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Eliminate Misreading The Green's Break Direction; More on Aimpoint with John Graham

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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GSfMO#377 March 26, 2013.  Aimpoint putting continues to be our concentration in this Members Only episode with PGA and Aimpoint Certified Instructor John Graham. Here's a couple of his comments: "I never misread the direction of the break anymore",  "If it takes more than 20 seconds to read a straight forward putt, you're doing it wrong" and "...the hardest putts to read are the flat ones".John can be found on Social Media @JohnGrahamGolf  and JohnGrahamGolf.comLet's play golf together next Spring! Our next Golf Smarter Adventure will be on the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Birmingham, AL on March 26-30, 2025.  Space is limited. Deadline to register is January 15, 2025! Learn more and reserve your spot now at tmigolf.com/golfsmarter    Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube for daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. We also post articles and video shorts on LinkedIn @FredGreene (from Novato, CA).    This episode is brought to you by HIMS. Start your free online visit today at hims.com/golfsmarter. The products mentioned are chewable compounded products which are not approved by or verified for safety or effectiveness by the FDA. Prescriptions require an online consultation with a healthcare provider who will determine if appropriate. Restrictions apply. See website for details and important safety information. Subscription required. Price varies based on product and subscription plan.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

For members only, Golf Smarter number 377, published on March 26, 2013.

0:07.4

Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.

0:10.2

Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the

0:16.1

Golf Smarter podcast.

0:18.5

Great golf instruction never gets old. Our interview library features hundreds of hours

0:25.0

of game improvement conversations like this that are no longer available in any podcast app.

0:30.8

The only part of the green that's going to affect the ball is the part the ball rolls on and

0:34.5

actually touches. So all the rest of it is completely ignorable. You know, where the mountains are, where the high points on the green are, all of that stuff is completely ignorable if the ball is not going to actually touch it. I need to figure out what the ground is doing where the ball is actually rolling. And once you learn how to do it and what you're looking for or feeling for, it's very hard to fool a person's balance,

0:55.8

except maybe, you know, like late Friday night or late Saturday night after a couple drinks,

1:00.6

you know, their balance isn't so good. Aside from that, very few people fall down when they walk.

1:05.9

So their body is constantly making this adjustment every single step that it takes that's kind of

1:10.5

usually running in the background. And we're trying to take that idea, that sensation, and kind step that it takes, that's kind of usually

1:10.9

running in the background. And we're trying to take that idea, that sensation, and kind of

1:14.2

pull it to the forefront and say, this foot step differently than this one, did it go up,

1:18.3

did it go down? Did you feel left or right? All of these sensations are learnable and teachable. Eliminate misreading the Greens break direction.

1:31.7

More on Aimpoint with John Graham.

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This is Golf Smarter.

1:35.4

Welcome back to Golf Smarter for members only.

1:37.7

John.

1:38.4

Hello.

1:39.1

Thank you for sticking around.

1:41.3

This is awesome.

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