Face on/ Side Saddle Putting

garyt1957 · 2018-09-15T13:23:23+00:00

Anybody putting this way or tried it in the past? My competitive season is done so I'm going to give it a try. Tried it before but never gave it a serious g...

mulegolf

I use it quite often on putts of around 4 feet. It works pretty good for me. I have a 38" long TM Daddy Long Legs putter and grip it similar to the video of the Randy Haag method but with a putter that has a less upright lie, I have my left hand more in line with my belt buckle. The shaft angles across my leg. That is the reason I use it for (at most) a six foot putt. With a conventional putter lie you can't take it back far enough to hit long putts decently. I don't use it exclusively but more often when the conventional stance isn't working for me.

rsvman

garyt1957 Wow. If I ever hit 14 greens I'd probably shoot even par or even better. Short game and putting has always been my strong suit. One time when I was playing high-school golf I made the turn at 37 without hitting a single green. I also had a 10-putt front 9 one time, at that was at Pasatiempo in California.

If you could hit from tee and green and I putted, we'd score pretty well.

gllama

I've played my best golf using a Hammy side-saddle putter, including a 72 and numerous rounds in the 70s. That was probably 6-7 years ago. I stopped using the Hammy after having a few terrible rounds of putting. I just lost confidence in the putter which was more than likely due to my own lack of total commitment, a variation in the correct set-up, and just getting tired of the ridicule from my golf buddies calling me "Suzy Side-Saddle". Since then, I've tried numerous putters and styles to no avail. If I was a good to very good putter, I'd be a 6-7 handicap instead of probably a 12-14. In fact, I was a 6 handicap when I was using the Hammy. I'm at the point where I am seriously considering bringing the Hammy out of the garage and commit to it for a year. It always felt very natural to me. I was a good basketball player in my youth and I always thought of using a side-saddle or face-on putter similar to shooting baskets. Face the target and throw the ball.

scotts33

gllama IMO for anyone to get used to and get good performance out of face on/sidesaddle they would have to commit for a good amount of time.

I am using a reverse shafted DT Nievus right now 44" and purchased a Juan Putter used 43". The JP is a different set up than Randy Haag's set up but with the reverse shafted Nievus it seems to work well from a small sample size. I am lower with split grip right hand much lower on the split grip. This might bother golfers with bad backs but I see the line better this way. My left arm is against my left side but top left hand on putter is under chin and away from upper torso by a few inches so not anchoring. The reverse shafted Nievus is very stable used this way and I believe the JP used this way will also work the same.

This is the JP.

I am more like this with either the JP or reverse shafted DT Niveus.

garyt1957

Should be able to get out tomorrow and give it another try. Took the stitches out of my thumb so looking forward to playing and not just putting.

garyt1957

So I gave it a go for the first time on a golf course today. It worked out pretty well for a first time. I had 35 putts. I had 3 three putts, from 60, 30, and (yikes) 10 feet. 2 putted from 35 and 30 feet so that was good. One putted twice from 10 feet. Still not sure on the exact stance I'll use, but I'm definitely better looking at the hole.
That's about where I'd be had I putted conventionally, so considering this was my first time I'm pretty pleased. Don't know if it would hold up under pressure yet, though.

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