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The straight-forward stroke

Straight-forward putting is growing in popularity with golfers of all levels because it allows the player to see the ball, the line of the putt, and the cup with his eyes in their natural position. It also allows a very simple and natural stroke with one arm, which is similar to rolling the ball to the cup with your dominant hand. This stroke allows you to keep the face of the putter square throughout the stroke, and to follow through to the cup in a complete and natural way. But straight-forward putting is not new. Sam Snead is credited by the golf world as being one of the most talented golfers of all time. He won more professional golf tournaments than any other golfer in history. Sam Snead, in his later years on the tour, began to suffer from "the yips" on his short putts. Being the great innovative mind that he was, he did not accept the standard putting remedies that were available to him. Instead, Sam Snead developed a novel croquet style of putting that virtually took the twitchy little muscles of his hands and wrists out of his stroke. Sam's putts again began to fall! Then came the bad news. The U.S.G.A. the rules making body, banned the croquet putting style by implementing a new rule that banned golfers from straddling the line of their putt.       But Sam Snead's story did not end there. "I was crushed" said Snead, "I figured I was finished, unless I could find a way to sidestep that new rule." Ant that is exactly what he did. "I remembered an old-time I'd seen over in England who would bet that he could out-putt anyone. He must've been seventy-five. He putted the same way I'd been putting except that he didn't straddle the line. He faced the hole but put his feet together to the side of the line and putted sidesaddle. It didn't take me long to get the hang of it. I'd pitched horseshoes by the hour out behind the barn when I was a kid, and I just put that movement into my putting." (The PGA World Golf Hall of Fame Book, by Gerald Astor.) Based upon extensive research into the science of putting, Dave Pelz, one of the world's most respected experts on putting, in Chapter 3 of his book, "Dave Pelz's Putting Bible" addresses straight-forward putting. He states, "Someone else started with (Sam) Snead's sidesaddle style and made a modification of his own, which produced the best putting I've seen to this day. Rather than using a standard-length putter, a fellow came to me putting sidesaddle, but with a longer-than-normal putter. He stood beside the putting line, facing the hole and swung the putter alon a perfect vertical pendulum… He leaned over to set his eyes directly over the putting line, then balanced his weight by extending one foot away from the line." Pelz went on to state, "I can't remember the name of the man who figured this out, but I give him credit: He found something that really does work. He started every putt by standing directly behind the ball and pointed from his ball to a spot out in front of it on his intended starting line. Then he addressed the ball and again pointed down the line to make sure he was aligned correctly. Finally, he stroked the ball and held his finish pointing at the same spot again exactly down the putt line. This technique produced the consistently best putting I've ever seen, and it is legal." The patented multiple attachment points and the patented swivel adjustability features of The Way putter make it the best straight-forward putter on the market. The placement of the ball in the correct position for straight-forward putting is critical, and only The Way putter allows you to find this correct ball placement position. Additional detailed information on the straight-forward putting method is included with each putter.