All I know is when I get curious about the result of the shot, it often leads to a mishit of sorts. Some wait looking up on short putts til they hear the ball go into the hole. There must be a reason for this?

Now you make me look this up in the book. I'll try to forgive you.

And some lift and turn their head before they have struck the ball as well (Annika Sörenstam and David Duval to mention a couple of former world ranking leaders). I don't think there's one right way for all here, but where your nose points and how your head moves (if it moves) kan make a pretty big influence on the stroke.

Are we still talking about short shots?

No, that was long shots.

I think it's because they are using their hips more through impact. If the motion is more upper body oriented you probably need to keep your head more "down". But every time I see someone say to themselves that they forgot to keep their head down I see a number of errors and compensations before the head gets up and the shot is ruined.

I know that keeping the head down (especially on the longer shots) can be a problem, which Yoda also talks about. I wonder what his position is on the shorter shots? A stationary head - without swaying and bobbing - is essential. But a little head swivelling is ok. But why look at all on a putt under 3 yards IF that can cause you to miss more putts? If they always go in anyway, by all means: look,look,look. Personally I hit too many fat shots (chips/short pitches) if I lose sight of the ball, but that may just be me..

My putting stroke is sometimes such that I need to point my nose somewhere between the ball and the hole to make it work. At other times I look at the ball with the "left side of my left eye" so to speak.

I don't know about the rest of the golfing world, but it makes a huge difference to my strokes how I orient my head at address. My head seems to work like a compass that every body part navigates after.

Tom Tomasello in one of the tapes talks about a 18 pound heavy head which he actually has over his right leg at set-up (unlike Yoda!?) - and he wants his head to come over to the left side as soon as possible after impact, it seems, and he too likes to look after the ball. I guess it's a good thing at any time to know where your head is ..

U bet :-)

Your head should be at the right place at the right time, pay attention to what's going on and keep it's mouth shut! :laughing9

My head or heads in general?