Length of Putter

All too often, golfers will purchase golf clubs,
including putters,straight off the shelves of
your local sporting goods store, their local
retail outlets, or from a fellow golfer

These purchases are made with no thought as to
if that particular putter is even a proper fit
to them or their game.

Just like a fine suit is tailored to every inch
of your body for an exact fit, your putter and
every other club in your bag should be tailored
to not only your body but your game as well.
Everybody is different and unique.

There is no one off the shelf set of clubs
designed to fit every single golfer, or even
the majority of golfers. If you took the putter
measurements of 10 professional golfers, you
would find that all 10 had in someway,
different measurements including length, lie
angle, loft, offset, weight, and design.

All blended together with one single purpose in
mind: to help the golfer make more putts!

Can you imagine the frustration the pros would
go through if they had to change their putting
stroke to accommodate a different putter every
time they decided to change their clubs?

Yet 99%of all recreational golfers go about
purchasing new clubs this way.They buy a club
straight off the rack and then make the adjustments
with their body to compensate for this new putter.

Let's take a look at the biggest factor in putter
fitting and how to correct it:

**Putter Length**

The length of your putter has a direct effect
on how you set up toyour putt. If you are like
the majority of recreational golfers, your playing
with a putter that's either too long or too short
for your natural stroke.

Using a putter that's too long for you will
set the ball too far away from your body. This
affects how your eyes are positioned over the
ball, having your eyes not over the target line,
but inside of it.

This will also cause your arms and hands to be
much closer than you want to your body, not
allowing your arms to hang naturally. This
causes you to manipulate your hands and arms
through the stroke to compensate for the length.

Putters that are too short have the opposite
effect. The ball is set too close to your body,
causing your eyes to be well outside of your
target line.

Two short of putter will also cause you to have
to extend your arms out further from your body
causing to have to reach out to the ball during
the stroke.

To find your ideal putter length you can use a
very simple method right from your own home.

Without a putter in your hands, set up to
address over a ball as if you were going to
putt.

Let your arms hang naturally in front of
you as you reach out and grip an imaginary
putter in the most comfortable and natural
feeling manner. This will set your hands in
their most natural position without being
influenced by gripping an actual putter.

Now without moving your hands or arms from this
position, have a friend or spouse place your
putter back in your hands.

Notice where your hands are on the club NOW
compared to where you gripped it in the past.
You'll probably be a bit surprised at where
your hands end up on the putter.

This is the correct length you should be
playing with.

Your local Golf Outlet or Pro Shop can take
this information and make the necessary
adjustments for you at a very minimal cost.

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