Face-On™ Putter
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Face-On™ Putter Distinctives:
Read PGATour.Com Article by Gary McCord! A NEW WAY TO PUTT Gary McCord unveiled a unique putting method at the 3M Championship several weeks ago. He won't be putting it into practice this week at Pebble Beach but he does think it's a revolutionary idea. Known as face-on putting (or FOP), the idea is that a golfer stands facing the hole, with the putter on the right side of the body. Using a 52-inch putter and this binocular vision (both eyes looking at the target), McCord "reduced his range of motion in all of the joints by a third and isolated putting to just one movement in the body".He was writing an article for "Golf Digest" about the method and wanted to test it under competition. "I practiced about three weeks really hard to get ready. I putted really bad but I'm not going to blame it on that because, when you go from the side your whole life to facing, with a lengthy putter it was 52 inches long, it was really bizarre," McCord said. "If people started off putting this way when they were young, they could get good. They could really get good. "I would recommend it for people, if they get the yips really bad, to try it." McCord thought he invented the method. He knew Vinny Del Negro, now the coach of the Chicago Bulls, and McCord was given an opportunity to try to help NBA star Shaquille O'Neal with his free-throw shooting by changing his method. "I was explaining it (the method) to him and thought, you know, we should putt that way too. So that's how it got started," McCord said. "Then I found out they're already doing this. Dr. Cook wrote a chapter in a book about it, there's a website devoted to this, there's unbelievable stuff on YouTube with this. I got on the website and looked and I was way behind the curve." The book is "Golf's Sacred Journey", a popular inspirational book among golfers by Dr. David Cook. In it, a young golfer is shown this unique putting method by a group of men who toss quarters into cups. That act, along with many normal sports actions like bowling and free throws, mimic the face-on putting motion and are more intuitive than the sideways putting stroke. Putting guru Dave Pelz even mentioned the method in his "Putting Bible" book. "He said the best putter he's ever seen, including Tiger and Phil, putted this way. He doesn't know who the guy is but he wrote it in his putting bible. He didn't know his name," McCord said. "The guy just disappeared in the night. Pelz said he's the best he's ever seen." Reprinted from PGA. Read it here >> PGATOUR.COM - Notes: Bean astonished by juniors, Roberts reunited "To read Dr. Cooks instructional guide to Face-On Putting, click here >>" |
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The new REESO-COOK Face-On™ Putter takes maximum advantage of the patented REESO AutoTrack™ Putter technology to provide a golfer adjustable High Accuracy High Stability (High MOI) putter design with both weight and lie angle which are easily adjusted to fit any golfer. The REESO-COOK Face-On™ Putter is available Right Hand or Left Hand in a wide range of lengths.
The parallel wing lines promote the idea of aiming down a lane rather than putting down a line, thus promoting freedom in the stroke and aiming ease.
Known as face-on putting (or FOP), the idea is that a golfer stands facing the hole, with the putter on the right side of the body. Using a 52-inch putter and this binocular vision (both eyes looking at the target), McCord "reduced his range of motion in all of the joints by a third and isolated putting to just one movement in the body".

