This is an example of a portion of a typical putting lesson. I would watch the student hit some putts on the putting green and then bring them in and put them on video. Then I would finish up on the putting green again for drills and green reading.
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Hello Nation,
Here we go with day 6 installment.
Today is the day.
Headed to the course mid-morning for a round before the bowl games get into high gear. I am anxious to see if the KURE has had any impact on my putting. But before I get too far ahead of myself, remember I needed to replace some dead batteries before I could get the KURE back into action. This mission was accomplished early this morning after the wife and I went out for some breakfast. I did a quick battery replacement, took 10 balls and went through the full routine. Going through the aim, stance and stroke. I wanted to get the feel of the KURE back since I missed a day yesterday. I did this right before leaving for the golf course.
Since we are closing in on day 7 lets go on a quick recap of drills and practice sessions. I tried to spend 30 quality minutes a day with the KURE. I started the original session with just aiming the putter and progressed over the next sessions by adding getting into my stance while keeping the club aligned to the target and finally making a stroke concentrating on getting the green light that shows the club was square at impact. I also left the KURE set up and as I passed by it during the day I would stop and hit 5-10 putts. I probably have a total 2.5 hours of focused practice not including the “ad hoc” putts or the time I spent playing around at different distances, angles, etc.
Now back to today and what happened when we took the KURE training to the course.
Guys and Gals listen up. It started on hole #1. I rolled in a 25 footer, followed up with a solid 12 footer on #2, then an 18 footer on 3. Before you know it I had 1 putted the first 3 greens. Now I know what is going through your heads at this point but believe me, I am a no BS kind of guy. I can certainly understand your skepticism at this point but read on it actually gets better. I lipped out on 4 and 1 putted again on #5. This was 4 one putts in the first 5 holes. Now don’t get me wrong I had a few 3 putts today as well but I have never come close to 6 putts in a 5 hole stretch. At least before today.
Today’s General Discoveries.
I had a great run of putting today. Was it because of the time spent with the KURE? Ultimately who knows for sure. Golf if a funny and amazing game. Putting even more so. This much I do know. I spent quality time over the past few days working to improve my putting. I re-enforced this practice by going over my routine with the KURE right before heading to the course. I then had one of my best days putting ever. Coincidence?
I don’t believe in coincidence.
Tomorrow will be the last installment. I will try and summarize the Good and Bad with the KURE. Tune in then
Alan
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See you on the lesson tee and happy New Year,
Jason
Hello GURU nation,
Here we go with Day 5 installment.
Well I have to apologize as today’s installment will be short. Yes I hear you, Hallelujah you say, We want the GURU! We want the GURU! Well you only have 2 days left so “grin and bear it”
It seems that I must have jinxed myself talking about batteries. During the ball games last night I would take advantage of the commercial time outs to race upstairs and get a few putts in. As it turns out I must have forgot to turn the KURE off before I went to bed. As Phil Mickelson would say “I was an idiot”. Since I am feeling a bit lazy I am not going to make a special trip to Wal-Mart tonight, I will pick some up on my way to the golf course tomorrow morning.
Today’s General Discoveries
Sorry GURU and the nation but with the help of the energizer bunny I will be back tomorrow in full stride.
Alan
Later ,
Today’s General Discoveries
Today’s session began as normal for me. Double checking the KURE. I have not removed any components since the initial setup and after today’s check-out the KURE is still spot on. I started the session where I left off yesterday, using the “rock in” to check out my initial aim as I set the putter behind the ball. The results were a little better than yesterday. I did 3 reps of 10 tries and went 6,7,7 of ten. Still not where I want to be, as they say “old habits die hard”. The thing that still shocks me is how hard it is to line up the putt correctly after doing it wrong for quite some time. To me this is quite different from making full swing changes. In a full swing change things FEEL a lot different. Using the KURE things LOOK a lot different. The eye/brain just does not want to co-operate.
Today’s “General Discoveries” will focus on how the KURE is different from other putting training aids that I have used. I have used many aids in the past. Chalk lines, stretched strings, the eye-line mirror, plane board, etc. so I have some experience with these aids. So how is the KURE different?
1. The biggest difference I have seen so far is that the KURE uses no lines. Lets take the old standby, a chalk line. I have used a chalk line in the past with varied results. The problem I always had was if a line was present setting the putter down on the correct aim became easy. Heck that was a no-brainer, just follow the line right?. The same is true with the mirror board, strings and other. Regardless of how much I would try to “ignore” the reference line it was always there helping lead the way. Not so with the KURE. With the KURE you have to visualize the line then set the putter down with no “hints” as to what is correct. If you get the yellow light you are good to go. If not you can quickly check to see where you error was. This is some pretty solid feedback.
2. I listed this second but it is really a tie. The KURE gives you immediate feedback on the face alignment of the putter at impact. How cool is that? Short of video I do not know of another aid that gives you this information. If you get the yellow light, make your stroke, get the green light, the ball will be going to the target. Again pretty good stuff.
3. It allows you to experiment with some level of confidence. Ever wonder if using just your right hand to align the putter was better for you than using both hands? How about cross handed vs. conventional. I think that using the KURE would help in determining if the changes you are thinking about making or are actually trying to make are better. Think about it. If you can line up the putter correctly 10 out of 10 times using just your right hand and only 6 out of 10 times using both hands that would be good information to have.
4. The KURE uses batteries (3 types). My chalk line does not. Yes I know. In the age of laser range finders and GPS systems with fly-over mode batteries are almost as essential as a tee. But,,,,I still rue the day that drive to the practice range setup the KURE only to realize that a battery has expired.
In summary, the KURE is beginning to grow on me. Once you get familiar with it and think about the things you can do it’s pull becomes stronger. With the weather continuing to moderate the snow should melt by Tomorrow. I hope to take it to the practice green and get some “real” experience with it.
See you tomorrow.
Alan
Well GURU nation a conspiracy has been under foot. It seems a certain golf instructor had passed along a gift wish of mine to Santa (a.k.a the wife) this year. I am now the proud owner of the KURE putting system and I must say they did a great job of keeping it a secret. I was certainly surprised. I know a lot of you out there have been curious about this device so I thought I would share my experiences as I work with the KURE over the next week. I will give you both the good, bad and the ugly so to speak.
Day 1.
Just unpacked the KURE inspected it and installed the batteries that were provided. The KURE comes packaged in a nice little plastic case that houses the KURE putting system and a short instructional video featuring Sir Nick Faldo and Mike Shannon from the Sea Pines resort. Mike gives the promotional side with Sir Nick covering the use and providing some drills to use. This video is NOT a putting lesson it just covers the basic use of the KURE and its benefits.
The KURE system itself consists of 3 components.
First is the “Target Module and Stand”. It is powered by 3 AA batteries (included). The stand is 4 legs and the module sits on top of the stand. When assembled it resembles a spider that sits over the hole or the target of your choice. Going forward I will refer to it as “The Spider”. Second is the “Aiming Module” this is a lightweight plastic part that attaches to your putter shaft. It is powered by one of the small coin batteries (included). The last component is a small “Laser module” It is powered by 2 AAA batteries (included) and clips to the Aiming Module after it is attached to your putter. The module outputs a laser so you can precisely align the aiming module square to your putter face.
Setup
Setup is straight forward and took about five minutes the first time. I can easily be done in about minute once you understand the basics. The only issue I had initially was the laser module did not turn on. A set of fresh batteries were installed and that took care of the issue.
The KURE in action.
Before we get to far into the actual performance of the product. Let me clarify the basic use and feedback of the KURE. The aiming module (after attachment/alignment to your putter shaft) has a small green light built into the top of it. This green light provides feed back on your head/eye position. If your eye is directly over the target line the light will show bright green, as you move your head off the line the light will actually appear to blink then grow dim the further you eyes get from the intended line. The Target Module or “Spider” has light two lights in the front of it. A yellow light and a green light. When your putter face is correctly aligned the yellow light will turn on to let you know you are correctly aligned. The green light comes on after you stroke the putt if the putter face was square to the target at impact. So the sequence goes something like this. Step into your address position and line up the face so the yellow light will come on (it will stay on as long as your putter face stays in alignment). Double check the green light on the aiming module to verify eye position. Make your stroke. If the Green light on the spider comes on you know that your stroke resulted in a square putter face at impact.
OK here we go with a real try at using the KURE. First let me say that currently my misses with the putter are almost always to the left. “Crap I pulled another one” is usually heard a lot during my rounds of golf. Anyway I set up a small target in the living room, placed the spider over it, dropped 1/2 dozen balls on the carpet 7-8 feet away, got into my address position, aimed the putter at the target and…….I did not get the yellow conformation light. Heck I say… The hole is only a couple of steps away so I back up, reset, and move back into the ball, aim the putter and……still no yellow light. This time around I rotate the putter until I got a yellow light and guess what. I was originally aimed ~3 inches to the left of my target. I repeated this a couple more times to confirm and sure enough I was consistently aiming left of my target. So now I move my body around until the yellow confirmation light came on and WOW I felt like I am aimed way to the right of the target. Now I am in denial, as I honestly did not believe I could be that far off on a putt of that length. So what do you think I did next?….Still in denial I re-checked the alignment and placement of the aiming device on the putter shaft because THAT had to be wrong. It was not. Still in denial I went back and re-tried addressing and aiming the putter….with the same results as before I was still aiming left of the target. Still in denial I enlisted the aid of a lovely assistant (my wife). I had her aim the putter face until she got a yellow light and I laid down on the floor behind the putter to confirm that it was aiming at the target and guess what???? It was aimed directly at the target::: 🙂
I am not in denial anymore…..I can say it now…..I have not been aiming the putter where I thought I was. I have run out of time for today’s session but I will be back tomorrow and pick up where we left off today. Just a final thought ,maybe, just maybe those putts that I was “pulling” were not getting pulled after all…..
Best,
Alan White
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Roger’s Comments: Had the opportunity to spend an hour with Jason this afternoon trying out The Kure. At first glance it resembles the floor safety sensors for your standard automatic garage door and opener, just shrunken down a bit. One sensor for your putter and the other over your line or the cup. Line ‘em up and a yellow light pops on. Make a good stroke all the way through and a green light comes on. Who doesn’t love immediate feedback? I was literally sinking putt after putt while using this thing. I saw only 2 very minor issues with the tool, both very subjective; 1) I have a ping anser series putter. Its pretty light compared to some of the hardware I see people pull out on the greens these days. I felt it added a little too much weight to my club. I could see it being barely noticeable, if at all, with one of the heavier, say, odyssey 2 ball putters or a belly putter, but would like to see it refined to a smaller, lighter version. 2) I caught myself wanting to look to the hole as I was putting rather than keep my head down. I was searching for the green indicator that signaled a good stroke. Jason made a great suggestion that they add sound to the device in addition to the indicator lights. Or I could just keep my head down….. This is a great training aid. And for the lefties out there….I’m a lefty! Works equally well on both sides of the ball. Coupling this great tool with a great instructor like Jason WILL make you dangerous on the greens.
Now that is great, honest feedback! Thanks for the comment, Roger.
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