[O.B.Left]

speed and line without getting bogged down with my own thoughts is putting while looking at the hole. It really gets me in tune with the target, and it translates well to the "putt to the picture" technique O.B. was talking about.

Yup. You dont look at the dart when you're throwing it.

It was doing this drill you mention above that got me going on starting back just as my eyes returned to the ball. I didnt really want to look at the hole when putting , although Johnny Miller did it on a whim while firing a 63 or what ever it was to win the US Open. Sometimes the putter head is even swinging back just a bit before my eyes get back to the ball.

I was in a member guest tourney the past two days. At the end of one of the day the back shop guys set up a 60 foot downhill , triple breaker putt for fabulous cash prizes. You were allowed one practice putt and then two real putts. Of the one hundred or so guys who participated only three putts where holed...........and all of them were non official practice putts! My explanation ...............Homer Kelley and his dandelion. Steering. Moe Norman talked of a "healthy indifference".

You've got options of course, lots of them. Jack could stand over a putt forever.........