[innercityteacher]

Great ICT, happy to see you're enjoying every moment of G.O.L.F. there !

Building a sound putt, in Lynn's world of TGM, means building a solid chip since the putting stroke is used for both.

Lynn patiently laid out his neon green and orange dowels on a straight putt today, and set up a track slightly wider than my putter blade.

Then he showed me where the sweet spot on my putter really was. It was nowhere near where I suspected on my Titleist Bullseye.

And then we got to church. You know that finger game for kids? "Here is the church. Here is the steeple and out come the people!" By placing my hands on the putter with flat wrists, I could zero out all power accumulators except my right shoulder! I locked my arms at a 45 degree angle and bent way over. I needed to sole the blade too, by standing closer to the ball. Of course, this placed my eyes over the line of the putt! Then I proceeded to rock my shoulders and bring the blade up and down the Base Line of the Plane.

Once I stopped my arms from running on and once my clamps were locked onto the grip, I hit putts that truly went straight!

That same foundation was then used for "putting my chips" using various clubs. Same setup which putt the 9 iron more up on it's toe. This technique gave me excellent distance control and easily allowed me to putt those chips out of tight lies and divots while keeping the same putting rhythm and stroke!

I figured that this lesson by itself would bring me much closer to par than ever before since 50% of all strokes are made within 100 yards of the green.

Lynn is an excellent teacher and a first class human being. The 2 hour lesson flew by and was very profitable.

ICT