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Most manufacturers now put some sort of alignment aid on their golf balls, usually it is the model of the manufacurers ball you are playing.

Just wondered how many of you use that aid when putting or off the Tee?

On the green I am more of a speed putter than a line putter, and pick out an area to aim at. I use a Heel Shafted Blade style putter with no markings on it and prefer to set my ball so that I cant see any of the markings on the ball as I try to align my putter's blade at the area I am aiming for and focus more on the speed of the put than a specific spot or blade of grass.

This habit was reinforced for me when I heard an interview with Rocco Mediate and he was talking about his Pro-Am partner who asked him if he should be trying to aim at a blade of grass that was four or five feet ahead of his ball on his intended line, on a put of length and Rocco told him that he was a PGA Tour Pro and he aimed at an area and focused on speed more because even though he is an "Elite" player he had a hard time hitting a blade of grass that far in front of him, but found it far easier to pick an area and get his speed right and he felt that proper speed made more puts of length than line did.

However it's the opposite for me when hitting a tee shot, I prefer the blank portion of the ball as I have picked out a spot a foot or two ahead of my teed ball and focus on swinging the club out over that spot.

I would love to hear your method.

Thanks in advance for the thoughtful answers as well as the snyde ones.