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Originally Posted by floggerrushmd  I put no. I have seen people use this technique with success, but you never seem to see the best putters in the world use it. I wonder why??? |
Not that I want to argue in favor of plumb bobbing, because I just wouldn't use it outside of 2 tier greens, but the best putters in the world also have caddies to eliminate second guessing and can read greens without it. Just doing what the best putters in the world do will not make you a good putter if you can't read contours in the green. Some of the better players in the world do use plumb bobbing. You do see it on the tour quite a bit if you look, just not when the camera is constantly plastered on the top players.
Real simple, most people will admit that it does work if they try the method. That being the case, if you can't read contour it is simply a matter of whether you are willing to look ridiculous in some peoples eyes for the sake of making putts. I read contour extremely well, and it provides more information than what plumb bobbing will. Although I have had entirely too many 3 putts when I am crossing a tier in the green and the ball goes the other way. I would bargain to guess that maybe 99% of any 4 putts I have had in my life were due to a tier in the green, even though I could probably count all my 4 putts on two hands. I am willing to look ridiculous in some peoples eyes on those to save a stroke. Although if I had a caddie with me all the time that could read tiers to assure me that it would break the way I see, I may not.