Instinct Putting: Putt Your Best Using the Breakthrough, Science-Based TargetVision Putting Technique [Hardcover]

Eric Alpenfels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2008

The proven approach that guarantees results on the green by tapping the power of natural intuition? based on cutting-edge research

Born out of the most popular Golf Magazine cover story of 2005, Instinct Putting begins with a crucial but counterintuitive premise: You should look at the hole, not at the ball, while putting. Golf-club technology has helped amateurs drive the ball farther than ever, but no amount of technology has managed to conquer the mind-game of putting. Delivering a complete paradigm shift, Instinct Putting features a breakthrough, scientifically proven method that will have golfers defying their previous training?while sinking more putts than they ever dreamed possible.

Currently one of the hottest topics on the links, instinct putting combines simplicity with phenomenal results. Emphasizing the brain?s instinctive ability to perform incredible tasks through unconscious information processing, rather than through active thought, the authors take readers through important but uncomplicated steps to retrain their putting protocols. From stance and grip to execution, Instinct Putting puts the keys to precision putts in the hands of golfers at all levels. Ending the frustration on the green, this revolutionary approach transforms every golfer?s most maddening shots into their greatest rewards.

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About the Author

Bob Christina is a research and educational consultant to the Pinehurst Golf Advantage School and Golf Magazine as well as professor emeritus in the department of exercise and sports science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Eric Alpenfels is the director of the Pinehurst Golf Advantage School and has been recognized as one of Golf Digest’s 50 Greatest Teachers as well as one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America.
Cary Heath is an associate professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Gotham (July 31, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592403530
• ISBN-13: 978-1592403530
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cary Heath is a writer, photographer and avid amateur golfer. He teaches in the Moody College of Business, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and has published over 30 refereed articles in academic literature. Instinct Putting is his first book on golf instruction.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If it makes a scratch golfer better, it will help you!!!, September 22, 2008

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J. Daniels "Cyal8rman" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instinct Putting: Putt Your Best Using the Breakthrough, Science-Based TargetVision Putting Technique (Hardcover)

Let me start off with a little information on myself. I am a scratch golfer playing for a Division 1 college. I averaged 32.1 putts per round last year with a scoring average of 74.1 in 13 tournaments. I was dissatisfied with length putting and the clutch 4-10 footers for par saves. This book makes so much sense it just isn't funny. I was skeptical before buying it, but followed Eric Alpenfels with great interest as a Teaching Professional at Pinehurst Golf Academy. I started the technique explained in the book with the putting test recommended. The results were phenomenal! I am easily making 2-3 more putts per round and am so confident over 50 footers. I probably 3 putted 1-2 times per round from 30-70 feet, and still have yet to 3-putt one single time since finishing the book two and a half weeks ago! This book is truely revolutionary and Mr. Alpenfels has really got it right. I beg you to please read this book and improve your putting. I beleive in it so much I had to gt on here and write this review. Go IP!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I takes a Leap of Faith, January 17, 2009

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David J. Hamilton "Ossie Bentworth" (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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I have to admit I only skimmed this book in a book store. However, I'm a 7 hcp and have been putting like this for about 10 years and believe me, it's worth the effort to read this book and learn this technique. I average 12 to 15 putts per 9 holes and that is not a testiment to my chipping. This method makes perfect sense when you think about it; if you were firing a pistol or a rifle at a target would you be looking at the back of the bullet? Of course not. You would be looking at the target. Same idea here. It may take a leap of faith to try this on the course so try it at home first - get used to putting the ball without looking at it. Then, expect comments from the rest of the 4-some until you start averaging 12 - 15 putts per 9 holes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Putting is always a work in progress, May 26, 2009

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Bill Berninghausen "William G Berninghausen" (Gresham, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Instinct Putting: Putt Your Best Using the Breakthrough, Science-Based Target Vision Putting Technique (Hardcover)

Anyone who claims to have mastered putting is a liar. No negotiating. A liar, plain and simple. Instinct putting, where one watches the hole rather than the ball, makes a whole lot of sense--ever try to make a free throw watching the basketball.

It's in the application that the concept starts to struggle a bit. Even with some practice, applying the techniques on the course, in a round that counts, is a bit like changing horses in a wild stretch of rapids--scary. One must be ready to miss putts in a new and different way rather than in the old, familiar way.

Luckily, I'm comfortable missing putts any old way; I'm an expert. So far, the misses are puttable, mostly, making instinct putting a useful lag technique. And that's all I'll commit to at this point.