dominant eye

[Mcdougle]

I am right eye dominant and i was wandering if this affects my putting as i am not good at putting.

My length is quite good but my line isn't.

[paterick]

Re: dominant eye

how does one determine which eye is dominant?

[GoNavy]

Re: dominant eye

how does one determine which eye is dominant?

Take a piece of paper and poke a hole in it (small hole), then with both hands hold the paper up and pick a target to view through the hole. Now close one of your eyes, if what you are looking at disappears, the other eye is dominate, if it is still there then that eye is dominate.

Now having said that, it really doesn't make any difference, IF you position your eyes directly over the ball target line, and I say target line, not hole, unless it is a straight putt. You also must have your head level, and what I mean by that is forehead and chin roughly at the same distance from the ground. Why would you do that, you say, because this way when you turn your head to look down the line, your eyes, both eyes, are still on that line, one is just higher then the other. If you are at an angle, head more upright, turn to look at the line will result in one eye on the line and the other inside the line. Now you have two views of the line and eye dominates becomes a factor. You also tend to lift your body to look at the line. If you have neither eye on the line, ball outside or inside your eye line, now you are viewing your line from a skewed viewed, the longer the putt, the more off line you are viewing it. So I would work on eye position to improve putting, and not worry to much on eye dominates.

[paterick]

Re: dominant eye

that is the strangest thang i have ever done.. i even tried to control it, but couldnt. hey hanks, i now know i am left eye dominant.

[LowPost42]

Re: dominant eye

I am right eye dominant and i was wandering if this affects my putting as i am not good at putting.

My length is quite good but my line isn't.

What I've done is to setup with both eyes open, then close my non-dominant eye, and double check. 9 times out of 10, I'm fine. But sometimes, I'm waaaaaaaaaay off. I just don't trust setting up with only my dominant eye, yet.

I do the same thing on target selection - dominant eye only. I used to think I had this push when my ball striking was really good. Turns out I was aligned 20 yards right. Stupid non-dominant eye.