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User Guide

5 Step Process

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STEP 1

Stimp/Green Speed

Before your round its best to practice putting on the practice green for at least 10-15 minutes to get a feel for green speed. Ask a pro when checking in what’s the typical green speeds for the course, always a good idea to confirm for yourself (8-9 Stimp speeds is consider on the slower speeds but average for many courses, 10-11 is quicker than average speed, 12-13 is tour/championship level stimp speeds). Select the green speed that matches you style of putting in the calibration example at the bottom. You’ll be using this green speed for the day within this PRG booklet.

STEP 2

Line Up the Ball

The physical marker itself is created with precision milling to insure accuracy of the increments/dashes. Each increment/dash is equal to each other no matter the length of the line off the center line.

Once your golf ball has come to rest on the green, line up the long center line behind the ball with the center of the cup. Now you can pick up your ball as you would normally do for cleaning, etc.

STEP 3

Circle/Intermediate Zone

Use the circle graph to assist you in finding your zone that's closest to where your ball has come to rest. This circle expands out as far away from the hole or as close are you are. The green color code indicates you are putting uphill, the red color indicates you are putting downhill. If you are putting directly across the fall line (Not uphill or downhill) you are playing from the X axis/90 degrees to the fall line. If putting straight you are either uphill or downhill marked with the "S".

 

We find it easiest to find the nearest straight putt first (could be either uphill or downhill) then find the X axis off that to locate where your ball has come to rest between those zones. Depending on what model you have selected you could have 3 (intermeddiate) or 5 (Pro) zones within your quarter of the green. Find the closest "circle" number that matches where you are. You can use the weight of your feet while facing the hole with your chest to the hole to indicate which side "feels" heavier, move around until you feel even pressure between your feet. This is your straight putt. Green reading books are also helpful with arrows to indicate where ridges or fall lines are in a green (more on this below).

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STEP 4

Percent Slope

Determine the slope % your ball will be traveling through 0-5, if multiple slope %s it's best to look at the last half of the putt. Your ball will be affected more by the slope as the ball is slowing down around the hole vs. the start of the putt where it's gathering speed. 

 

Teaching yourself slope % can be done with the assistance of green reading books (GolfLogix, Strakaline, PuttView, to name a few). They all provide heat maps that indicate different slopes %s. You can purchase individual courses or yearly subscriptions that have all the courses pre-loaded into an app. We've found that after a little time using heat maps you become accustom to reading the slopes without the need of using heat maps at all courses. They are a valuable tool in many early adopters of this system and can speed up questions people have regarding slope % and fall lines.  

 

You can use slope readers as training tools while practicing to have a better understanding of "the feel" of different slopes also. Many apps have slope readers that can be used as training tools also when practing. 

 

Slopes vary from 0% which would be a flat green/straight putts and 5% which is about the highest slope a green can have before you create false fronts or mounds that redirect the ball to a different section of the green or off the green itself.

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STEP 5

Perfect Read Notes

Use the Perfect Read Guide Book to put the pieces together to indicate how many increments/dashes you need to turn your ball off the straight line at the hole. Using the stimp you selected for the day, circle zone number and lastly the slope % to see how many increments/dashes you need to turn your ball off the straight putt. Using a line drawn on the ball (preferable fine line permanent market) line up the ball straight at the hole then turn your putt up the fall line to indicate your starting line. All putts on the right side of the circle break right to left, all putts on the left side of the circle break left to right (regardless of uphill or downhill). Another way to think about it is aiming your ball to the high side every time. Remove the ball marker after you've made your increment/dash adjustments and your primary objective now is pace/speed to get the ball to the hole (12-18 inches past in a perfect world).

 

Calibration before the round:
On a practice green find a straight putt (hit as many putts to a hole until you find the straight putt) preferably with 2% or 3% slope. Next move to the X axis (90%) from the fall line at about 10 feet. Place a ball along that line using the marker and go through the process above (you already know you are at the X axis on the circle zone).

 

If you have a good feel for the slope select a green speed you feel comfortable with and stick with that number first. Use the perfect read book to indicate how many increments/dashes you need to play that putt (slope and green speed are the only things you'd have enter). Assuming you hit a putt with good pace (12-18 inches past the hole) you should be able to tell quickly if you need to increase or decrease the "stimp" your playing for the day. If missing on low side increase the stimp, if missing on the high side decrease the stimp. This will also calibrate to your "normal" speed. Some players are "die speed" putters and find themselves needing more break. They would be better suited to increase the stimp they are playing.

 

On the other side if you're a 2-3 feet past the hole all day player you're better jumping down a stimp speed, because that suits your style of putting better. Test around with this until you feel comfortable with that stimp speed for the day. This will be your "playable stimp" speed personal to your characteristics.

 

It's important you have a good idea of the slope % of the green when you are calibrating your speed also. Before adjusting stimp speeds you can also jump up or down a slope % to see if this is giving you a better read initially. As you might have had an error calculated that section.

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