Putting Analysis and fitting

BOOK IN FOR YOUR PING PUTTING ANALYSIS Nearly 50% of your shots are putts so learn about your stroke and the type of putter that suits you best. The Ping App attaches to your putter and gives accurate information as to what you do. From that information you can improve your stroke and use a putter that suits you. The motor skills required for putting are less than those required for tieing your shoe laces, so using a putter that fits you goes a long way in building the mechanics of confidence.

Stroke Type Stroke type is the classification of a player's closing angle, the amount of rotation of the putter face during the forward stroke. PING's research found that golfers can be categorised into one of three stroke types: Straight, Slight Arc, or Strong Arc, measured in degrees of face rotation. Straight has very little or no rotation; Strong Arc has the most. The research shows that players tend to be most consistent with a balance of putter that matches their stroke type. Face-balanced putters work best for Straight strokes while toe-down putters are most effective for a Strong Arc. Impact Angle Impact angle is the putter's face angle at impact, relative to address, measured in degrees. PING's data shows that even the best players in the world do not necessarily have a 0 impact angle average, but all are highly consistent. Tempo Tempo is a measure of the duration of the backswing relative to the forward swing and is expressed in a ratio: 2 to 1, for example. The average tempo will vary among players, but the best putters have extremely high consistency in tempo. Measure Mode In Measure mode, the golfer hits five putts and their stroke type, impact angle and tempo are displayed for every putt in that session and stored. The iPING app calculates a consistency score, and then averages the scores over time to build a Putting Handicap (PHcp). As the player improves their consistency, they'll watch their PHcp come down. Practice Mode In Practice mode, the user can isolate one aspect of their putting that's lacking in consistency - tempo, for example - for extra attention. Stroke type, impact angle, and tempo are displayed for individual putts. Compare Mode In Compare mode the player can compare their results with previous sessions or with those of their friends. They can even do side-by-side comparisons with several PING tour pros, whose results are pre-loaded into the PING app.