Get more from your putting stroke the Hurrion way

May 17th, 2010 | GEL Golf, Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Ball Roll, Tuition

Get more from your putting stroke the Hurrion way

By Pete Simm : The Kent/Surrey Golfer

AS the well-known saying goes ‘you drive for show but putt for dough’, but how many of us have really paid attention to improving our putting techniques. Yes, you might drop a few balls and have a few practice putts before teeing off in your monthly medal or Stableford but, hand on heart, can you honestly say you’ve looked at the mechanics of your putting stroke?

I know I can’t and have always regarded five or ten minutes on the practice green as ample time to get my eye in and hone my stroke. I’ve always regarded myself as being a pretty solid putter who enjoys more good moments than bad on the greens and holes more than he misses. However, when the invite came from Matt Johns, head professional at Royal Blackheath Golf Club to have my putting stroke analysed in his new custom-fitting putting studio, it was an invitation that was too good to turn down.

Johns opened his new state-of-the-art centre at his club the start of last month and uses the revolutionary GEL Fitting Procedure designed by renowned sports biomechanist and putting guru Dr Paul Hurrion. Using a series of high-tech cameras which take 200 frames a second, every angle of your putting stroke is analysed to determine the angle and amount of spin that you impart on the ball when striking it. The final aim of the technique is to improve the quality of the strike so that you can get the ball rolling more smoothly towards the hole and, having spent an hour-and-a-half being enthralled by the science behind the technique, I’m now beginning to realise just why the professionals hole far more putts than us amateurs.

“While amateurs spend hundreds of pounds on new drivers and smashing balls at their nearby driving range, they tend to overlook the putting side of things but it is one of most important parts of the game,” said Johns.

“During an average round of golf, you use your driver a maximum of 14 times but you use your putter at least double that amount. It usually makes up around a third of a player’s score and even the best putters in the world average around 28 putts a round.”

The technology behind Hurrion’s putting centres is hugely impressive and the case for having a custom-fit putting lesson is strengthened further when you consider his clients include European Ryder Cup stars Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy and Oliver Wilson. Hurrion has developed a unique fitting procedure, equipment and drills using the biomechanical and practical principles he uses when fitting Tour players.


Just putt-fect: Paul Hurrion with his GEL Fitting Procedure equipment

Each GEL Fitting Centre benefits from the use of his specially-designed GEL equipment which comprises a fitting tool, mirror and ProStance aid as well as the Quintic 2010 Ball Roll v2.4 Software designed by Hurrion, to ensure the highest level of customer care and a fitting experience like no other.

Hurrion explained: “As a result of being specially fitted for a putter, golfers are both amazed and impressed as immediately they are able to see and feel tangible results for themselves. “And with the GEL Fitting Procedure costing just £25, this is probably one of the best investments a golfer can make to assist his putting stroke.”

Having witnessed first-hand just how custom-fit putting session could help your game and come away with a new and fresh approach to holing putts, I can recommend it could be the best £25 you ever spend.

For further details and to book a custom-fitting putting lesson, phone Matt Johns at Royal Blackheath Golf Club on 020 8850 1763. http://www.royalblackheath.com/

http://www.gelgolf.co.uk/fitting-centres-1207-0.html

Hurrion lines up new way to better putting

May 14th, 2010 | GEL Golf, Quintic Ball Roll

Quintic software helps determine the right club selection

By Paul Third : The Press and Journal

Published: 14/05/2010
Computer software started as a tool to analyse cricket developed into a major part of sport science and is now available at an Aberdeen golf centre.

World-renowned putting coach Dr Paul Hurrion visited the Granite City’s Aspire golf centre this week to launch his Quintic Ball Roll v2.4 software. Aspire has put two of its professionals, director of instruction Billy Fyfe and head PGA pro Stephen Murray, through one of Hurrion’s PGA-accredited courses, with the aim of developing a new putting programme.

Hurrion, who counts three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy among his clients, is amazed that so many people pay so little attention to such a vital aspect of the game.

He said: “Too many people buy a putter off the shelf because they like the look of it and there is no real rational thinking.

“People get fitted for drivers and irons all the time but it amazes me how little attention is paid to the club they use more than any other.

“The key thing for me is that people do not know the difference between a good putt or a bad putt and if you cannot determine what you are doing wrong how can you determine what you need to do to correct it? “That’s the basic ethos we follow with the professionals we work with.”

Mention the word biomechanics and it is likely to make the average golfer break out in a cold sweat, but Hurrion believes the process is more straightforward. He said: “The software we have implemented at Aspire will help golfers find the best putter for them. The software records eye perception, weight distribution and posture which will then allow the specialists to best tailor the club required.

“Technically speaking, the process is carried out by analysing how the ball comes off the putter face – the speed, sidespin and what the launch angle is. Factoring in all these results will help the golfer get the best club for them.”  Golf is just one sport Hurrion’s company has become involved with, but interest in what he does stretches far and wide.

He added: “Myself and my father started the business in 1998. “The idea behind it was I wanted some software to help with the job I was doing in cricket at the time and it has developed from there. “We did two Olympics with Steve Backley, the javelin thrower, and it is amazing to see how the interest in what we do has grown.

“Today we do quite a bit with cricket. I work with the ECB and the ICC on bowling actions and we have people working in football, equine sport, bobsleigh, diving and archery.

“Basically, if it moves, biomechanics can analyse it and, hopefully, help athletes produce consistency.”

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1735390/?UserKey=

GEL launches in Korea at the OneAsia ‘Maekyung Open’

May 9th, 2010 | GEL Golf, OneAsia

GEL Golf launched the latest ‘Hurrion’ Range of putters during the OneAsia Maekyung Open in Seoul. CEO Alec Pettigrew, Tour Rep Shane Warde and designer Dr Paul Hurrion were one hand to demonstrate the unique technical benefits of the GEL putters during the practice days of the tournament. As well as the new range of putters, the Quintic Ball Roll v2.4 software was used to highlight the benefits of the GEL putters to the professional golfers.

Terry Pilkadaris testing the latest ‘Hurrion’ Range of GEL putters during the OneAsia Maekyung Open

Kim Dae-hyun donned Korean golf’s Green Jacket after the big-hitting 22-year-old shot a second straight six-under-par 66 to win his first OneAsia title in front of massive crowds at the 29th GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship.  Kim’s 18-under-par total of 270 put him four ahead of Japan Tour star Kim Kyung-tae, who closed with a 70 at the Namseoul Country Club on the outskirts of Seoul. Australian pro Scott Arnold, the world’s number one amateur last year, shot a 69 to share third on six-under with Korean duo Han Min-kyu (67) and Kang Kyung-nam (72).

Terry Pilkadaris, Shane Warde & Dr Paul Hurrion using Quintic Ball Roll v2.4 software to analyse the golf ball characterists after impact of the putter…

An estimated 20,000 spectators – a tournament record – thronged the mountainous course on Sunday as the two Kims started the day sharing the lead at 14-under.

For more details please visit www.gelgolf.com

Paul Hurrion and GEL Golf in Korea…

May 4th, 2010 | GEL Golf, Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Ball Roll

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/04/2010050400018.html

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/04/2010050400018.html

For further information please contact Scott Rie : riescott@hanmail.net  GEL Golf Distrubutor, Korea

Rory shoots course record 62 to become youngest winner on the PGA Tour since Tiger!

May 3rd, 2010 | PGA European Tour Golfers, PGA Tour, Putting Biomechanics, Rory McIlory

What a final round, Rory McIlroy’s 10-under-par final round to win the Quail Hollow Championship on Sunday has drawn superlative-filled praise from the world of golf.  The youthful star of European golf, made his mark in the United States last night when he won the Quail Hollow championship in record-breaking fashion, shooting a course-record 62, 10 under par, to become the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods.

Rory who will celebrate his 21st birthday on Tuesday, covered the first 17 holes of his final round in nine under par but saved his best until the last as he rolled a 45-foot putt into the centre of the hole for another birdie. There was a look of wonder on his face as the ball dropped and he was not alone in his astonishment. He finished his round with a run of six threes – two pars, three birdies and one eagle, at the par-five 15th – and his 15-under-par total beat the field by four shots.

“Ridiculous,” Rory said afterwards when asked to sum up his round. “I just got in the zone. I saw my shots and just hit them and I saw the line of my putts and they just went in.”

Quail Hollow has a reputation of being one of toughest courses on the PGA Tour – Phil Mickelson criticised its “ridiculous” greens the other day – and the Quail Hollow Championship traditionally attracts the best field outside the major championships. Yet McIlroy made a mockery of the course’s reputation and left the best players in the world looking ordinary.

Woods, the world No1, did not even make the cut and Mickelson, the Masters champion, shot a final-round 68 to finish in second place. On another day that would have been good enough to win, as the left-hander conceded afterwards.

“I was out on the course after five or six holes, thinking that 68 was the number [to win the tournament],” he said. ” I have got to congratulate Rory. To shoot 30 on the back nine to win this tournament, on this course; he is some kind of player.”

He really is and Mickelson was not alone in lauding the Ulsterman. It was noticeable that, when McIlroy stepped off the final green, a welter of players, including Lee Westwood and Padraig Harrington, were waiting to shake his hand.

Yesterday’s victory was McIlroy’s second as a professional golfer – his first came at the Dubai Desert Classic 15 months ago – and his first on the PGA Tour, of which he became a member at the start of the this year.

Congratulations Rory from all at Quintic, all the hard work and hours doing your practice drills are starting to pay dividends… You have structure and a rountine to follow each week, plus your feel and tempo are improving each day as a result!!!





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