Tips From The World’s Best Putting Coach
It was an honor to film with David Orr at his home course, Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, NC.
David Orr is one of the leading putting coaches in the world. His teaching method is based on research, not on theory. ‘Never guess what you can measure’ is one of his key philosophies. David’s research and teaching protocol led him to the PGA Tour where he’s worked with world-class players such as Justin Rose and Suzann Pettersen. Check out to get access to David’s personal, online putting academy and the absolute putting gold he shares there.
In this video, David takes us through the four key external cues that the best putters in the world use. These are target preferences you can use to draw your attention from the internal to the external.
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What a great video, again Eric. Thanks a lot.
Watched this multiple times. Took notes. More confused now after putting lesson at Pronghorn yesterday. Was taught straight line method: Keep putter straight on shortish putts. Maybe a hybrid approach is best? 🤷♀️
Too ethereal
Did you guys talk about double breaking putts?
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Eric, Great video, as always. External Awareness….I find I put my best on putts under 10 feet, by looking at the hole (J. Speath). I believe that is because I am less focused on what is going on with the putter and stance and have a more maintained ficus on the line and hole.
Having spent many hours teaching myself to putt like touring pro's, I can say the most important thing is to understand the stroke. I would say less that 1 in 1000 people actually do. Once you understand the effects of the fact that the shaft is on a tilted plane, you will begin to understand how to putt straight on your intended line. This information is actually buried away in "The Putting Arc's" online documentation. You will also begin to understand why virtually all touring pros use some form of the Super Stroke grip and why they are taking the right hand out of things in general (like Mickelson does). Once you understand all of this you will find that Crenshaw was right all along. And you will understand why Tiger's "right hand only" drill is so important. Once you truly understand the stroke, get that putter so it is ready to fall out of your hands and "release it" just as both Crenshaw and Tiger did/do. Then, not much else is important because it is the putter's own momentum that keeps it in the proper orientation at all times. This is what Tiger is doing with his "right hand only" on the club in practice. He is learning to "let it float" on it's own. In effect he is actually not using his right hand. But this only works once you truly understand what a proper putting stroke really is. A proper stroke where that big flat spot on a Super Stroke grip is riding unrotated on a single plane is almost an illusion to your eyes if you watch the blade. I now easily make 100 in a row from 6 feet while practicing. It's not from repetition. It's from actually knowing how to putt. Virtually all touring pros now know this too. That cat is finally out of the bag and has been for some time. This is also why putting great Stan Utley say's. "I have no problem with someone who hooks the ball into the hole". Many touring pros now do that to double their margin for error on putts like Nickaus did with his "bread and butter" fade on his drives. Again, you have to know the stroke to be able to do that.
Another excellent,clear & very helpful video. Thank you.
Awesome… thanks Eric for bringing along David o
Subscribed to the channel on the quality of these videos alone.
Thanks
is it just me that gets a lil annoyed at guys that use the belly putters. It hurts my eyes to see it and Mayb not annoyed but it just seems kinda pathetic to not be able to use a putter like everyone else lol. Like get it together w your hockey stick over there
This was great. I’m more of an “aim line” putter, though I eschew the line on the ball due to the misalignment issue you raised. I do two more things that I’m really surprised you did not mention. While facing the target, I take a practice stroke or two to “feel” the speed and length of my stroke. Once I have my aim line, I look for an intermediate target, like an imperfection in the grass or an old pitch mark. I then aim the club to the intermediate target, set my grip, and set my feet. One more thing – I also have a Odyssey two-ball putter, to which I added sharpie lines on either side of the two balls, and one straight down the center. I find the combination of the lines and the two balls help me align to my aim line. I have never putted better. Once all the aiming is done, I can focus solely on speed and stroke.
This is on point! I've found a great drill to focus externally and to the target is to practice looking at the aim point while stroking the putt. Ala Spieth.
Really interesting series of putting videos. I don't consider myself a good putter (too many missed short puts and poor distance control) but some of the tips suggested are things I do automatically simply because they seem to help me by creating some structure. Watching these videos has been a good way to formalise my approach further.
I have found it useful to pick an aim point closer to the beginning of the putt (actual spot on the green or different colored grass) where I can see the ball roll over the aim point and thus have confidence that I am rolling the ball on my intended path. When I pick something farther away or less precise I don't seem to be able to get the ball started on my intended path as consistently…
9:08 literally the best Bryson Dechambeau impression I've ever seen!!! Lol 🤣
Another awesome putting video!! Keep up the great content Eric!! Love the collaboration here.
Love this series! More putting gurus
Thank you for this series with David….so much food for thought.
Congratulations on 100K subs, very well deserved!! 🏌️
Love the 'changes the accent' part !! 😀
He actually set his right hand posture feet then left hand. I found a quick tip to stop pulling make sure your left hand is held a little straighter and further down the shaft for a right handed putter
i have loved this series, there are so many golden nuggets in there to be had. im so looking forward to getting back on the greens to put this to practice. Thank you so much for doing this.
It's interesting to see different putting techniques.
My issue is speed determination/control. Whaddya got?
I agree, it really was so good from David. You also did a great job of clearly articulating his teaching points. Love the four different external options for aiming. Outstanding.
The "non-linear" makes so much sense. Great video. TY gentlemen.
Really nice video Eric! Keep up the great work chap!! Best, Adam