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    Become a Putting Machine
    Become a Putting Machine
    Become a Putting Machine
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    Become a Putting Machine

    By Yvon Legault

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    'What every golfer must know about the putting game. Welcome to Legault’s wonderland, where putting dreams can come true for any pro or amateur golfer looking to putt more proficiently for the rest of their golfing lifetime.”
    (John Andrisani)
    Author of more than 30 golf books

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYvon Legault
    Release dateNov 21, 2011
    ISBN9780980891973
    Become a Putting Machine
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    Yvon Legault

    Golf Coach and author of 5 golf books, actually 10 cause I also wrote them in French. I have my golf school and have been teaching this wonderful game for quite a few years. The first book I wrote: Become a putting machine in French is a best seller in Canada, France,Belgium and Switzerland. Sharing my experiences and knowledge in order to help improve your game is my one and only goal.

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      Become a Putting Machine - Yvon Legault

      BECOME A PUTTING MACHINE

      Yvon Legault

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      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2010 Yvon Legault

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the author.

      - Dedication-

      This book is dedicated to the memory of my golf teacher; Uncle Roger.

      It has been written for lovers of the game.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      FOREWORD BY JOHN ANDRISANI

      INTRODUCTION

      MY MENTOR

      TARGET DEFINITION

      SUBJECTIVE OBSERVATION

      FIRST COMPETITION

      ROOKIE CADDY

      SECOND WEEK

      A SPECIAL DAY

      FIRST FORAY ON THE TERRAIN

      BLACK WEDNESDAY

      EPILOGUE

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      LIST OF SECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS

      FOREWORD BY JOHN ANDRISANI

      My writing career, highlighted by a 16-year stint as senior instruction editor at GOLF Magazine, has allowed me to work with the game’s top tour professionals and teachers, on both how-to golf articles and books covering the total tee-to-green game.

      Where putting is concerned, I’ve had the chance to interview such golf greats as two-time Masters champion and green-wizard Ben Crenshaw, plus putting gurus, most notably teachers Dave Pelz and Stan Utley. It goes without saying that I learned a lot about golf’s ground game from this trio of golf geniuses, through personal conversation or in reading their own instruction book’s. However, not everything!

      I endorse Become a Putting Machine because author Yvon Legault stands behind an extraordinary putting method. Why? By testing out this technique over time, on golfers of varying handicaps, Legault proves that the unique way of putting that, incidentally, he learned from his Uncle Roger, performed the best; meaning golfers who employ it deliver the putter’s face squarely to the ball at impact and, too, roll the ball close to the hole or into the cup a higher percentage of times.

      What impresses me most about the book you are about to read is how Legault teaches a method governed by an extraordinary setup and stroke action and, furthermore, relays instructional messages by telling a true story. You will learn that distance control works best by controlling the forward stroke…. . nobody teaches that. But you know what? It works beautifully. It is very reliable.

      Become a Putting Machine stylistically resembles Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, and contains short sentences that so simply put forth a series of technical points, revolving around the knowledgeable voices of the author and expert golfer/mentor Uncle Roger, that readers like you will become enthralled and enraptured by the putting instruction.

      Advice on choosing a putter, rules governing the setup and stroke, targeting-tips, instruction for improving distance control on the greens, practice pointers, links to programming a free and fluid subconscious-controlled putting action - - and more - - is covered in chapters following the author’s introduction. Legault is so passionate about golf and providing golfers guidelines for improving, that he even presents readers with chipping and swing principles, relayed, once again, through wonderfully told stories.

      Become a Putting Machine is guaranteed to put you into a trance moments after you start reading this skillfully written book. You’ll be in such a super-relaxed state of mind that you will be ready to learn a new putting technique that will produce on-target putts over and over again, just as Iron Byron, the testing robot located on the grounds of the New Jersey headquarters of the United States Golf Association, hits one straight drive after another. Welcome to Legault’s wonderland, where putting dreams can come true for any pro or amateur golfer looking to putt more proficiently for the rest of their golfing lifetime.

      INTRODUCTION

      As the seasons go by, golfers often ask me the ideal recipe for putting. After a golf tournament, in which I played with another teaching pro named Michel, who had learned the game with the great Jack Grout (Jack Nicklaus’ first instructor), he suggested I write and reveal my recipe.

      The idea took form on a rainy November afternoon. I sent Michel an e-mail promising him results from my writing efforts.

      Enhanced with observations and testimonials, this story relates lessons from long ago that are still so valid to this day.

      Evoking nostalgic memories that sometimes I must admit, brought a few tears to my eyes, I went back in time bringing them forward to share with you my initiation to the wonderful world of golf. What a great game!

      MY MENTOR

      Three weeks of unexpected holidays, a set of golf clubs received as a gift and a splendid month of July are the origins of my passion for golf. As I was searching for a charitable soul to introduce me to the rudiments of this sport, my father suggested I contact his brother Roger. My uncle Roger worked in a pro shop on a public golf course located in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada. At the time I believed that this sport was reserved for retired people. What a mistake!

      I picked up the telephone and spoke with my uncle requesting his help. My uncle Roger, a particular persona was quite a character, barely measuring 5 ft. 4 in. and weighing, on a good day, 130lbs. During the last World War he had the privilege of being able to golf in England and Scotland. With a smile he used to say that playing golf in between air raids was an excellent way of exercising one's concentration.

      He played golf from the age of 12 and was completely hooked, so to speak. He had spent most of his life teaching golf. His idol at the time was Ben Hogan. Retired, he worked a few days a week in the pro shop and played golf the other days with his friends. My father described my uncle as a good player and a great teacher; he said that he was a master in what is referred to as the short game, meaning the shots close to the green and putting. Uncle Roger drank coffee excessively and chain-smoked. That is all I knew of him, having seen him only at family gatherings and, in particular, New Year's Eve dinners hosted by my grand parents.

      All the same, he agreed to my request and asked me to meet him at his golf club the following Monday at 9: 00 am. A little nervous before the meeting, I went to a public driving range to familiarize myself with the sport. Hitting a ball hunched over a tee with the help of a club seemed easier than hitting a baseball coming in at 80 miles an hour. After two hours of hitting balls that were flying in all directions except the odd good ones, I was forced to raise the white flag.

      I had sore hands and ached in parts of my body unknown to me until then. I always thought this game to be simple. It was becoming clear to me that practicing this sport was a lot more difficult than I thought. The game had just given me my first lesson in humility.

      Putter selection

      On Monday morning, with my new set of clubs on my shoulder, I arrived at the golf club for my lesson with my uncle. Upon entering the pro shop I noticed a straw hat with a medallion dancing on a gold chain underneath it. It was my uncle bent over a work table. He was busy preparing bags of tees for resale. He looked up to greet me at the sound of my steps:

      Hello nephew, I was waiting for you. How are you this morning?

      I’m very well, uncle.

      You have a nice golf bag my boy. So you want to learn the game, is that right…

      I’d like that very much.

      I rarely give lessons anymore, but for you, I will make an exception. How much time do you have to spend on this learning experience?

      Almost three weeks. I’m on holidays.

      Well, that’s good! Tell me what clubs you have in your bag.

      I have three woods numbered 1, 3 and 5 and also four irons numbered 3, 5, 7 and 9.

      Show me your putter.

      I didn’t realize that my bag didn’t carry one.

      Uh, this bag was a gift and…

      Well, that’s good!

      Why do you say that?

      Because it’s the most important club in your bag and you must choose it yourself.

      Where can I get a putter?

      Here if you want. We sell some. Look at the display on your right.

      I don’t have a lot of money…

      Well, you can also look behind you, near the entrance. We have a barrel of used clubs; there are a few putters in there. Maybe you will find one that pleases you…

      But uncle, I want a good one!

      A putter is neither good, nor bad. It’s the attention and the love you give it that will make for a great putter.

      His answer left me just a little puzzled.

      What should my criteria for selection be?

      The length, the weight, the angle of the head and perhaps, the form and circumference of the grip. These are all important factors and of course you must like it. If you follow my advice, the putter you choose should be faithful to you all your life.

      All my life! Are you serious?

      I’m very serious. It’s the number one rule. You must develop an unconditional love for your putter. You must also devote the utmost respect for it. It must be a relationship of love and trust. Choosing it is a solemn occasion, something like getting married, it’s for life.

      Stunned by the impact of the number one rule I searched the barrel for a used putter. I found one I liked.

      What do you think of this one? I like the looks of it!

      Let’s see…

      My uncle took the putter in his hands, withdrew two balls from his back pocket, bent over and made a

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