint wrong and giving Aimpoint a bad name.
He said in the video: 10% adjustment for every stimp interval of one. So on a stimp of 12, add 20% to the amount of break. (It’s probably a little more than that, since adding 10% to get to 11 stimp, then another 10% from 11 to 12, is more like 22%).
If the formula for the break is No. Paces * 2 minus slope % which for the example is (4 * 2) -1 = 7 inches off centre then for a 3% slope it would be (4*2) - 3 = 5 inches off centre suggesting less break on a bigger slope or did I misunderstand ? - or is this why I miss so many putts !
Good video, but I feel I have to say the following: must have been a proper struggle not to bing up Aimpoint Express, which seems to handle the conversion about "read break %" to "how far off the hole should I aim". 1% = one finger, 2% two fingers, and so on, plus you can extend or retract your arm (to compensate for Stimp). People who like the method in this video should realistically just learn Aimpoint Express, no?
@@MJ1331ELagreed. There is also the part of figuring out the slope visually, I really like the approach of using one’s feet much more reliable. Maybe it’s just preference, in the end the principles are very similar: all putts are straight putts, putting speed to past the hole by 1 foot, visualizing the point of entry in the cup to better match line and speed.
I had a look at this then Aimpoint and I'm liking the latter. The app doesn't cover how to assess the slope apart from putting down the phone/spirit level and taking a read. You can't really do that during a round of golf. But then I guess you want to keep some secrets back even if charging £99 a year for a spirit level app on the iPhone.
I’ve started to use this and for me it’s really worked. It’s simple, make you visualise the put and provides a few seconds to think before you put. Dramatically improved distance control
Isn’t there a difference in the pace between say a 6’6” guy and 5’5” guy? Wouldn’t that throw off this calculation? The formula I had was 0.5” break for each 1 ft of putt per %. So if your pace is 2 ft long, then a 5 pace putt would break about 5” for each % slope. By this method, the same putt would break 9”. Wildly different calculation!
As usual, people give no attention to the biggest factor that separates the controlled lab setting vs the course and meaningful putts… the mind/body/spirit connection. If one of those has a perception point that’s off, you miss. It’s not stroke or speed, because the controlled environment is the same. Unless we start looking at the world differently we will get the same results we’ve gotten for years and years. The advantage goes to those who are willing to consider what no one else is. Incidentally, the MBS perception is the easiest thing to fix if you know how. Alan
I’m sorry but this is useless for an amateur. This guy like most golf teachers talks too much and is too technical for someone who plays max twice a week. Why doesn’t he simplify for audience, eg what the hell is a stemp?!
If you try the method he suggests it’s super useful for a quick way to figure out where to aim. Learn the steps process (in the cheat sheet linked in description) and let me know if it’s helps.
@@golfsciencelab Thanks for encouraging me to watch this. I'm still missing some important piece. Do I have to have app to do 2 or 3 percent? He also didn't explain what the clockface was for, although I know of it from other videos.
Wowwww. I watched this video on Thursday night. Practiced it some on Friday. Played a tournament Saturday and Sunday. I must say, this gave me a ton of confidence. I have never really had a “system” for reading greens, and this works very well. You very quickly get a good idea of how this works. If you just TRUST IT, you really won’t believe how many more putts you make, or ones you very narrowly miss. There were numerous putts that I normally thought might break 3-4 inches, but using the formula were more like 10-11 inches, even more and more on some longer ones. I made several very long putts(four over 20 feet, several 12-15 feet, well as numerous 5-6 footers. My distance control is often abysmal, so walking off the paces of every single putt was especially helpful. I was often really misjudging the length of longer putts, by a lot. Now, being very confident that I really have a very good idea of the amount of break, the difference was amazing. The best thing is, you learn with every single putt you hit. Thank you for this video!!!!!
Wow!! Way to go!
Totally agree. Could not believe how accurate the results are. Blown away. Thanks a ton for this video!!!
Ok, I’m not one to like and subscribe as soon as I see a video. I’m not a bad putter but I have watched this video several times and practiced it. This has been very helpful. You earned my “Like” and “Subscribe.”
I love this! I have used the Tour Read app for a year now, and it's got me dialled to the greens at my home course. It allowed me to shoot my best 9 hole score of +4 with 12 putts. The app is excellent at testing and confirming or correcting your green reading and helps to build your confidence and understanding of how the putt will break. I had a hard time adjusting my reads to other courses and especially higher green speeds, but seeing this and hearing Mr. Bauer explain the simple rule of (paces x2) -1 on a 10 stimp green, then doubling it for every added percent of slope, it makes it so much more simple and quick. Some other things I like about the app are the instructional videos. Mr. Bauer gives great simplified video about his teachings of all the foundations of putting like how to set-up, posture, the stroke, alignment, tempo, routine, and even putting it all together. you can also find practice plans in the app, drills and games, and even some "Before Round Warm Ups". If you get the app and watch all of the content their and then come back to this video along with practice and putting these concepts into action I would put money on it that you be putting lights out in no time.
Wow! Heck of a story. Great to hear it’s helping you.
I’ve been using the app/phone in the putting green, and the method on the course, and my strokes gained per Arccos have improved from -2 to almost +2 compared to my target handicap.
True gems in here. I'll never judge the break looking DOWN the slope anymore.
This approach to green reading is incredible and pretty easy to put into use. I first watched it a week ago and liked what I heard and saw, so I put it to use. I spent maybe 20 minutes on a practice green developing a feel for degrees of slope with my feet. Once I felt good with that, I went out for 9 holes and decided to trust the "formula" as described and see what would happen. First hole, I conclude it's a 7 step putt, 1 degree right to left. So, 13" right of the hole center. Stroked it and drained it. I was stunned. The rest of the round was similar. What I didn't make I nearly made and my 2nd putt was usually a tap in. Today, I went out again and it happened all over again. If you can hit a straight putt consistently, this approach will knock you out. The "personal adjustments" for things like uphill and downhill also are easy to put to work as well. I find this version of AimPoint to be a much more natural way to work, as well. Many thanks.
❤ - Hands down, the greatest putt reading video I've ever seen...before this, I used Paul Runyan tips, "the bobble / Plum Bobbing", 2/3 reads, the clock and my own method I created with using nickel width (The hole is 5 nickels wide)
I'm adding this to my routine.
Such a fascinating contribution to the game of golf. Well done. Congrats to coach Ralph and his guys for coming up with this fantastic system. Estimating the break.has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Thanks for sharing this with us amateurs.
Glad you enjoyed it. Ralph has some great ideas!
This is remarkable and useful. Thank you for posting it.
This guy is freaking awesome
This is invaluable. Great stuff, love Coach Bauer, shoutout to The Hammer.
Went to Ralph's clinic at my club. This method works better than aimpoint for me. I am making 5 to 15 footers at a higher rate since the clinic.
Clock face visualization really works well.
Agree. Adding that into pre-shot routine helps lock in the speed needed.
just tried this and i can say it’s definitely is worth the effort to learn. even if you dont end up using it youll learn a ton at least i did. But im trying to quantify the downhill uphill break adjustment. he kind of downplays it in the vid but it seems like a very singificant adjustment. lets say its a 5 pace putt 1% left to right. thats 9” of break from center cup if its flat but what if its 2% downhill?
Nothing was mentioned about grain. Grain has a huge effect on break right?
Man, I've been playing competitive golf, both Amateur and Professional, for 46 years now.
I've seen many green/speed reading techniques come in and out of favor.
For me, these all have WAY TOO MUCH information.
I don't use a line on my ball. I want to see white, and "feel" the ball in.
I'm kind of a ying/yang, zen type of a player anyway.
As opposed to a technical dude swinging a club.
I'm a big believer in K.I.S.S..
Plus doing that much math completely takes me out of being in the moment. Practicing the feel vs real on practice green does it for me.
I’ll endorse any system that helps amateurs while NOT slowing down play. When I am waiting in the fairway and I see a guy doing aimpoint for 2 minutes and then misses his 10 ft putt by 3 ft, I want to walk off the course.
This video starts with the most important thing: be sure you can regularly hit straight 5-6 footers before you get all crazy about your reading system!
My head is spinning
All good putters see the line quickly, if you try your first instinct, give it a go. Same applies in so many sports, our brain is far smarter than we realise, its when we start questioning our instinct, that things get difficult
What app is he using?
1:31 Job done, LOL. your LAB putter should put the ball on line every time, right? :-) (mine does)
what does the app give you over a digital level- I have a husky level from home depot that does percentage. I also have a stimpmeter (!!) If i use all that and the formula why would i need the app?
What app is he using
I've seen an increase in made to almost made putts by really trying to visualize the putt going in the hole when I'm over the ball. Really focusing on seeing it and seeing that spot where you think it's going to go in at. I've never heard of that equation before but I like it that's for sure. I've never really paced off putts either, but this is the 2nd or 3rd tour instructor I've heard say that. I think it's time to start pacing putts.
Give this approach a shot!! I know having the math and step based equation has drastically improved my process.
@@golfsciencelab I will definitely give this a go for sure.
How did you calculate the slope? Watched it a couple times but didn't catch it
I think the guys using this on tour are feeling it with their feet, like you do with aimpoint, but for some reason they don't talk about it. Not even on the app. It will be to ensure the only way to understand it fully is to seek out a lesson.
It’s kinda guess & check:
.5% -barely perceivable
1% - perceivable
2% - more perceivable
3% - obvious
4% - unplayable (they don’t put pins here)
Go through the process and you can evaluate how well you guessed the % of break with each putt to help dial you in moving forward.
It's a skill to practice and learn.
How would to calculate the break for puts which are less than 3 feet on a 3% slope?
Some interesting content I look forward to trying. The person doing the recording needs some training.
can someone please describe what this process is in the simplest way possible? because im having a hard time understanding how to find out the slope and the speed. They also used that formula but how does that formula change based on the slope?
Check out the cheat sheet we made. Link in description. It's a really simple run down of what he talked about.
Check out the cheat sheet we put together. Link in description. Laid it out in a step by step process.
just rewatch it a few times and pause and take notes- its all there. one thing that threw me initally was the word ‘pace’. here it means literally a yard. youll need to calibrate your step (ie stride, pace) to be 3 feet or a yard roughly to do this thing.
PACEPUTT can help to improve stroke green reading and pace ! All you need to hole more putts .
Ok, I follow the approach. Problem I have is that slope is not constant %. So let’s take a 10 step putt where the last 4 steps are on a 3% slope and the first 7 steps are 0%. Is the break based on a 3 step break (5 inches per degree) or on a 10 step break (19 inches per degree). I tend to be over-reading with this method and I am not getting the full distance worth of break. My guess is that you should use the 3 step in this situation. Even with the method there is a ton of judgement. GRINT software does have green maps with approximate %slope and direction.
Oops math error. Meant to say last 3 steps, not last 4
If you ignore the first 1/3rd of putt as suggested you get roughly 7 steps with 4 @ 3% and 3 @ 0% giving an average of 7 steps at 1.7%. This would give you a (7x2)-1*1.7= 22 inch read. If you ignored the first 7 steps at 0% you would get just the read on the 4@3% which is (4x2)-1*3 = 21 inch read which is pretty damn close. This only works for 0% slope at beginning and would need to do the blended approach for any other slope scenario.
Is one "percent" the same as one "degree"? Thanks.
Yes!
Percent is not the same as degree of slope or grade, but at the lower numbers, 1, 2, 3, etc, it’s pretty close.
Does aim point percentage correlate?
Still have to figure out the slope percentage with both methods... 1,2,3,4%
Aimpoint express is miles simpler than this. And done correctly Aimpoint it’s really fast. It’s a shame that so many people are doing Aimpoint wrong and giving Aimpoint a bad name.
So the (paces x 2) - 1 formula for 1% slope only works on a green STIMP of 10, correct? Are there formula adjustments for faster or slower?
He said in the video: 10% adjustment for every stimp interval of one. So on a stimp of 12, add 20% to the amount of break. (It’s probably a little more than that, since adding 10% to get to 11 stimp, then another 10% from 11 to 12, is more like 22%).
If the formula for the break is No. Paces * 2 minus slope % which for the example is (4 * 2) -1 = 7 inches off centre then for a 3% slope it would be (4*2) - 3 = 5 inches off centre suggesting less break on a bigger slope or did I misunderstand ? - or is this why I miss so many putts !
That doesn't make any sense.
No. Paces * 2 minus 1 = inches from center of hole for 1% slope.
Great video gents... I'm still working on this system just wanted to clarify was the entry point 7:30- 8 AM, or PM ?
What other men out there are constantly thinking about how they will be entering the “hole”. ☺️✌️
yea, I always play 19 hole🥴
double breaker??
Good video, but I feel I have to say the following: must have been a proper struggle not to bing up Aimpoint Express, which seems to handle the conversion about "read break %" to "how far off the hole should I aim".
1% = one finger, 2% two fingers, and so on, plus you can extend or retract your arm (to compensate for Stimp).
People who like the method in this video should realistically just learn Aimpoint Express, no?
I love the app but it always gave me too much break. Not sure why.
You might have the speed set too high. I find I sometimes over estimate how fast greens really are.
I need the trainers TH-cam channel lol
Android App please!
What length is your putter?
Nothing wrong with this approach, but I much prefer aimpoint.
This seems like it has a lot more math and guess-timations.
@@MJ1331ELagreed. There is also the part of figuring out the slope visually, I really like the approach of using one’s feet much more reliable. Maybe it’s just preference, in the end the principles are very similar: all putts are straight putts, putting speed to past the hole by 1 foot, visualizing the point of entry in the cup to better match line and speed.
I had a look at this then Aimpoint and I'm liking the latter. The app doesn't cover how to assess the slope apart from putting down the phone/spirit level and taking a read. You can't really do that during a round of golf. But then I guess you want to keep some secrets back even if charging £99 a year for a spirit level app on the iPhone.
I’ve started to use this and for me it’s really worked. It’s simple, make you visualise the put and provides a few seconds to think before you put. Dramatically improved distance control
Tour pro told me only poor putters aimpoint
All we want is MOAR SPEEEEED!!!!!
😂😂😂. Next week back with another episode about speed.
so this is aim pt on an app...
No. I would say it’s pretty different.
Nice Somerby hat
Isn’t there a difference in the pace between say a 6’6” guy and 5’5” guy? Wouldn’t that throw off this calculation? The formula I had was 0.5” break for each 1 ft of putt per %. So if your pace is 2 ft long, then a 5 pace putt would break about 5” for each % slope. By this method, the same putt would break 9”. Wildly different calculation!
When you are doing your practice strokes, look at the hole NOT the ball.
As usual, people give no attention to the biggest factor that separates the controlled lab setting vs the course and meaningful putts… the mind/body/spirit connection. If one of those has a perception point that’s off, you miss. It’s not stroke or speed, because the controlled environment is the same.
Unless we start looking at the world differently we will get the same results we’ve gotten for years and years.
The advantage goes to those who are willing to consider what no one else is.
Incidentally, the MBS perception is the easiest thing to fix if you know how.
Alan
Too complicated yikes!!!
Man said a whole lot of nothing lol
You should not play anymore if you fail to understand
I’m sorry but this is useless for an amateur. This guy like most golf teachers talks too much and is too technical for someone who plays max twice a week. Why doesn’t he simplify for audience, eg what the hell is a stemp?!
If you try the method he suggests it’s super useful for a quick way to figure out where to aim. Learn the steps process (in the cheat sheet linked in description) and let me know if it’s helps.
@@golfsciencelab Thanks for encouraging me to watch this. I'm still missing some important piece. Do I have to have app to do 2 or 3 percent? He also didn't explain what the clockface was for, although I know of it from other videos.
@@einstu yes he did explain the clock face. no you don't NEED the app but it'll train you and train your eye to know what to look for
Why do you need help when you have that huge putter
😂. It doesn't help me read greens unfortunately. Wish it did.
No use in reading greens if you don't have a putter - WHAT IS THAT?? 🤢
Lol. So your saying you don't like the broomstick.
So you bought a $1000 LAB putter and still don’t have confidence inyiur putting. lol
Putter didn’t help me read greens better 😁
I hate the constant asking basic questions and then acting impressed. Oh you did simple math!!! Hell yeah. Pound it. Cringe AF