Jim Nantz is upset about this part of golf

Jim Nantz wants anyone who has played a lot of golf to picture the 20-footer.

The green also slopes to the right, so say you know to aim your putt to the left. Maybe the left edge. Maybe a cup. Maybe a cup and a half.

At this point, Nantz wants to tell you what he thinks about AimPoint.

“I can’t stop looking at it,” she said.

Longtime CBS anchor Golf Australia The “Thing About Golf” podcast (which you can listen to in full here), where part of the interview with host John Huggan focused on the science of golf – and finally Nantz’s thoughts on a new way to align putts. What is AimPoint? You’ve probably read the article or seen the process in use. In a somewhat brief explanation, the player usually runs the ball’s path to the hole about halfway to the cup to determine the amount of inclination, and then, when standing behind the ball, the player uses his hand to find where to hit. (For your convenience, a longer explanation can be found at the end of this article.)

Around the world, however, it looks good, even if it’s different, since the players are not dating behind the ball, as it used to be. At times, the process may seem tedious. One such moment was captured at last year’s World Golf Championships-Match Play event, where Max Homa measured a putt with AimPoint, while his opponent, Mackenzie Hughes, looked impatient – Homa responded this way after the clip went viral on -Internet:

“I was marked this time. We will work to speed up this process,” wrote Homa.

On “The Thing About Golf” podcast, Nantz had this thought, however:

“Well, I’m going to take science to another level, beyond what you’re talking about with machines,” he told Huggan. “The AimPoint mania we’re seeing today really drives me crazy. If you see the back toward the hole and they try to feel the break and they go another five feet and repeat, go through this process, where’s the sensor in the middle of it, you know?

“I know you’re trying to win, you’re trying to get a shot in four days that can make a difference. But you know, for me, if you play a lot of golf and you’re standing there looking at a 20-footer, you know that the cup out to the left, the left edge, play a cup and a half. I mean, all this, does it really make a difference? Maybe so. But one thing I know — I can’t stop watching it.”

Of course, that’s his opinion. Others believe in the benefits of AimPoint.

If you’re curious about how it works, GOLF’s Zephyr Melton wrote an article in 2020 titled “The basics of AimPoint green reading, explained in 30 seconds,” and you can read it by clicking here, or by scrolling down below.

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Putting is arguably the most important skill in golf, and learning the green is an important aspect of that. The problem is, learning vegetables is not a skill that comes easily. It takes years of practice to become a good green reader, and even then it can be difficult to get the right line every time.

In recent years, there has been a solution to these green learning problems in the form of AimPoint. It was adopted by many experts, including Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Stacy Lewis, and was a huge success. The method has become more popular in recent years as it marries physics and is used to obtain constant readings of vegetables.

Erika Larkin recently posted a video on Instagram explaining the basics of AimPoint, and she does it all in a tight, 30-second time frame. Watch the video and read below for an explanation of what he’s showing.

The first step in learning the AimPoint green is to feel the slope of the green. Do this by hitting your ball’s path to the hole about halfway down the hole. From here, you have to decide how you feel the percentage of inclination, from one to five.

Next, you need to stand behind the ball and close one eye while raising your hand so that your index finger is outside the hole. Based on the percentage slope you think is affecting your putt, put more fingers on your hand (ie one finger for one percent, two fingers for two percent, etc.).

So let’s say you think there’s a three percent slope on the putt. Place three fingers up with your index finger outside the hole to the right (assuming your putt breaks left). In this case, your ring finger will be the point of aim.

Then just line up your ball where you aim and roll it to that spot. If you’ve judged the slope correctly, your putt should track straight into the hole.

Nick Piastowski

Golf.com Editor

Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for planning, writing and promoting news on the golf course. And when he’s not writing about how to hit the golf ball forward and straight, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash down his scores. You can contact him about any of these topics – his news, his game or his beer – at nick.piastowski@golf.com.