I’ve spent a bunch of time recently trying to improve my students ability to prepare for tournament golf. I purchased an exelys breakmaster, which is a green reading device, to help map out possible pin locations and spent more time examining the green during practice rounds.
My first practical situation was at the NJCAA National Tournament with MCC. Not everyone on the team wanted the information but the one player that used it religiously won the event in record breaking fashion. The main thing he said that helped was knowing exactly where the straight putts were. The first two days pin locations were painted on the green and I was able to map exact breaks from 5 feet in.
The benefit in preparing is obvious. If you can get a knowledgable caddy to map greens for you while you play a practice round, you will see a noticeable improvement in putts made. Get yourself a breakmaster and learn how to map a green. You’ll be amazed.
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Does your player use the aimpoint chart as well as using your green chart?
Peter,
At this time in the summer, I hadn’t yet had a full certification from Mark, but he sent me some charts ahead of time and this one player used them quite a bit. Most of the guys used it help with direction but didn’t initially trust the numbers.
Now, we practice with the charts regularly and I test their green reading on the course. The one player that did use the charts and won the National Championship just got picked up by the U of Louisville which I talk about here: http://bit.ly/4tOxOM
This year, I will do a little more work with the digital level and the breakmaster to get a better read on the actual slopes on the green.
It’s a great system and as always, feel free to ask questions.
John