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DormieAfterNine · #1 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2008, 01:50 PM

II know this sounds weird.

If you briefly cross your eyes you can:
1) level your head to read the green and
2) align your eyes with the line of your putt.

Yesterday I was trying to read the practice green at the driving range. The green has a lots of subtle slopes, and I kept reading a break to the left where it was actually to the right. On a whim I crossed my eyes as I looked at the hole. This produced two images of the little flag and the hole and they weren't level! One image was slightly below the other like this:

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I tilted my head until the images were lined up

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and I was able to see the break correctly.

Apparently the line between my eyes was not perpendicular to the perceived gravity vector. In short, my head was tilted.

I tried crossing my eyes again when I looked down at my putter as I addressed the ball. This time the two images of ball and putter were out of alignment with the line of the putt.

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<---------  0 | |      |\  --------------------------
              |/     0 | |
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I fixed it again by turning my head,

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              |\      |\ 
<---------  0 | |     0 |   --------------------------
              |/      |/

stopped crossing my eyes,

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and sank the putt!

This is fantastic!

If you get your head on straight you can make putts!

Doug

Junior Golf Pro · #2 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2008, 02:35 PM

Great tip, thanks Doug.

richard_gao · #3 (**permalink**) April 18th, 2008, 02:49 PM

Perhaps it's a great tip and it does make a lot of sense, but I do not feel risking my eye sight to sink more putts to be worth it.

Mawson33 · #4 (**permalink**) April 19th, 2008, 12:09 AM

nice tip, going to have to try that sometime

***straightshooter*** · #5 (**permalink**) April 19th, 2008, 08:41 AM

Interesting, and very well presented post!

I tried it and I have trouble crossing my eyes. Are there any tips for that?

***tommythumbs*** · #6 (**permalink**) April 19th, 2008, 04:45 PM

Thanks for the tip pal.
And straightshooter , try looking at the end of your noes.

lol

***shaderunner*** · #7 (**permalink**) April 19th, 2008, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by straightshooter

I have trouble crossing my eyes. Are there any tips for that?

Jim Beam

Shade

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