The Proof is in The Putting (That's Putting, as in Golf!)

Jan. 14, 2011 - PRLog -- THE PROOF IS IN THE PUTTING
   There is no better time spent on practice then there is improving your putting stroke.  Every golfer at any level can improve his putting stroke.  Every golfer can achieve the highest level at putting.  Let’s face it folks, not every golfer can swing like a pro.  The mechanic athletic ability and number of moving parts, prohibit that.  

   It is said to reach this level, 500 balls need to be hit on the driving range every day.  During a round of golf you are going to use your putter up to twice as much as any other club in your bag.  Doesn’t it make sense that the value of your practice is best spent on the putting green?  Every week a tournament is won on the PGA Tour by the golfer who is putting the best.  Look at the statistics, the winner, tee to green, does not separate himself that much from the rest of the field.  But they are always one or two in putting.

   It is no mystery to me why Tiger Woods isn’t playing well right now.  It’s his putting.  In the past, how many times has Tiger been standing over a putt on the final hole of a tournament having to make it to win it?  And you, he, and I, knew that before he ever soled his putter, that the putt was going to find the hole.

   The putter has killed more golfers’ careers than any other club in the bag.  For example, look at Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia, at one time, top five in the world, and now struggling to make cuts and it’s because of their putting.  They still hit the ball a mile on a string.  They still hit their approach shots closer than most of their peers.  But they cannot make putts.  Putting is about confidence, and confidence is acquired when you make putts.  It is a vicious cycle when you start missing putts.  As the putts don’t fall, your confidence does.  And so, you’re putting goes from bad to worse.  Vijay has tried every putter, gimmick, and gadget, to improve his putting.  Sergio has all but quit playing and it breaks my heart to see these guys struggling like this.  I wonder will these guys, Tiger included, ever be the golfers that they were.  It hurts to see the look of defeat on the faces of these champions.

   I am here to tell you there is hope.  My name is David Hopkins, inventor of the Pure Stroke Putter.  The Pure Stroke Putter is a putting training aid designed for the sole purpose of grooving a pure stroke.  Although after testing I have found that multiple other benefits come with this training aid.  The concept is simple.  The feedback is clear and immediate.  Two forks on the front of the putter, approximately 3-1/4” long, slightly larger than a golf ball.  You simply putt the ball thru the folks without hitting the side of the forks.  If the ball bounces off the forks, the result is an errant putt.  This is no easy task.  But, if acquired the results are the ball rolls as pure as any putt ever struck.  There are many golfer training aids available that are designed to help you putt with a square to square, pendulum stroke.  But none will give you the drastic results achieved with the Pure Stroke Putter.  With most other putting training aids, as long as you are square at impact you will be successful.  There are even putting aids out there that you never actually strike the ball.  With the Pure Stroke Putter, because you take the putt outside the forks at take away and back inside the forks at follow through, there is simply no way to hit it unless the stroke is perfect.  The Pure Stroke Putting Training Aid is better than all the other golf putting training aids simply because it is a golf club.  You can practice with it anywhere, at home, at the office, in a motel room, or on the putting green.  All you need is a golf ball.  In fact, most of my practice is done on my shag rug in my living room.  As you practice with the Pure Stroke Putter, you will immediately realize that if your head moves, or your grip pressure changes, you will not make a pure stroke.

   People have asked me about attaching the forks to their putter.  While this concept would be effective, I still maintain that it’s not the tool, it’s the person holding it.  I am convinced after practicing with this golf training aid, I could putt with a block of wood. Its all about muscle memory, the goal  is to repeat the stroke, now when I go from practice to play, the stroke with my putter is the exact square to square pure stroke that I have ingrained with my pure stroke putter. Anyone at any level could learn to putt with this putting aid.

   In addition you also learn to hit whatever distance you need according to how far back you take the club.  This is achieved by grip pressure.  You will learn that in order to make a good stroke, you need to maintain a constant grip pressure. Sam Snead said that if most players gripped their eating utensils  like they did their golf clubs they would starve to death.Also, the forks on the front of the putter are like an arrow, pointing to your target.  So, you learn how to better align the putter that you play with.  After practicing with this putting aid you will find you are hitting more putts with better speed, better alignment, and better accuracy, than ever before.

   Great putters know four things; line, speed, stroke, and confidence.  With this golf aid you will achieve all four.  After practicing with the pure stroke putter, as you approach your putt during a round of golf, you are going to be standing over that putt thinking I’m not going to miss this putt. You know when your addressing the putt, that the stroke is going to be pure , that the ball is going to roll pure, and the ball is going to find the hole. Yips, there is no such thing as yips with this golf putting aid.  

   My handicap is probably about a 10 to 12 handicap, but I putt to a 3 or 4 handicap and it’s because of this putting aid that I am able to achieve that.  I say probably a 12 handicap because I currently do not even carry a card.  Most weeks, I take the clubs out of the trunk on Saturday morning and put them back in the trunk in the afternoon, and never make a swing in between.  Most of the time, I don’t even hit balls before I play.  But, I putt, 50 strokes a night on my carpet religiously.  After all, how does someone only have 23 putts in a round of golf and still shoot 82?  That’s right; two weeks ago in my Saturday game I had 23 putts including only 9 putts on the back nine.  Two of my putts were from off the collar in excess of over 50 feet.  By the end of the round my buddies were blubbering, “do you really practice with that Pure Stroke Putter?”  My response was, “I’ve got several that you can purchase in the trunk of my car.”  They were all snickering when I shanked my chip about 28’ from the hole on the 18th green saying, “well, I guess you’re not going to get your 9 one putts this side.”  Again, my comment was “I just hit it over here to prove this is no fluke.”  I confidently stroked the putt, and the putt found the hole leaving them shaking their heads.  Last week I made a 48’, 38’, and 20’ putt all for birdie.  My buddy won the closest to the pin on #5 hitting it about 3.’ Making my 38’ putt to top him, sure took the wind out of his sails.  This putting aid is no gimmick, it absolutely works.

I guarantee that with practice at the amateur level you will shave 3 to 5 strokes off your game.  I know, I will never hit the drive 300 yards or make the senior tour, for most of us an unobtainable goal.  But, I am a great putter and no matter what level you are at, you can be too.  I wish I could give Sergio or Vijay or Tiger my Pure Stoke Putter, and would if I knew how to go about doing it, because I know with practice it would put smiles back on their faces.  How would you like to make more putts more often, and with more confidence?  The Pure Stroke Putter, order yours today!

-David Hopkins, Inventor of My Pure Stroke Putting Trainer
http://www.mypurestroke.com

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About My Pure Stroke putting training aid
The My Pure Stroke golf putting training aid was invented by David Hopkins and is used by both amateur and professional golfers alike to reduce the strokes in their putting game.