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Primary use of the Putter’s Target was described in post [How to use the Putter’s Target]. There are two important secondary uses one primarily for the target line putters and another for the ball track putters as described by Palmer.
For the Target Line Putters
The idea reflects the procedure of sport shooter’s when the bull’s eye is not the target point for their first shot but the point where they believe is the best point to aim for hitting the bull’s eye. Figure 1 illustrates a general condition for the nth shot where the aim point is picked on the high side of the target and the bullet misses the bull’s eye. The problem for the shooter is to determine where they should aim on the (n+1)th shot to hit the bull’s eye. The answer is fairly clear: simply correct the aim point by the error in the shot. From the figure, the next shot would be 1 band higher since the bullet hit the target 1 band below the bull’s eye.
The same procedure would be followed using the Putter’s Target and needs no further elaboration except that the distance beyond the target line that the ball passed on the first putt should be checked for satisfactory ball speed.
For the Ball Track Putters
Dave Pelz recommends a procedure for determining the ‘true’ aim line from the visual break. He gives a three factor rule. The procedure is to first observe the ‘visual’ break (say its 6 inches or 1.5 hole diameters), move this segment to the target line and multiply by 3 or the ‘true’ break on the target line is 18 inches or 4.5 hole diameters from the hole. With the Putter’s Target the visual break hole diameters transfers to the target as 1.5 bands from center of hole and the ‘true’ aim point of 4.5 bands. I’m not a ball track putter, so I can’t say this procedure is any better than Pelz, but at least it gives a fixed visual point and aim line to align to.
For the Target Line Putters
The idea reflects the procedure of sport shooter’s when the bull’s eye is not the target point for their first shot but the point where they believe is the best point to aim for hitting the bull’s eye. Figure 1 illustrates a general condition for the nth shot where the aim point is picked on the high side of the target and the bullet misses the bull’s eye. The problem for the shooter is to determine where they should aim on the (n+1)th shot to hit the bull’s eye. The answer is fairly clear: simply correct the aim point by the error in the shot. From the figure, the next shot would be 1 band higher since the bullet hit the target 1 band below the bull’s eye.
The same procedure would be followed using the Putter’s Target and needs no further elaboration except that the distance beyond the target line that the ball passed on the first putt should be checked for satisfactory ball speed.
For the Ball Track Putters
Dave Pelz recommends a procedure for determining the ‘true’ aim line from the visual break. He gives a three factor rule. The procedure is to first observe the ‘visual’ break (say its 6 inches or 1.5 hole diameters), move this segment to the target line and multiply by 3 or the ‘true’ break on the target line is 18 inches or 4.5 hole diameters from the hole. With the Putter’s Target the visual break hole diameters transfers to the target as 1.5 bands from center of hole and the ‘true’ aim point of 4.5 bands. I’m not a ball track putter, so I can’t say this procedure is any better than Pelz, but at least it gives a fixed visual point and aim line to align to.
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