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When your eyes were outside the line was your putter face aimed left or right of the hole/target line ?
It made me aim right and compensate by pulling across the ball. The big problem is all my long practice putting sessions(often 90+ minutes a few days each week) over the last 4 decades means I really had a grooved outside in stroke and nearly all my misses, especially under pressure, were always left of the hole. The other problem with my eyes in such a bad position is the compensations needed are different as you get closer to the ball. It's not like I was a bad putter all these years, just bad relative to my scratch or better peers and I have a few buddies that are 10ish handicappers that putt a lot better than me inside of 15 feet.
By standing more upright and getting my eyes inside the line it's shocking how much easier it seems. It will take some time to groove and trust the changes but so far with just a handful of rounds my putting is improved and my confidence is certainly up. Those will build on one another.