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AimPoint Putting Technique Creates Ridiculous Scene On US Open Greens

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Max Homa at the US Open at Pinehurst.

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Max Homa and Viktor Hovland were seen using the AimPoint putting method at the US Open, which provided viewers with a moment of hilarity in the opening round. A clip of the interesting technique has quickly gone viral on social media after being posted online.

Much has been made of the “scientific approach” by the golf world. Some swear by it, others shake their heads at those that put it to use.

For readers that don’t know, AimPoint is simply a way to read greens while lining up putts. According to the official website, players like Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, and Justin Rose implement the method – some would say with great success.

Golf.com gave a breakdown of how it’s used:

The first step in AimPoint green reading is to feel the slope of the green. Do this by straddling your ball’s path to the hole about halfway to the hole. From here you should determine what percent slope you feel, from one to five.

Next you need to stand behind the ball and close one eye while lifting your hand so that your pointer finger is just outside the hole. Based on the percent slope you think there is affecting your putt, put up that many fingers on your hand (i.e. one finger for one percent, two fingers for two percent, etc.).

So, let’s say you think there is 3 percent slope in the putt. Put three fingers up with your pointer finger just outside the hole on the right (assuming your putt breaks to the left). In this case, your ring finger will be the aim point.

Then just line up your ball at the aim point and roll it at that spot. If you judged the slope correctly, your putt should track right toward the hole.

And here it is in action:

 

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Simple enough, right?

AimPoint created a truly ridiculous scene during the US Open’s opening round.

Viktor Hovland and Max Homa, a pair of AimPoint users, were spotted on the same green Thursday lining up putts. Each straddled their line to measure the slope, looking very silly in the process.

There were mixed reviews for the duo in that first round.

The technique seemed to work alright for Homa, who sits at +1 after Day 1. Hovland, meanwhile is at +8 and 13 strokes behind the leaders.