Putting Is Fun

Bill Smittle sent Brian Manzella and John Ortega a list of putting rules, they added their own, and then they threw out all of them: eyes over the ball, straight back and straight through, shoulders square, face square through the stroke, accelerate through impact, hit up, keep your head still, rock the shoulders, match the putter to your stroke, never putt with your wrists. The names behind the argument: David Orr's tour captures, the Tom Jenkins father and son, Bobby Locke, Stricker, Loren Roberts, Michael Block, J.T. Poston, Snedeker, Casper, and Horton Smith. The Putter is Dan Caraher's Damascus 8802. Brian's Pelz years at Protek Golf and Ben Doyle's I'd rather miss it. The best putters Brian ever saw, none of whom looked like Jake. The Fix on John's groove board, and the three things you do have to do. Brian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher. John Ortega is co-founder of John Byron Putters and long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp.Chapters0:00 The Putting Is Fun song0:38 John's $50,000 putting platform2:55 The Putter: Dan Caraher's Damascus 88026:48 Bill Smittle's myth list: eyes over the ball7:24 David Orr: 90% of tour players have eyes inside11:02 Myth: straight back, straight through11:57 Raised on a Pelz track14:18 Brian's Pelz years at Protek Golf17:53 Ben Doyle: "I'd rather miss it"20:14 Myth: shoulders square22:33 Myth: the face stays square23:44 Tiger: 7 open, 7 closed?24:27 Tom Jenkins Sr. broke all the rules26:41 The best putters Brian ever saw32:15 Michael Block's rock34:49 "They all went to the same putting school"39:34 Myth: your putter must match your stroke42:21 Myth: wrist putting is always bad46:13 The Fix: a college player on the groove board49:21 The three things you do have to do

John Ortega and Brian Manzella build the ultimate putter collection: Copilot's 10 most iconic putters, Brian's Grok list from the Schenectady (so dominant the R&A banned it until 1951) to the Ping Anser, and 20 obscure ones worth hunting. John's own John Byron story, from the first Tour Angle in 1989 to the 415 Frank Sinatra Invitational Dale Heads. Jim Furyk buying a putter at a retail shop and winning the FedEx Cup with it. Why you skip the LAB DF3 and find an original Directed Force. The eBay listing that sets Brian off: a Scotty Cameron 009 made for Sam Burns at $69,000, which he calls baloney. And the fix: how a 320 gram putter turned a right miss into a dead-left putt, and the Jacobs 3D reason why. Brian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher. John Ortega is co-founder of John Byron Putters and long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp. Chapters0:00 The Putting Is Fun song1:01 Copilot's 10 most iconic putters1:58 The Teryllium Tiger won with3:42 John's additions: Zebra, IMG5, Rossie II6:13 Jim Furyk's retail putter wins the FedEx Cup6:57 The Schenectady, banned by the R&A8:56 The Anser on a record sleeve9:44 What makes a Dale Head14:44 Skip the DF3, get the original Directed Force16:14 Tony Manzoni and the Callaway Purist20:45 The Fix: a 320 gram putter fixes a right miss22:05 Grok's 20 obscure putters29:53 Did weight kill the classics?33:07 The Putter: John Byron, 198935:00 The Frank Sinatra Invitational Dale Head38:02 The $69,000 Sam Burns Scotty Cameron39:23 Forgotten greats: TP Mills, Ram Zebra46:19 How Scotty Cameron started49:45 How to get into the putter business52:25 Go look for a Schenectady

Two of the more notable putting instructors on tour are coming out with apps: Phil Kenyon, who helped Scottie Scheffler go from around 100th in strokes gained putting to the top 10, and Derek Uyeda. Brian Manzella and John Ortega on what the apps do, and the real question: out of 100 golfers, how many will actually set one up on the practice green? John says two. Plus the do-it-yourself version with a level and a chalk line, the high side game for anyone who keeps missing low, how David Toms won $49 million aiming at the hole and pulling it, two putters from Evnroll (a zero torque model and the reverse torque EZPZ), and what John does with the yips. Brian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher. John Ortega is co-founder of John Byron Putters and long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp.Chapters0:00 The Putting Is Fun song0:38 New Orleans and Costa Mesa1:03 Two tour putting coaches, two apps1:56 Derek Uyeda and the Carl Welty family tree2:52 The app is called Woosh3:26 Nominate your read, then see what happened4:45 You could do a lot of this yourself5:12 Phil Kenyon and Scottie Scheffler5:44 What strokes gained putting doesn't tell you6:41 Harold Swash and the C-Groove7:47 Why David Orr's opinion carries weight8:18 Edoardo Molinari and Captured10:00 Neither app is out yet10:32 What a lesson with them costs11:07 Will the regular golfer use an app?11:38 Does it matter where you hit it on the face?12:26 Heel and toe, not blade13:05 The DIY version: a level and a chalk line13:56 The alignment stick on the high side14:17 Two of the top five putting coaches in the world15:20 Apps that track the putter16:18 The meat of the show: 2 out of 10017:17 The first recommendation is putt17:29 What tour players practice with19:05 If you like structured practice, give one a whirl19:37 The practice green at Shinnecock20:51 How big is a big putting green?21:43 The left to right putt21:58 David Toms aimed at the hole and pulled it23:27 Does Jake use an app?24:23 The high side game26:02 Nobody knows where they aimed27:41 Watching the putter instead of the ball29:58 The Pelz putting track30:31 The second hole at City Park31:38 Until Ben Doyle said he would rather miss it32:33 The Putter: Evnroll zero torque36:05 The grooves37:29 The Evnroll EZPZ38:59 Toe up: why they call it reverse torque39:39 The Basakwerd putter40:34 Brian goes putter shopping in Florida43:05 Zero torque putters are all over the place44:17 Brian tries the reverse torque45:44 The one Brian should have bought47:17 Why John has 40 or 50 putters48:13 Phil Kenyon's zero torque PSA49:09 Order taker or salesman: selling, and teaching51:08 The split-hand fix for the yips51:41 Going left-handed52:08 The chipping yips52:34 Wrap-up: go practice54:02 What the apps will cost#PuttingIsFun #FunnelGolf #Putters #ScottieScheffler #Evnroll

ohn Ortega is back with The Putter, a Ping Ally Onset, and the story of what Tony Finau has sticking out of the top of his. A hockey player from Wisconsin put a hockey stick in a Scotty Cameron Newport 2, started making a lot of putts, asked the USGA if it was legal, and got a heck no. The fifth version is a conforming square grip, and it's on the PGA Tour. Brian Manzella and John on whether it's more than a look, Scotty Cameron's new $800 low torque putter with the bat wings, and the idea underneath all of it: taking the twist out of the stroke. Plus John's anti-twist ruler, the longer backstroke on long putts, and what Cam Smith means when he says he hits it with his backstroke. Brian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher. John Ortega is co-founder of John Byron Putters and long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp.

John is out this week, so Kieran Harris of Good Misses sits in the Ortega chair from his mother-in-law's basement in Toronto. Brian Manzella, Top 50 teacher, starts with the putter in Kieran's bag: a 20-year-old Ping Zing 2, the putter Curtis Strange won two US Opens with, and the putter Brian's dad Basil Manzella putted the best of his life with after banging the pin so many times he took the loft off.Then the big question: do regular people putt better than they did 20 years ago? Kieran caddied in the Toronto city championship and watched a grade 8 kid with $6,000 custom clubs and a $750 zero-torque putter shoot 125. Brian says the Nunez Tour putts better now, but the tour stat everybody recycles on the socials is lying: greens are slopier and faster and they're playing for more money.Also: can you teach the modern tour stroke to Mr. Faversham, the 65-year-old accountant? Never up, never in is out. The 25-handicap stroke, described. Tiger, Crenshaw, and the putter head behind the hands. Vic Harris and the conveyor belt stroke. Freddie Haas, who hit down on it and ended Byron Nelson's streak. Why plumber's necks bend if you lean on them. Name 20 famous putting instructors, and why they all look the same. The Norman Playground putt-putt experiment. Hubert Green's $5 barrel putter, Isao Aoki's 38-inch loaner, and Buddy Reno, who cut every putt and knew it.Chapters 0:00 Putting Is Fun 0:37 John is out. Meet Kieran Harris 2:20 Putting Is Fun is an attitude 3:45 The putter wall at Golf Town 4:44 Edwin Watts and the 3 wood that almost made an ace 6:38 Kieran's 20-year-old Ping Zing 2 7:40 Curtis Strange, and Basil Manzella banging the pin 9:12 What a $70 putter cost in 1983 10:57 Do people putt better than 20 years ago? 11:42 $6,000 clubs, a $750 putter, and a 125 13:12 The Nunez Tour putts better now 15:13 The tour stat recycled on the socials 15:52 TifEagle Bermuda: a different sport 17:34 The kid who shot 66 in the rain 19:44 Can you teach the modern tour stroke to regular people? 20:38 Mr. Faversham, the 65-year-old accountant 21:20 Never up, never in is out. Get it close 23:30 No trickle-down from tour strokes. Give me a putting lesson 24:17 The 25-handicap stroke, described 25:04 If Rory showed up with a 10-footer 25:41 Beating David Toms at 11 27:08 Grip, thumbs, elbows on the ribs 29:02 Tiger, Crenshaw, and the putter head behind the hands 29:37 One-handed putting for speed 30:40 Vic Harris and the conveyor belt stroke 31:24 A little lag in transition: the two-finger test 33:00 Hitting down on it: Kevin Abe and Freddie Haas 35:06 Take loft off and hit up on it 36:03 Plumber's necks bend: go look at the used rack 38:23 The chest pass 38:47 Don't lean on it, don't fix ball marks with it 40:20 Manganese bronze vs. 303: put a sock on it 41:35 Name 20 famous putting instructors 43:57 Same devices, same numbers, $600 an hour 47:27 Too much similarity in high-end putting instruction 48:05 The sock in the laundry bin 48:23 Norman Playground and the putt-putt experiment 52:40 Ben Franklin High goes to City Park 53:39 30 kids, 30 putting instructors, a contest at Oakmont 54:19 The Oakmont practice green prank 55:11 The best putters will look like none of the above 56:10 Jake Knapp: don't change it 58:26 Hubert Green and Isao Aoki: putters out of barrels 60:20 Putting needs more variety 60:37 Buddy Reno cut his putts. Bobby Jones would be fine 61:39 Trevino on Trackman: all zeros 61:53 Get well, JohnnyBrian Manzella is a Top 50 teacher and runs his Studio in the Sky in New Orleans. John Ortega is co-founder of John Byron Putters, runs the Ortega Golf Lab in Costa Mesa and is long time coach to PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp. Kieran Harris runs Feel Good Golf Academy in Toronto and co-hosts Good Misses.Be your own coach.#PuttingIsFun #FunnelGolf #Putters #PingZing #GolfHistory putting is fun, funnel golf, brian manzella, kieran harris, john ortega, ping zing 2,