Introducing the Face to Path Putting Guide
Now available for Pre-Order at the introductory price of $229.99.
What is the Face to Path Putting Guide?
The Face to Path Putting Guide is a training aid designed to provide golfers with both visual and physical feedback on their putting stroke. It encourages skill development by allowing the golfer to perform the stroke independently while still offering essential guidance for improvement.
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Face Angle refers to the orientation of the clubface relative to the target line at the moment of impact with the golf ball. It is a crucial factor in determining the ball's starting direction. Face angle is measured in degrees and can be categorized as follows:
Square Face Angle: The clubface is perfectly aligned with the target line at impact. This typically results in the ball starting straight toward the target.
Open Face Angle: The clubface points to the right of the target (for right-handed golfers) or left (for left-handed golfers) at impact. This will result in a Push.
Closed Face Angle: The clubface points to the left of the target (for right-handed golfers) or right (for left-handed golfers). This will result in a Pull.
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Club Path refers to the direction the clubhead is moving relative to the target line at the moment of impact with the ball. The club path is often measured in degrees, with reference to a neutral target line, and can be categorized as follows:
In-to-Out Path: The clubhead moves from inside the target line to outside it during the downswing and impact.
Out-to-In Path: The clubhead moves from outside the target line to inside it.
Straight Path: The clubhead follows the target line at impact.
Tools like Quintic Ball Roll are often used to measure a player’s stroke and golf ball roll, helping golfers optimize their game for better consistency and predictability.
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Face to Path refers to the difference in angle between the clubface and the club path at the moment of impact. It is one of the most important metrics for determining the sidespin of the ball.
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Attack Angle (also called Angle of Attack or AoA) refers to the vertical angle at which the clubhead moves into the ball at the moment of impact. It is measured in degrees and indicates whether the clubhead is traveling upward (positive attack angle) or downward (negative attack angle) relative to the ground.
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Stroke Length refers to the distance the putter travels during the putting motion. It includes the backswing (how far the putter is drawn back) and the follow-through (how far the putter moves forward after striking the ball). Stroke length is an essential element of putting and directly affects the ball's speed and distance control on the greens.
The three components of generating clubhead speed:
Acceleration - Length of Stroke
Time - Tempo
Intention - How much the Putter slows down at impact
Those three working together will help a player control their speed and increase predictability.
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Impact Location refers to the exact point on the clubface where the golf ball makes contact during a putt. It is critical to achieving consistent and optimal performance, as variations in impact location can significantly affect the ball's start direction, distance, and spin.
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Start Line refers to the initial direction the golf ball travels immediately after it is struck. On the greens, start line is critical to ensuring the ball travels along the intended path, especially when accounting for breaks and slopes.
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Stance Width refers to the distance between a golfer's feet while setting up to hit a shot.
How does the Face to Path Putting Guide compare to other Golf Training Aids?
The Face to Path Putting Guide offers golfers unparalleled feedback on the critical aspects of the putting stroke, setting it apart from other aids on the market. The Face to Path Putting Guide does not act as crutch by physically directing the stroke, the Face to Path Putting Guide trains golfers to naturally refine and develop their technique, creating sustainable improvement in their game.
What is Face to Path?
Face to Path is the relationship between your clubface position and club path at impact. Every golfer should have the goal of returning their putter face square to their target. Understanding your path and making it consistent will help with a consistent face angle and contact.
In putting, Face to Path refers to the relationship between the putter face angle (the direction the putter face is pointing) and the path of the stroke (the direction the putter head is moving) at the moment of impact. This relationship plays a role in determining the initial direction of the ball and whether it starts and stays on the intended line.
Key Elements of Face to Path in Putting:
Face Angle: The angle of the putter face at impact. A square face aims directly at the target, while an open or closed face points to the right or left, respectivly. The face angle at impact has the most influence on the start direction of the putt, while the path contributes less but still plays a role.
Stroke Path: The path should be on a slight arc. It is important to keep the path neutral through the hitting zone.
Face to Path Relationship:
Square Face to Path at Impact (0° Difference): Results in the ball starting straight along the target line, assuming proper contact. Especially important through the hitting zone, this will result a ball that has limited sidespin.
Open Face to Target: Causes a Push.
Open Face to Path (Square to Target): Start line will be at target but it will produce sidespin.
Closed Faced to Target: Causes a Pull.
Closed Face to Path (Square to Target): Start line will be at target but it will produce sidespin.
Based on data provided by Quintic Ball Roll, Greater than 20 rpm of Cut or Hook spin is enough side spin to cause the golf ball to change its intended path (i.e. miss the hole) when putting over a distance of 10ft.
Why It Matters in Putting:
Consistency: Understanding and improving Face to Path can help golfers consistently start putts on the intended line through eliminating variables. Most golfers do not have consistency through the hitting zone and tend to overcompensate for their mistakes. By limiting your face to path relationship, you will establish a better understanding as to why you missed and limit the chances of overcompensating.
This will lead to players being able to focus on eliminating variables like, putter type, impact location and face to path.
Feedback and Adjustment: Training aids and tools that measure Face to Path provide valuable feedback, allowing golfers to refine their stroke mechanics.
Golfers and coaches often use tools like launch monitors, putting mirrors, or laser alignment devices to analyze and train the Face to Path relationship for more accurate and consistent putting.
Pre-Order the Face to Path Putting Guide now for introductory price of $229.99.
Case Study: Low Professional in PGA Championship
One of the first golfers on a Face to Path Putting Guide prototype was Braden Shattuck, PGA. The guide helped Braden understand why he was missing the center of the face and what was causing his ball to have "weird spin". A few months later Braden went on to be the Low Club Professional in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
Braden was also ranked #1 Strokes gained putting for the week and made 165 feet of putts in the second round.
“What I’ve learned with one of my friends Mike Little, was that I was hitting all these really good putts, and they would get like three feet out and they would like they would literally spin offline and I couldn’t figure out what was going on. It turns out when you don’t hit it in the center of the face it puts some weird spin on the ball”
What is difference between the Face to Path Putting Guide and Face to Path Putting?
The Face to Path Putting Guide is a training aid, while Face to Path Putting is a method of learning the putting stroke by focusing on producing pure ball roll. Face to Path Putting uses the science behind ball roll to create a method of putting that produces reliable results that a golfer can use to hone in their putting stroke.
Face to path relationship —>
Leads to pure ball roll —>
Produces a baseline putting stroke —>
A Golfer now has a reliable baseline putting stroke in their tool belt
Face to Path Putting essential factors:
Face Angle
Club Path
Face to Path
Attack Angle
Shaft Angle
Acceleration
Set up
Green Reading
“Golfer: The difference in how the ball rolls out is incredible. It looks like it’s gonna come up short but just keeps going. Holding its line at the target a lot more than it did before.
Coach: Did this change the way you read putts?
Golfer: I would say my reads are a bit closer to the hole now. People have always wondered why I play so much break and I think I know why now, because putts would just tail off at the end but now they are holding the lines and rolling out better so I can play it closer to the hole without feeling like I have to hit it harder.”