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Inventor of Lie Angle Balanced Putter on Why These Will Work for You

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

764: Bill Presse is the inventor of the Lie Angle Balanced putters that are now part of the LABgolf company. In this episode he discusses why putter torque is such an overlooked aspect to putting and how it works against you. That’s why LABgolf CEO and guest of episode 761 say that you’re a better putter than you think! This is not another overview, this is a deep dive into the technical aspects and importance of his patented creation. You can also watch his YouTube video on the One Ball Putter drill at https://youtu.be/wL8djXYcc40Our next giveaway is for a V3 courtesy of ShotScope.com. Deadline to enter is Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Midnight PDT/3a EDT. Enter at GolfSmarter.com/giveaway2020. Listen for details. This week on the Golf Smarter Mulligans episode 80 is the first of two with custom club fitter Dan Sacks on what we call “Custom Club Fitting “The Final Frontier”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

A three-foot putt has a different torque wave signal than a 60-foot putt with the same putter,

0:08.0

unless it's a lab putter.

0:10.0

Getting that rotation speed to match the player has just been such a fun thing to do and see

0:16.0

tens of thousands of people just rave about it.

0:18.0

We're very proud of the work that we did in getting

0:21.5

this out to the market and the people that have yips. My personal opinion, yips are caused by

0:26.7

torque. That's just the way it is. If you hold an answer too lightly and you swing it for a

0:33.7

three-foot putter won't stay square. Then they miss the pot. Then the next time they

0:38.3

try to over-correct. And then you get the yips. I've never heard somebody say, I have the yips

0:44.1

on distance. Distance is not the yips. Direction is the yips. But then if you lose direction,

0:50.6

what's distance? Distance is really a component of everything, and distance and direction work hand work hand in hand. So if you lose one, you lose the other.

0:59.0

Golf Smarter, number 764.

1:03.0

The inventor of lie-angle-balanced putters, Bill Pressey, explains why his patent is so important to you.

1:11.1

This is Golf Smarter.

1:13.6

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score

1:19.0

and raise your golf IQ.

1:21.7

Here's your host, Fred Green.

1:24.0

Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Bill.

1:27.0

Hey, Fred.

1:27.7

Thanks for having me on.

1:29.5

Thank you for joining us.

1:31.0

This is going to be exciting because we just, last week, we gave away a directed

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