Vegan702
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I have been having problems with my long putter the last few weeks and couldn't figure it out so I went in and had a fitting done with it tonight at our local Golf Galaxy. I had an idea of what the problem was, but needed to get it confirmed. The length of the putter was 48" when I purchased it, but we added another 3" to bring it to 51" for my height so I could place the top of the handle right on my sternum. I guess when adding the 3" it put me back further from the ball, so when I lined up with it, my eyes were about 6" inside the ball. We bent the shaft and brought it up to 10 degrees and changed the loft a little bit. Unfortunately I can't bend the shaft anymore, so the heel of the putter will be at a slight angle off the ground at address. While there the PGA pro gave me a quick lesson with the long putter. I had one from my regular instructor, but he touched on some areas that my instructor hadn't. He was quite familiar with the long putter, whereas, I don't think my instructor is quite as knowledgeable with them. We put the tape on the putter and I have been hitting everything on the higher, toe side of the face. So I need to pick the putter up just about a 1/4" more off the ground and move in a little closer to the ball and hopefully that will bring me into the center. Hopefully it works out. Playing a round tomorrow afternoon at Primm Valley on the desert course on my way out of town tomorrow and then again Friday in San Diego. I need to knock off about 8-10 strokes from my putting as I have had a 2-3 four putts per round the last few rounds and about 4-8 three putts per round. It's killing my score! I estimate I am losing on average 10 strokes a round just from putting.