The Golf Guru Show

Day 2 With The KURE
Good evening Guru Nation here is day two’s installment on the KURE.
I did not remove any of the KURE components from my putter overnight but I did re-check everything again before I started today. I even enlisted the help of my assistant again and had them aim the putter until they got the yellow light then visually checked from ground level behind the putter. Nothing had changed overnight. The KURE was still spot on.  

With the base line set I was ready to begin. Also unless otherwise noted all of this was done in the 6-8 foot range. First I will talk about a few “general discoveries” on the KURE that I have learned over the past two sessions.
1. Settings on the aiming module. The module has 3 different levels of difficulty, Beginner, Amateur and Pro. The range of acceptance gets progressively narrow as you move up in difficulty. I played with the Beginner level for a few minutes and felt that it was a little too lenient and the Pro level a little to hard for my skill at this time. I settled  on using the Amateur mode. I can tell you that the Pro setting is VERY critical and I look forward to working my way up to it.

2. Putter feel. For you perfectionist out there (I tend to lean to that side myself) when you attach the aiming module to your putter, the putter “feel” definitely changes. To me, it deadens the feel of the ball coming off of the face. After a couple dozen putt’s I was able to acclimate to the feel but I wanted to get this point out there. The feel of your putter will change!  But hey this is mostly about getting the putter face aligned correctly so this is certainly not an obstacle to be overly concerned with.

3. Side to Side variation. In a perfect setup the practice ball would be on a line that extended straight out from the Spider (target module). What I found out is that the KURE will work just fine with balls that are placed 1 foot to either side of that exact target line (I suspect that it would work with balls placed even further out but the space in my hallway did not allow any testing beyond the 1 foot to either side, maybe tomorrow I will try this). To me this is a very important point because it allows me to place  3 balls each a foot apart when I am practicing.  This allows me to aim to the same target from a slightly different spot each of the 3 times. This prevents me from getting into the habit of just pulling balls into the same spot each time. If you are like me it is easy to repeat the aiming process it you never move your feet/body and just pull a new ball into place. To me this is a BIG plus.

4. Working Distance. In the video and manual it talks about using the KURE in the 6-8 foot range. This is fine because this is where alignment really starts to have a large impact, but I used the KURE in my hallway to a distance up to 25 feet with no issues and only one exception. That was with the KURE set on the Pro level, it is just a little to sensitive at that distance to be effective. BUT it worked beautifully on the Beginner and Amateur settings.

Now on to today’s practice session. Today’s practice focus was on what I term the “Rock In”. Everyone does this differently but it is the process of setting the putter behind the ball and have it aimed at the target. The goal is to have the putter on the target line when it is set behind the ball (yellow light goes on). If you remember from yesterday, what my “eye” perceives as pointed at the target was actually a couple of inches left of the target on an 8 ft. putt. Well nothing changed overnight and on my first try I was only able to get 3 yellow lights out of 10 tries. All my misses were left. I went through 4 more repetitions of 10 each. My best score for the night was 7/10 on the last rep. With every miss being to the left.

In summary, Since my initial surprise on how far to the left I was aiming I have tried to “catch” the KURE in a lie. I have had no success in that endeavor. My mind is struggling with what a correctly aimed putter looks like and wants to believe that the KURE is somehow wrong. I have checked, checked and double checked the KURE and have found no deviation in its operation. If the yellow light comes on the putter is aimed at the target. More to come tomorrow. Wish me luck on my road to recovery.

Best,

Alan