AimPoint Express putting has transformed my game. There, I said it, and before you try to tell me that AimPoint has no place in amateur golf… at least hear me out.
I had seen plenty of tour professionals using AimPoint Express, including some of the best players in the world, but I rarely saw the system deployed by amateur golfers at my home club or on my travels. When I discussed this observation with other golfers there was a general disdain towards it, including major concerns around slow play and the effectiveness of the system.
Well, in this article I am going to challenge that narrative on both fronts. The data doesn’t lie folks, and it’s time more amateur golfers gave AimPoint a try...
AimPoint Putting Lesson
As a high-handicap golfer who is relatively new to the game, I’ve tried countless strategies to shoot better scores and play better golf. Each of them taught me something different about my performance, whether it was a series of golf swing lessons over the winter or the opportunity to have a custom fitting experience, but the shift in my scores and therefore my handicap index felt sluggish.
One of the things I quickly identified as a major barrier to progress was my putting, and specifically the number of three-putts I would rack up each round. So, in an effort to be proactive and improve this crucial flaw, I reached out to Europe’s senior AimPoint instructor, Jamie Donaldson, who gave me a crash course in AimPoint Express…
Jamie Donaldson
Jamie Donaldson has used AimPoint coaching to help golfers of all abilities to improve their putting, from amateurs all the way to Major Champions like Adam Scott and Stacy Lewis. As Europe’s Senior AimPoint instructor, Jamie regularly runs clinics at Woburn Golf Club and travels to work with clients around the world.
To start with, we focused on how to read the greens effectively using a number of slopes on the practice green. It quickly became apparent that I was under-reading the severity of the slopes, which Jamie believes was one of the biggest issues I faced with my putting.
Jamie set me up in a few drills to work on selecting the appropriate start line, one of which you can see in the image below. By introducing the string, I was given a visual cue to ensure I set the ball off on the correct line. This immediately yielded positive results, and is something I took away to practice in my own time.
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