INTRODUCTION

Vector Putting may be unique among books on the subject of golf because the reader is never told how to grip a club or execute a swing. The book is a layman's report on a study of the physics of putting or more appropriately, what happens to the ball after it leaves the face of the putter.
Most golf books on the market today deal primarily with the flying half of the game. In contrast this work deals almost exclusively with the pedestrian game of putting where the ball is rolling across the green.
The term 'Vector' in the title may intimidate a few readers who are not particularly strong on science or mathematics. If you have flipped through the book you have seen a few equations, charts and graphs. Don't be alarmed.
The technicalities are included for those so inclined golfers who might wish to test the ideas put forth. The text is complete without them. The book is written for golfers, period. While there is no money back guarantee that you can lower your handicap by five strokes by reading the book there is a money back guarantee that you can understand the principles of Vector Putting if you can:
a. Play golf
b. Count, read and write
c. Participate in a few simple experiments
This is not the kind of book that you will read at one sitting, the kind that you just can't put down. In fact, you have to put it down occasionally because this is a participation book. You need a putter and some golf balls and a place to putt. You can start on the den or office carpet but eventually you are going to need access to a good practice putting green.
After several chapters of a close look at what happens after the ball leaves the putter, the reader will be confronted with a change of pace. The subject matter moves from physics to psychology and physiology in a search for the reason golfers misjudge the slope on the putting green. If you can't understand why you and your playing partner disagree on the break of a putt you might find some plausible answers in the discussion on perception.
The remainder of the book covers the cause of break and an innovative approach to calculating rather than estimating break. The technique of Vector Putting is a fresh start on the judgment side of putting. It is based on modern technology and may very well substitute for the years of experience many coaches and instructors feel is necessary for development of the judgment and skill of low handicap golfers.
Bobby Jones, America's most famous golfer, is reported to have remarked over fifty years ago, that putting could never be reduced to a science. It still hasn't, but this book represents a start. In fact it is really a preliminary report of a continuing effort. To complete the work more sophisticated test and computer equipment will be required. It is hoped that the proceeds from the sale of this first edition of Vector Putting will permit further study of the science of putting.

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