Welcome to...The Putting Edge by Larry Stanley

...How To One-Putt Every Green!

"Let me make you the BEST putter in your foursome! The easiest way to lower your golf score is through putting. My book, The Putting Edge, will show you how to One-Putt!"  --- Larry Stanley, California's Northstar at Tahoe Golf Course Club Putting Champ & Regional Winner of Compaq & Dave Pelz 1996 World Putting Championships.

Scotland, April 2004..."Larry, I love this little book! On Saturday, I single-putted the last 5 greens to shoot a 71 and win the competition! On Sunday, 25 putts for a 76! Windy day, but only 2 strokes away from best gross in a field of 300+ competitors!   --- Peter Royce, Scotland 

Pocket Sized Miracle!  Young golfer "wins" Junior Championship, June 2009...Hi Larry, my name is Rory and I recently bought your putting book as a last resort to cure my putting. I am 16 years old and didn't want my golfing career to end so early because I was unable to use a putter. I am very pleased to say that this 'pocket sized miracle' really has worked. My last 3 rounds of golf have been nothing short of amazing. I recently played a match against another junior from another club and my putts were as follows:
1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1.   24 putts!!! This led to 2 eagles and 4 birdies and a gross score of 66, 3 under par. my previous best score was 70.......... "  (For the rest of Rory's inspiring story, please visit my "Testimonials" page)  

One-Putting Every Green Does Happen! On two occasions in regulation play, Dr. Harold Swash completed an 18-hole round with only 18 putts and has had 19 total putts on six occasions at his home course, Hillside Golf Club in England!  ---Golfer Magazine, 2002. "With that said, I'm trying to catch Harold. My putts for two recent nine-hole rounds...1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2... 8 one-putt greens in a row and a 2-putt green on hole #9 from 20' and putts of 1, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1 ,1, 2, 1...6 one-putt greens...most putts were in the range of 6 to 20 feet. The "zero" putt on #12 was a chip-in from the fringe with an 8 iron using the same method for determining my target line that I use for one-putting."  ---Larry Stanley

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Sample of Contents: Concentration, Confidence, & Visualization; Learn to read your Target Line; The Grip and Your Putter; The Proper Stance and Set-Up for a Breaking Putt; The Texas Wedge; Golf Etiquette Around the Green.

32 pages / supporting illustrations / 11 page addendum.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING from one of golf's greats... Putting is the final determinant of your score on every hole...a missed putt is a mistake from which you cannot recover...putting theoretically is half the game. ---Jack Nicklaus  Jack Nicklaus: My Story  (Simon & Schuster, 1999).   

DRIVING VS. PUTTING...Putting represents 40-50% of your score. Driving accounts for less than 25% of the game, with all your other clubs contributing the rest. Studies have proven that just a 10% improvement in your putting will affect your score more dramatically than a 10% improvement in either your driving distance or any other part of your game. Putting is easier than driving the golf ball and doesn't have to be a complex set of scientific events. The Putting Edge simplifies the putting process for you and will make you the best putter in your foursome! 

The Importance of Visualization...Chapter 7 of The Putting Edge is entitled, Concentration, Confidence, and Visualization.  The Putting Edge was the first golf book that applied "visualization" to putting and the golf game. A few years back, a NFL quarterback had taken his team to the playoffs for the first time and was asked on national television, "What do you attribute your success in getting your team to the playoffs?" His response, "Visualization!"

Golf Illustrated Magazine featured an article in 2007 called, "Drive It Farther!" Writer C. C. Reynolds talks about the World Long Drive Championships and how some of these sluggers use visualization to drive the ball farther. True, Reynold's is talking about driving the golf ball; however, visualization should be applied to your golf game as well, especially putting. Tour Professional Mike Weir informed a National television audience that he used "visualization" when he won the 2003 Masters. Visualization works and it will help your putting & your golf game. 

Read about the 114 Foot Putt(s) on my 'Articles & Musings' page...may be the longest putt in competition!"  ---Larry Stanley 

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              The Putting Edge presented the LZ Angel Book Award 2003