Just as the putter only tells you the tilt of the green at the point where you are standing.Īll definitions and line illustrations are Copyright © 1997, 2001, 2023 Camber Point C/O and may not be redistributed or reprinted in whole or in part without express written permission. Plumb line is the name of the weighted cord used by professional land surveyors who are the first to tell you that the plumb line only reveals the tilt of the land at the point of the transit tripod, from which the plumb line hangs. "Plumbum" is the Latin name for the metal "lead". "Plumb bob" gets its name from "plumb line" which got its name from the lead weight used to pull the line straight down. That is the direction your ball will take. Dangle the putter from waist-high and see towards which foot it leans. The proper way to plumb bob is to stand erect at position B (assuming that your feet won't touch the line of anyone else's putt). You cannot plumb bob from behind your ball! And unless you are plumb bobbing with your feet straddling the line of your putt at a point about halfway between your ball and the hole (position B) the entire concept just won't work! But you don't need to dangle the putter between two fingers to use it as a straight-edge. I'll concede that there is something to be gained by that. You can project a line-of-sight path using your putter's shaft as a straight-edge from position A. Secondly, plumb bobbing with your feet on the side of the ball away from the hole (position A) tells you nothing about the break your ball will take on its way to the hole! Other putters just won't hang vertically. Most folks are clueless as to how to do this properly and they just do it to look cool, like the pros on television - some of whom are evidently just as clueless.įirst of all, you don't stand a chance of doing it correctly unless your putter is face balanced or heel balanced. Refers to the act of crouching on the green, behind your ball, dangling a putter from two fingers in the manner of a pendulum, supposedly to be able to see how the ball will break when it is putt. UP NEXT Lorena Ochoa Match Play: Round of 64. How many times I have seen golfers perform this ritual that does nothing but slow up the pace of play? Morning Drive Paige's pointers: Plumb-bobbing to read a putt Paige Mackenzie explains how to read a putt using the plumb-bob method.
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