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Putt Like the Pros: Dave Pelz's Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score

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This well-written and easily digestible book by Dave Pelz is as good as any book you're likely to encounter on the subject of putting. It teaches all the fundamentals and backs them up with Pelz's research.

One of the most useful parts of the book is the putting games that it describes. The most useful of them, "Safety Drawback," teaches you to hit the ball into a "cone" past the hole.

Reading this book alone won't make you a better putter, of course. That'll take about 10,000 more practice putts. :) But at least you'll know what to practice.

I can't find any major faults with this book. Pelz suggests a particular technique but he also accepts that many other strokes and techniques work well. Whether you're a beginner who is still trying to figure out what a decent putting stroke looks like, or an experienced player who is just trying to work out the kinks in his game, you'll find at least something in this book to help you. Highly recommended and, at present, there's no better book on the market as far as I know.

This is a very good book, but we must leave room at the top for better books (by Dave Pelz, of course :-) Since his "Putting Bible" came out, there is no longer any need for this book. "The Bible" has everything this book has and then some. If you are looking for a used book in paperback to save a lot of money off the hardcover bible, then this represents an excellent value, since the basic ideas are here.

Note - this is not for those looking for a few tips, band-aids, or just some feel-good words to make you feel better about yourself. This is serious game-improvement stuff. If you just want to daydream about being a better putter, get a putting book by one of the other guys. If you REALLY want to be a better putter, get this and get to work!

I give this 5 stars because it's an excellent book, which is not to say *you* will love it - it just might not be your style. There aren't a lot of anecdotes, and surely no fluff. That last reviwer sure got it wrong - first he says it's very techical, then it's an infomercial? Which is it? 2 stars because Pelz mentions how to use a couple of his products? I found that helpful. If you don't want them, skip those few paragraphs.

But on to the meat. This is just packed with hard facts based on real research. Anyone who doesn't like this book will probably be the type of person who just wants a band-aid. There is no quick fix here - you will be told what it takes to seriously improve your putting. And that kind of improvement does not come for free. But Pelz boils it down to the core. This is *the* putting bible, as far as I'm concerned.

I've watched Dave Pelz on the golf channel and took some of his chipping tips to the practice green where they really helped. I expected as much from this book. Unfortunately most of the practice methods in this book require using Pelz' special practice equipment and therefore aren't very helpful unless you have these items. There is some interesting info on the lack of consistency in how a golf ball rolls, but other than that I didn't get much out of this book. I certainly didn't need to read this to know that taking several hundred practice putts a week will make you a better putter, and that is the bottom line.

I AM A BEGINNER AND JUST FINISHED "PUTT LIKE THE PROS". I HAVE SINCE RECOMMENDED IT TO DOZENS OF FRIENDS. HAVING PLAYED 18 HOLES ONLY 3 TIMES IN MY LIFE, I RECENTLY SHOT A 117, BUT TOOK ONLY 37 PUTS. I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT I CAN AT LEAST 2 PUTT ON EVERY HOLE. THIS BOOK GOES INTO SCIENTIFIC DETAIL AND THEN MENTAL DETAIL ABOUT PUTTING. IT IS EVERYTHING YOU WILL EVER NEED TO KNOW

Every thing you ever wanted to know about why, and why not, a ball goes into the hole. Tells why even the perfect putt does NOT go in every time. Tells why the best technique for you will not work for someone else. If you have ever questioned a putt not falling, and been bitter over it for several holes, then this is the book for you. It will even make you feel better about not making every putt. Even Perfy the perfect putter does not make every putt. This is a must read for every avid golfer out there

I read this book on a plane from NY to San Francisco, on my way to a golf outing at Pebble Beach. As a fairly new golfer (less than 2 years), I needed to work on my putting skills (or lack thereof..). I often 3 putted, or worse. Well, I must say, that after reading this book, I now understand what was REALLY happening as I was putting and I now know what to do about it. This book has done wonders for me and my golf scores...

This book, however technical, was very useful is clarifying and explaining different putting techniques. After reading and much practice, my putting has dramatically improved from within 15 feet, and my handicap has dropped from a 12 to a 9.

I remember buying this book over a decade ago. It is a truly amazing book.

Putting is simple in concept. (On the putting green, use putter to hit ball into hole. Repeat on next golf hole until round is done). The author's main mechanical points could probably be made into a one page "recipe" sheet as one reviewer seemed to suggest. What makes this book amazing is that it established a scienitific basis for putting improvement. This book arms the reader with fundamental putting principles in the same way that a good cookbook provides background rather than just a list of recipes. This book is more than just about the how. It is about the why.

The author's newer putting book may supercede this book, but that does not take away from this book's historical importance.

Dave Pelz, an ex-NASA physicist, knows putting better than anyone, and makes it easy for us to understand. With so many variables in sinking a putt, Dave explains how to make constant as much as possible in our stroke, position, etc., that a golfer can feel more confident on the green! A must read if you want to improve your putting skills