Most golf fans are familiar with the interesting AimPoint technology that has appeared during Golf Channel broadcasts. AimPoint consists of superimposing a line on a screen to show the true path that a putt needs to take to go into the hole.
The same technology is being used David Edel, who is based in Austin, Texas and who has created with the Edel Putter Fitting System. “The basic premise is to fit you to aim straight,” said Stan Sayers, McGetrick Golf Academy director of instruction. Sayers said he has fit more than 1,200 players via the system, which will be on display at the expo. “We do that by looking at what you currently do — what do we need to adjust? And we can see the stroke change right before our eyes.”
“(When golfers putt) they often try to manipulate something — their aim, their stroke — what we want to do is take all that away,” Sayers said. “We want the putter to be neutral. Now you know you see it straight so we can work on the stroke.”
Using himself as an example, Sayers has a putter with four degrees of loft. However, for his rounds in Colorado, where the greens are generally faster and don’t have the graininess found down South, he can replace the face with one that only has two degrees. “It’s still the same putter,” Sayers said. “Nothing’s changed but the face.”
And, just as there are feel and analytical players when it comes to the overall golf game, Sayers said the same applies to putting in golf. Depending on the individual, the entire fitting process can take from five minutes to about an hour. Once the information is obtained, the putter is made from scratch.
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