This really is some piece of kit – the Exputt RG putting simulator comes with endless possibilities to improve and stimulate your putting.
Your initial thought might be that it will be time-consuming to set up and fiddly to operate but it’s the complete opposite of that. Everything is packaged and labelled perfectly and the user manual (which is detailed but essential reading) makes things very straightforward.
Just roll out the mat, attach it to an HDMI port and position the high-speed camera, either on top of your TV or free standing via the tripod, to allow it to synch up with the mat. Again, this could be a niggle but it was surprisingly easy to get right (again, read the instructions!).
Once you’ve created an account you will most likely head to the Classic option and Practice category. This allows you to hit putts from any distance, with uphill or sidehill breaks, and whatever speed you want. So, if your local course offers greens that Stimp at 11, then you can replicate that.
You can adjust the hole size if you’re looking to get your kids into hitting a few putts, or by cutting yourself a bit of slack, and the overall feedback on any putt is off the charts. Helped by placing two stickers on the putter face and the identifier lines that frame the putting mat you are then given detail on your ball speed, launch direction, distance, putter path, impact angle and tempo with excellent visual feedback on your face and path. This sounds a lot to take in if you’re a bit of a novice at interpreting putting date but it’s relatively easy to pick up and the level of detail is incredibly accurate.
A good tip, if you do want to work on your stroke, is to hit putts from 10 feet as if you’re more than one degree out either left or right then you won’t make it whereas obviously five-foot putts allow for more margin for error.
Most of us have some sort of idea of what we tend to do with our putting but there’s nothing as immediate as this that we might be opening or shutting the face or whether we are cutting across the ball. There’s also a heat map…
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