Secrets of Success - Want to putt better? Then don’t forget your lipstick
September 18th, 2008 | GEL Golf, Lee Westwood, Padraig HarringtonBiomechanics mastermind Dr Paul Hurrion reveals how to make a difference to your putting.
As vital putts start to drop for the European Ryder Cup team at Valhalla, Kentucky, tomorrow (Friday) no one will be watching the action more closely than Paul Hurrion, writes Graham Otway.
Based at Quintic, near Birmingham, Hurrion, a specialist in sports biomechanics, is the mastermind behind the putting techniques used by Padraig Harrington and Lee Westwood.
One of the keys to turning Harrington into a player capable of winning three of the last five golfing majors has been to persuade the Irishman to switch to the left-handunder- right putting method.
But getting his pupils to develop the body posture and cut down excessive body movement in the putting stroke has turned Hurrion into one of the most sought-after short-game gurus in the UK.
Lack of movement is the key to successful putting, says Hurrion, who began his career as a sport scientist analysing fast bowlers in cricket.
“Keeping the head still is important,” he says. “Players should not look up until after the ball has been struck.
“When they take up their putting stance it’s also vital that the eyes are directly over the ball — it helps align the putter correctly and visualise the line on which a putt should be struck.”
Making sure the putter has been fitted correctly is important, too. At the time of address the club lies flat on the ground. “If the toe is in the air, the putter’s loft is altered and the ball will almost certainly drift to the left.”
Hurrion has begun to market his own range of GEL putters, which have been designed to marry up with the biomechanics of putting.
“But,” he says, “becoming successful on greens is very much down to the golfer and how much work they are prepared to put into the game.
“Putting should be part of a routine. For instance, by marking a club face with lipstick when practising, golfers can make sure they are hitting the ball with the same part of the putter face.
“Things like that make a difference — more than just turning up to play a round, hitting a few putts on the practice green and then expecting to hole everything.”
Graham Otway - The Daily Telegraph - Telegraph Golf Club page of the Sports section 18th September 08
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