The Wrists Opposed in Putting

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I would like to thank Mr Joe DeLorenzo for taking the
Time to answer these questions for us!

Joe is available for private lessons in the Chicago area.
If you are interested, let me know.

Joe is a very good instructor and does an excellent job, so if you
Are having a problem, send it to me and he will answer your
questions.
Joe,
I agree with John Daly when he says practice sucks. I
try to pretend I have game conditions when I practice,
but I am only fooling myself and so it is
borrrrrrrring. How can I make practice time more
interesting.
Irma

Hi Irma,
The way to make practice more interesting is to create
a pressure situation. Create a contest where if you
lose you must donate a certain amount of money to
charity. There are several ways you can do this. Most
people have a preferred way to grip the club. Have a
contest with your preferred grip against another type
of grip whether this is for putting, chipping,
pitching, or full swing. Besides the grip, you can
also pit your preferred swing method against a
different type like more or less wristy, or perhaps
longer or shorter backswing. You can also pit your
favorite brand of golf ball against a different brand
without changing your swing method or grip. The
pressure of losing money is not much different than
the pressure of game conditions. Even if you lose, you
might learn something about the way you swing or grip,
and at the same time feel good about giving to
charity.
Joe

Joe,
If it were up to you to figure out a way to make golf
more exciting to watch on TV, what would you do?
Gary

Hi Gary,
I would borrow an idea from another sport like
basketball, which was being spoiled by teams who took
a long time to run a play by using stalling tactics,
so they introduced the concept of a shot clock which
made the game move faster and made it more exciting to
watch. There is no reason golf cannot do the same
thing. When it is a person's turn to play there should
be a limit to how long they can take to line up a
shot. Give the officials a stopwatch and make them
earn their pay. One of the most boring things on TV
golf is watching a guy line up a putt from several
angles. Meanwhile, there are lots of other shots being
played elsewhere on the course, so I would prefer the
cameras to catch all those shots instead of watching
one guy line up a putt for a long time. Just put the
camera on the putter when he addressed the ball or use
the Tivo concept. Furthermore, I would make a putting
rule that when it is your turn, you can only look at
the putt from behind your own ball, you cannot walk
anywhere else. Do that before it is your turn. One
exception could be made for the first guy to putt,
then everyone has the same chance to line up their
putts from other directions.
Joe

Question for the Evil Twin:
Jody, the rules say if a water hazard is marked with
yellow stakes, and your ball clears the hazard but
rolls back into it, you cannot drop on the far side.
What if it is such a long carry that a short hitter
has little chance of making it. Why cant they just be
allowed to drop on the far side?
Answer: You make a good point. Technically, the
reason for not dropping on the far side is that you
cannot drop closer to the hole from the point where
the ball entered the hazard. However, common sense
says dropping 2 club lengths closer to the hole is no
unfair advantage since you already have been hit with
a penalty. Besides, who wants to lose several balls
trying to clear the hazard? Many recreational golfers
already ignore this rule because it slows the pace of
play, and losing several balls gets expensive. Most
course managers are smart enough to recognize this, so
they make drop zones which are sometimes in areas that
are not in strict adherence to the USGA rules. Thank
goodness somebody has some common sense.

Another Season Comes To A Close
This is a sad time of the year in the northern
midwest. Where did the summer go? How did time slip
by so fast? The cold air is already slipping down
from Canada. The fall colors have gone. We probably
have already played our last round of the year. No
more Indian Summer, even global warming is not
helping. Even if it were warm enough one more day,
there are so many leaves fallen to the ground that it
is hard to find your ball in the middle of the
fairway, but then most of us are not used to being in
that position anyway. All we have left of the season
are memories of some remarkable shots, like the
awesome majesty of a moon-shot popup drive, the
graceful curve of a banana-peel slice, the feeling of
helplessness as the ball heads toward the water
hazard, the perfect symmetry of ever-growing circles
of ripples created by your ball, the impressive
rooster tail from the morning dew being ripped apart
by a sizzling worm-burner, some almost-good rounds,
and plenty of laughs with good friends. That last part
is the best. There is no better therapy for life's
daily stresses. Hurry, 2008.

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Richards Quick Tip:

The Wrists Opposed in Putting

A high proportion of the best golfers today use the reverse
overlap grip--the index finger of the left hand laps over
the right and rides in the channel between the small finger
and the third finger of the right hand. Regardless of what
type of grip they use, all the best putters proceed on the
principle of having the wrists opposed. That is, if you
opened your hands, the palms would be facing each other.
With the wrists opposed, both thumbs are on top of the
shaft. The left hand should be firm and, though it must not
be tense, it should be on the side of tightness, not
lightness. This grip has a tendency to put control of the
stroking in the firm left hand, with most of the control
exercised by the little finger and the two fingers
adjoining it.

Gene Littler is a perfect illustration of a player who uses
this opposed-wrists technique beautifully. He is a delight
to watch because his entire style of putting is very sound
and it is a style that all golfers, both men and women, can
easily employ. To ensure free and proper movements in his
hands, Gene points his left elbow toward the hole and
supports the right forearm slightly on the right thigh. He
plays the ball in the center of his stance--normally his
feet are about eight inches apart--which puts over-spin on
the ball and helps it hold its line. He keeps his eyes
directly over the ball; his head remains still. He takes an
ample backswing which permits the left elbow and hand to go
forward and through with the stroke.
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