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**WaydayFep** · 11-20-2010, 05:48 AM

I could be wrong on this Bridges but I think it depends on how much you open up as you take the putter back. If you open up alot' then the extra weight at the toe actually helps the putter come around and square up at impact.

I think some of this also depends on how freed up your putting stroke is as well. Mine is a pretty freed up stroke but the face does not open up a super amount when I take the putter back. So I would not be surprised if in my case if I went all the way to a 6:00 putter all that weight at the toe might have the putter really turning too quickly. I putt best with a very free putting stroke so in my case a bunch of weight at the toe would likely really bring that thing around. Funny I have always thought my freed up putting stroke was something of an oddity and that how it works for me is the opposite of how it works for most folks.. Maybe it is less odd than I think. in my case if I tense up over a putt or if I try to exert too much control over the stroke I am in alotta' trouble as I have to allow the putter some freedom or I won't get the ball rolling at all.

I have never even tried a SBST putting stroke so I would have to defer to Andy when he says everybody opens the putter up to some degree on the way back. That said the SBST player would appear to be trying to hold the putter on the target line as long as possible. Maybe the fact that even an SBST player will open the face up a little is testiment to the arc or gate stroke being a bit more natural. In fact although I have never thought about it because I don't have an SBST stroke the player that uses one is probably trying to exert more control over the stroke than I try to exert. As I said earlier the ball does not roll well for me at all if I try too hard to aim or control the stroke.

I have had the good fortune to try different putters with my stroke and Andy's comments about everybody opening up some on the way back makes me wonder if the best thing to do try putters of a known but different weight with your stroke and see what happens.

11-20-2010, 05:48 AM	#8
WaydayFep Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	I could be wrong on this Bridges but I think it depends on how much you open up as you take the putter back. If you open up alot' then the extra weight at the toe actually helps the putter come around and square up at impact. I think some of this also depends on how freed up your putting stroke is as well. Mine is a pretty freed up stroke but the face does not open up a super amount when I take the putter back. So I would not be surprised if in my case if I went all the way to a 6:00 putter all that weight at the toe might have the putter really turning too quickly. I putt best with a very free putting stroke so in my case a bunch of weight at the toe would likely really bring that thing around. Funny I have always thought my freed up putting stroke was something of an oddity and that how it works for me is the opposite of how it works for most folks.. Maybe it is less odd than I think. in my case if I tense up over a putt or if I try to exert too much control over the stroke I am in alotta' trouble as I have to allow the putter some freedom or I won't get the ball rolling at all. I have never even tried a SBST putting stroke so I would have to defer to Andy when he says everybody opens the putter up to some degree on the way back. That said the SBST player would appear to be trying to hold the putter on the target line as long as possible. Maybe the fact that even an SBST player will open the face up a little is testiment to the arc or gate stroke being a bit more natural. In fact although I have never thought about it because I don't have an SBST stroke the player that uses one is probably trying to exert more control over the stroke than I try to exert. As I said earlier the ball does not roll well for me at all if I try too hard to aim or control the stroke. I have had the good fortune to try different putters with my stroke and Andy's comments about everybody opening up some on the way back makes me wonder if the best thing to do try putters of a known but different weight with your stroke and see what happens.
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