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I also switch balls around all the time and will play just about anything. Someone gave me a bunch of Kirklands which were fine to me at first but now I just feel like they hit weird. I don’t know why. What’s your “tried and true”?
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Nothing wrong with Kirklands. I use Callaway Chrome Soft X, now called Chrome Tour X, on the advice of a golf coach. The triple track that Callaway uses just works for me. I think the other good option for an alignment aid is the TaylorMade Tour Response - I actually find that even better for an aid hitting driver. Another option that I like the idea of is the Srixon tour divide, because if you use the divide line as your alignment aid you will immediately and without any doubt be able to tell if you hit your line and rolled it end over end.
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Arm-lock looks interesting. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone do it (in the groups I play in). I should probably buy a new putter, too, right?
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It takes some getting used to because depending on the putter, you often have to hold an armlock in a counterintuitive way in order for it to lie properly. Once you get used to it, it is objectively superior in the sense that it takes wrist motion out of your stroke entirely, which helped me a lot. As Slava said, a lot of people find it helps them inside 15 feet but hurts them on longer lag putting, although like he said he tried it for a year. I think it was actually my second season using it that I really felt fully comfortable with it, so it's a process, and given that it's not even going to be the best option for everyone that's a lot of learning curve to commit to. I mean, objectively the broomstick has a lot going for it too but I imagine you'd have to use it for a long time to really figure it out.