Posts Tagged ‘aimpoint golf’

Congratulations to John Riegger and AimPoint Golf

May 25th, 2010

John Riegger won his 2nd Nationwide Tour event this past weekend at the 2010 Rex Hospital Open.  John shot rounds of 66, 64, and 63 for a 54 hole total of 193 (-20 under par).  This score set a 54 hole Nationwide Tour record.

John attributed his win in part to his understanding and use of the AimPoint Green Reading Method.  He had recently attended an advanced green reading clinic held at the Rob Noel Golf Academy and given by Mark Sweeney and AimPoint Certified instructor Rob Noel.  Rob also is John’s swing coach.

Congratulations John.

If you would like to learn the same items taught to John at the advanced clinic, contact me and I’ll tell you how it’s done.

AimPoint Green Reading Clinic – United Kingdom

May 14th, 2010

AimPoint Green Reading Certified

Over the past year, I have met some great golf professionals on Twitter.  I know I’ve said it before but if you use it correctly, it can be very informational and enjoyable.  For me, it has also been a great networking opportunity.  I have met and enjoyed discussing golf with many great golf pro’s from all over the world.  This summer, I will be heading over the pond to visit some of the coaches I’ve met.  While I am there, I will be giving a couple AimPoint Green Reading clinics.  See my AimPoint Golf Page for more information on AimPoint.

One clinic will be for the general public and the other for golf professionals.  I am arriving in the UK on July 19th and will be leaving on the 26th(the week after The Open).  Sometime in that week, the clinics will be happening.  I believe they will be held in Cambridge and hosted by Jamie Donaldson.

I will post further details as they become available.

Please leave a comment if you are interested in attending.

AimPoint Golf Green Reading – Zero Line vs Fall Line

May 3rd, 2010

There was a thread started on Mark Sweeney’s AimPoint Golf forum that I thought would make for a great post.  The thread is talking about the difference between the Zero Line and Fall Line.  The Zero Line is what Mark Sweeney calls the line which has a net zero break.  This means you aim at the center of the hole.  It may be a straight putt or a double breaker that nets out as a straight putt.  Learning where to find these Zero Lines is one of the many things you’ll learn by coming to an AimPoint Green Reading Clinic.

Here’s a pic from the forum showing a green with a Red Zero Line and Blue Fall Line.

 

AimPoint Zero Line vs Fall Line

AimPoint Zero Line vs Fall Line

 

You can see from the picture how similar the zero line and fall line are when near the hole.  However, when the fall line goes up the large shoulder, the zero line doesn’t follow.  The zero line is offset from the high anchor.  It does this to create a double break over the shoulder that brings the aim back to the center of the hole.  You can see the putt would miss right if aimed at the hole from the fall line on top of the shoulder.

AimPoint AimCharts – Permitted under the Rules of Golf

April 15th, 2010

I wanted to use this post to confirm to everyone that AimPoint AimCharts have been and are perfectly legal for all tournament play regardless of what others may be trying to spread.  A recent visitor to this blog has cut and pasted my discussion about AimPoint AimCharts on their blog and used the information to try and claim that it may be likely that AimPoint AimCharts were illegal for tournament play.

Here is the decision from the USGA:

AimChart USGA Decision

AimChart USGA Decision

Game, Set and Match

AimPoint Golf Green Mapping

March 23rd, 2010

I’ve received a bunch of questions about how to map the green for a tournament round of golf.  I found this picture on the AimPoint Golf Forum showing what a tour players green mapping might look like if they were using the AimPoint Golf Green Reading method.

AimPoint Golf Green Mapping

AimPoint Golf Green Mapping

Here’s what this shows.  The grid in the background represents distance.  You can also see contour lines under the numbers and arrows.  Contour lines represent areas of equal elevation.  The arrows represent the direction of the slope.  Sometimes, these are referred to as flow lines.  The numbers represent the %slope or the grade.

Without a professional yardage book and caddy, a mapping like this would not really be possible.  However, it should give you some ideas of what it could look like.