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Are You Serious about Putting?
(10 questions, 1 point each)
Objective: Score above 4 points!
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1. Have you heard of at least 5 of the following 20 people? (Hint: They've all made ground-breaking contributions about putting through science in the last ten years. SOURCE: Ingenta.com)
1. Have you heard of at least 5 of the following 20 people?
(Hint: They've all made ground-breaking contributions about putting through science in the last ten years. SOURCE: Ingenta.com)
Yes No
2. What do Harold Swash and Bobby Locke have in common in putting technique? (SOURCE: Swash videos and Bobby Locke on Golf (1953))
2. What do Harold Swash and Bobby Locke have in common in putting technique?
(SOURCE: Swash videos and Bobby Locke on Golf (1953))
3. What did Dave Pelz conclude about optimal putt "go-by" speed according to his July 1977 article in Golf Digest based upon the only research data he's ever mentioned in print? (Hint: It's not what he claims he proved when he wrote his book Putt Like the Pros 12 years later in 1989. SOURCE: "Die your putts at the hole and you're dead," Golf Digest (Jul. 1977), pp. 52-55 and Putt Like the Pros)
3. What did Dave Pelz conclude about optimal putt "go-by" speed according to his July 1977 article in Golf Digest based upon the only research data he's ever mentioned in print?
(Hint: It's not what he claims he proved when he wrote his book Putt Like the Pros 12 years later in 1989. SOURCE: "Die your putts at the hole and you're dead," Golf Digest (Jul. 1977), pp. 52-55 and Putt Like the Pros)
4. What does Loren Roberts do with his wrists during his stroke? (SOURCE: Roberts on Putt Speed)
4. What does Loren Roberts do with his wrists during his stroke?
(SOURCE: Roberts on Putt Speed)
5. Who is ranked as the number 1 putter on the PGA Tour for 2005? (SOURCE: 2006 PGA Tour Putting Stats)
5. Who is ranked as the number 1 putter on the PGA Tour for 2005?
(SOURCE: 2006 PGA Tour Putting Stats)
You guys on the back row ....
6. What Putter Company features a "legal" adjustable-length shaft?
A. Guerin Rife Putters. B. Yes! C-Grooves Putters. C. Norman Lindsay Putters. D. Floyd Bernhardt's Positive Putter. E. Simon Moore's Puku Putters.
7. According to physics, what is the optimum ball speed at the lip for a ball to fall into the hole and not skip over, trading off need to overcome surface irregularities, keep hole wide, and minimize comeback length? (SOURCE: Touch: Ball capture Physics and Optimal Delivery Speed, by Geoff Mangum)
7. According to physics, what is the optimum ball speed at the lip for a ball to fall into the hole and not skip over, trading off need to overcome surface irregularities, keep hole wide, and minimize comeback length?
(SOURCE: Touch: Ball capture Physics and Optimal Delivery Speed, by Geoff Mangum)
8. What does the PGA Tour advise golfers about "accelerating through the ball" in putting? (SOURCE:Michael Corcoran. The PGA Tour Handbook of Golf (1999))
8. What does the PGA Tour advise golfers about "accelerating through the ball" in putting?
(SOURCE:Michael Corcoran. The PGA Tour Handbook of Golf (1999))
A. Never decelerate during impact. B. Always accelerate through the ball. C. Don't - use a natural pendulum motion instead. D. Accelerate through the ball on all short putts. E. Make sure the follow-through is longer than the backstroke.
9. What is the name of the ONLY book ever written about green reading?
A. Doak and Crenshaw's The Anatomy of a Golf Course. B. Trevillion's Missing -- Impossible. C. Templeton's Vector Putting. D. Low's Master the Art of Putting. E. Strawn's Driving the Green.
10. Which three recent Masters Champs played all four rounds without a single three-putt? (SOURCE: Augusta Chronicle )
10. Which three recent Masters Champs played all four rounds without a single three-putt?
(SOURCE: Augusta Chronicle )
I thought as much ...
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