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 What is your
putting line? You normally have a mathematically infinite number, but they all
require different speeds. Some options from low to high speed: 1 (where you have
a speed margin, for the others you don't), then 3, then 4, and the required
speed for line 2 is close to that of 4. Your preference is likely the lowest
speed line 1. If line 1 is unfeasible you may think of line 3. If you fear a
wobbly trajectory you might wish to reduce error by increasing speed and
shortening the line length, choosing a line somewhat "under" 3.
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PHiLES home
Rule one: do not
get fooled: like a pond, the horizon or standing people, a pending putter
gives you the direction of gravity. But the popular belief that position of
ball and hole relative to the hanging putter gives you a clue to the curve
of your line is geometric superstition. In the picture, you see that,
irrespective of whether your putting line is straight or curved, you can
always hold your freely hanging putter such that putter, ball, and hole are all on
one and the same flat vertical plane (black shaded).