I first read the Short Game Bible and found this really improved my game. I did not find the putting book to have that dramatic an input but it was still very insightful and helpful.(21 handicap)

The book if filled with a great deal of interesting facts about how most golfers, including the pros, mis-read putts and the causes of those mis-reads. I'm a fairly decent putter, about 30 or so putts per round, and found the descriptions about misreading putts more informative than the exercises. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to practice putting at the my golf course in an undisturbed area during the day, so I practice either on carpet or on a hardwood floor. If you're not a good putter, I think this book will help, especially if you practice. Otherwise, take lessons from a pro and get immediate feedback.

Excellent book! If you want to learn all about the technical aspects of putting, this is the book for you.

This book is the most technical resource on putting I have seen. With limited time to study, much less play, the game, it found it's way into my "I'll get to it someday" pile of reference books. Personally, I think his smaller work 'Putt like the Pros' has the majority of the meat of the subject without the extra baggage for the average golfer. Now, if your goal is to become the best golfer you can be, well, maybe you ought to read and head this excellent book. One star off for being a bit overwhelming for the average golfer.

a comprehensive book on putting. A little repetitive and long to read but with some very important address, swing and strategy ideas.
Only the pure pendulum swing is covered. Golfers with other type of putting swing may not agree with Pelz's technique.

A good book with lots of tips, ideas, and good discussion on science of putting, etc.

If you're truly interesting in improving your putting, and especially if you have an analytical mind, this is the book for you.

I just finished readin this book about 3 days ago, today i played for school ball and 1 putted 5 greens out of 9 meanwhile i used to 3 putt almost all the time what you learn in this book is the most valuable information you could possibly have for putting. i havnt even done any drills yet and ive lowered my putting average drmatically. When youll read it youll realize exactly how little you really know about putting.

If you are analytical this is the book for you. Very well explained with lots of supporting statistics.

How much to you think you know about putting? Read greens, roll the ball at the hole, etc.. Guess what? You probably don't know the half of it.

Pelz is a scientist. While his book is written to be easy to read, he does not hold back. All his data and ideas are here. He discusses everything from the miriad variety of putting strokes, to the 15 facets of the putting game he has derived.

To be clear, this book is pretty heavy reading. However, his focus is not on convincing the reader of this "super technique", nor does he fill pages up with tips. He goes through and presents his data, makes conclusions regarding it, and recommends certain methods.

While he doesn't force any one method on the reader, he goes to great lengths to convince you. Maybe you like your door-hinge putting arc. Fine. But why is that not as good as a pendulum-type motion (which he recommends)? He explains, not from conjecture or "years of teaching experience", but with simple scientific data and common sense.

Unless you have read his other books, you most likely haven't encountered a book of golf instruction like this. It may not settle well with many readers, but if you give it a chance it will help you out.

Keep in mind too that the goal he sets is not to give your stroke a quick fix with a tip. He is out to give you a stroke you will be able to use anytime, anywhere, from the time you master it until you hang your putter up for the last time. That means that there is no quick route: you need to practice. He is blunt enough to even come out and say that to groove a putting stroke requires around 20,000 repetitions. A hard truth to face, but I'd rather work towards that and develop a good permanent stroke rather than creating a patchwork stroke that breaks down every week.

an easy to read book. it explains to the core the "art" of putting. Mr. Pelz is a solid golf instructor / analyst. If you are serious in being a better golfer then this is a must - read book.

i first read mr. pelz's "short game bible" then this one, and believe me i have improved my game dramatically!!!

If you require bullet points or cliff notes, this is not the book for you. Putting Bible has helped me understand more than most about putting. I have two rounds under my belt since I've completed the book. I had 30 putts and 32 putts respectively, which is an improvement over my 6 month average of 34. I began this year as a 16 handicap and I am now a 12 after reading D.P. Short Game Bible as well as D.P. Putting Bible and tons of time on the range.

If you want the simple putting advice, Dave has your message, and has the 10 minute series of book/video/TV show, etc.... If you want a shorter version of the theory behind his putting, then read Putt Like the Pros, though it's a little dated. If you want to know everything he thinks he knows, and all the the reasons behind it, get this putting book.

I think expecting something called the "Bible" to be a point form game improvement card is dubious thinking. On the other hand it's fair to state you can reduce the implementable part of your game to a few things: You don't need 20 000 strokes to pattern the pils stroke as well as your current stroke if your a hacker, because it's highly unlikely your current stroke has been repeated 20 000 times in a row. You should be able to get some advantage from pils from stroke one. What's the biggie.

I added a wedge, carried their 12 distances on a card and carried a laser range finder, and bingo got a huge lift out of the Short Game Bible. These books are easy to implement at a modest level, but you do have to read them first. Believe me, it's time better spent than reading Berhard Langers putting book!

I think the hacker needs to get into putting as much as the expert, but the thing is so many people cheat putting at the hacker level, picking up balls and all that, and not counting strokes that why bother practising when all is forgiven. If you play golf you need to know how to putt. Few people really play "golf" though.

One problem with all this stuff is course conditioning. Hack courses are "real" golf. Many great courses have pretty chunky greens. But PGA type course have awesome greens. This book is really for the great green type course, I've played places so bad you would be better to putt with your wedge. Tactics like putting from the fringe would be insane. Horses for courses.

To start, I would have to say that this book is easily the most detailed, most comprehensive book on putting ever written. Dave Pelz, the super-freak of golf, most definitely covers every aspect of putting that there is.

That having been said, as a big fan of Dave Pelz Short Game Bible, I was thinking that I would like this book just as much. Turns out I was wrong. The style that Pelz presents in the putting bible is not as clear as in the Short Game Bible, and he tends to ramble about certain things and repeat himself continually. I have adjusted some aspects of my putting and feel like I am a better putter after reading this book, but for some reason it did not grab me like the Short Game Bible did.

I would strongly recommend this book for two types of people: VERY serious golfers who are planning on dedicating a large amount of time to improving their putting, and people who consider putting to be their favorite part of golf. For the rest of us, it's not a great read, but can still help any golfer become a much more adept player on the greens.

Reading this book AND PRACTICING will undoubtably make you a much better putter. However you must be in it for the long haul, because this is simply not a putt great by tomorrow type of system.

Pelz leads you somewhat laboriously through all the whys and hows of putting. I like this kind of information because I want to understand and be able to do. This satisfies my intellectual curiousity and gives me greater confidence that I can pull off the shots automatically without having to think too much about them.

He then details equally detailed guides to exercises designed to improve your putting. He is also honest in the sense that he readily acknowledges to truly learn his system will probably take years of diligent work on your part.

The book is great however it could have been signicantly better with little additional work. Namely Pelz please please include an index in your future books. A simple index would make finding little tidbits easy instead of the current search to find the information you need. It would only take a few extra pages and a computer could do the indexing work for you quickly............PLEASE!

In truth this book contains many great thoughts, but you need to understand who you are before you buy.

We are looking at lots and lots of pages - the detail is huge. However, the style is really annoying, lots of gems hidden within David's rambling style - such inconsiderate loquacious communication. I gave up; the effort was not worth the reward for the high handicapper that I am.

If you count yourself a good golfer, it may be worth the investment. For example while sitting behind hole #8 during the Champions competition in Houston, I saw most of the pros putts missed the hole down slope; they had under read the slope as David predicts they will. Some of those guys need to read this!

If you are looking at this book and are not very confident of your golf game, I recommend that you get instead "The Scrambler's Dozen : The 12 Shots Every Golfer Needs to Score Like the Pros" The chapter on putting in this recommends that you only look at the line of your putt from ?3 directions instead of the 7 or was it 9 different perspectives that David recommends. With the way I play golf, looking at my putting line from anything more than from 3 directions is ... well just a pretentious waste of time.

If your handicap is lower than the average number of stars that this book scores, buy it. Otherwise look elsewhere.

If there is such a thing as a "putting guru," Pelz is it. This book is a must read for any serious golfer. Pelz doesn't just tell you about his pet ideas, he tells you what has proven to work through scientific research. It has more information than most golfers will ever absorb, but that is one of its strengths. You could devote a lot of time learning about putting and grooving the perfect stroke. Most of us don't have that much time. But there is something for everyone in this book. You might have to dig through the details to decide which gems you want to adopt. You can always go back later and pick up some more gems.

The best way to use this book is during the off season at home. Get some of the practice devices (or make your own) and practice a little each day. Since about half of your strokes in a typical round are done with the putter, practicing the way Pelz advocates should pay off big dividends for the time invested.

I highly recommend this book for any golfer wanting to improve their game.

Jack Eason Rowe, Ph.D., author of Energy Psychology and the Yips Cure and Prevention.

Dave Pelz does a thorough job of explaining the putting stroke from an engineering/scientific point of view. As an engineer, i found it all very helpful including analyzing ones miss patterns.
The book serves as a putting reference for all time.
My only question is, how did so many people become good putters without his information? Well two of golfing buddies, who carry handicaps of +1, and +4 respectively spent hours on the putting greens. Since I don't have the kind of time now, i've fully invested in his tools and drills. They are very proficient.
The best part of the book is the truth resulting from science. If anyone watches touring professionals on television, they generally do roll the ball a couple of feet past the hole just as he indicates. As good as this book is, i believe the short game bible to be even better.

There is more information about putting in this book than any golfer will ever personally use. However, there is more useful material under this one cover than anything else I have ever read about putting. I would suggest a purchaser of this book may decide to read the chapters that catch their eye and then they will read the rest of the book because they will find, as all golfers are prone to be, curious for more detailed information about why putting can be as easy or difficult as it appears to be. The answers are in the book. I would bet the reader will become a much better putter just because they read this book.

Dave Pelz is starting to tick me off. If you thought his "Short Game Bible" was demanding, wait until you see this book. In it he insists that the only route to improvement is to practice his "pils" stroke until you've done 20,000 repetitions. And that's just for starters. Call me wacky, but I find that downright discouraging. I'm as dedicated to improving my golf game as the next guy, but jeez I've got a job. I don't have all day every day to wire myself up with all of his feedback gadgets in order to have "meaningful" practice. In fact, by his standards my feeble practice sessions are only guaranteeing my mediocrity. He'd have me just quit. Interesting and illuminating scientific discoveries aside, no non-professional golfer could possibly follow his 15-point/47-rule improvement program. Hence, while I predict that every golfer on earth will buy Pelz's book (and most will give it a positive review), I also predict that no one will follow his advice.

Chock full of brilliant glimpses of the obvious. Only someone with a research engineer's background could take a few basic principles and turn them into a 396 page tome extoling the virtues of simplicity. You won't put any better after reading this book but you will know 125 reasons why you are missing. Dave proves that 84% of all statstics are made up.

Chock full of brilliant glimpses of the obvious. Only someone trained as an engineer could take a few basic principles and turn them into a 394 page book touting the importance of keeping something simple. After reading this you won't putt any better but you will know 125 reasons why you are missing. Dave proves that 78 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

I'm only about 1/3 of the way through this book but I know it is going to help me with my putting. Each time I read this book I find myself making a "Hmmmm..." out loud, and I'm by myself! I should warn you that I am a technical person and love reading manuals and results of research, which is what this book is, a big research paper. I love facts, and he presents a lot of new facts to me about putting. If you're the type who is ok with learning how but not interested in learning why, then this book is not for you.

One big "Hmmmmm" for me was when he proved that Plum Bobbing doesn't tell you anything. I always remember asking people to explain Plum Bobbing to me and they never could, they just showed me how to hold the putter vertically in front of my eyes. Hence, I assumed that I was stupid for not understanding Plum Bobbing. But Dave's research, which included interviewing both pros and amateurs alike, reveals that know one can tell you exactly what their accomplishing by Plum Bobbing!

Once again, if your not up for studying a long book to overhaul your putting, then try another book. Sometimes it's frustrating because you have to read a paragraph a couple of times before you understand what he's talking about. But I've rated this book because it is really going to help me. Seem's like the type of book you want to spend about 2 months studying before getting results

If you are serious about the game and want to better understand the most important aspects of playing the game, this book is a must read. It's an in depth study of putting at a level that some won't fully understand. Not to worry, in time you will understand more of what this book has to say. I suspect that it's a book that can be read every few years and it will speak to you at a new level. This book has something for everyone. Particularly those of us that strive for better scores everytime we walk onto the first tee.

I was a good putter before reading this and now I feel Dave Pelz has opened my eyes to significant improvements in putting. The game deserves this kind of study and I'd like to commend Mr. Pelz for writing what will certainly be an instant classic. I can't wait to start "The Short Game Bible".

I thought to myself "How on earth could anyone write such a big book just on putting" but after reading this book, I am amazed. This guy KNOWS putting. Its as if he's lived and breathed putting his entire life.

The first 60% of the book give a detailed picture of what putting is, why people miss and make putts, what kinds of strokes work, al kinds of somewhat technical stuff. This guy is a scientist at heart, and it shows, but his book is an easy rood. He makes some absolutely astonishing observations like "I bet you didnt know that you're doing ____, but it turns out that you are." Sure enough, he's dead on right when you investigate for yourself, even though you had no idea beforehand.

The second 40% of the book is about how to improve. It talks about how to practice and improve your stroke and green reading.

This is a great book. If you want to learn a heck of a lot about being a better putter, look no further.

As a novice golfer, I have found Dave Pelz's books to be invaluable teachihng aids. The information is well assembled in a manner allows anyone to quickly pick up his technique. Pelz does not use golf lingo but instead creates a better vocabulary which both explains and forces one to rethink what putting is.

I believe almost anyone could and would improve his game by following the Pelz dogma.

The only thing missing is a putter and a ball.

At the beginning of this book Dave Pelz reveals that this is the second book in his series on the different "games" in the sport of golf. The first book was on the short game. There will also be other books on the full swing, the mental game, and the strategic game. But this is about putting, about rolling the ball on the green in a line that drops the ball into the cup.

Pelz defines break, grain, slope, and all the other factors that affect putting, and he reviews all the known, USGA allowed putting styles. His conclusion is that George Archer's putting style, the pure pendulum motion with dead aim at the cup, is the best, most repeatable way to put the ball in the hole.

And the rest of the book is a description of a thousand and one (I exaggerate) different practice exercises to learn the pendulum swing, including different and expensive thingamajigs you can buy to help you perform the exercises. A little ingenuity will reveal ways to perform every exercise except the one that requires a laser with much simpler items.

Despite these cavils, I recommend this book to everyone who wonders about the mechanics of putting.

I used this book extensively last winter. I built the putting practise guide and worked hard on trying to understand the principles behind green reading. I applied those principles this summer and had the best year putting ever. I also purchased a pING b-90 48 inch putter. The final 2 rounds of the club championship I had 27 and 24 putts. I ended up winning by 2 strokes WHAT A YEAR!

Once again, Dave Pelz reduces the game to mechanics and physics and ignores the most important aspect of good putting which is freeing your mind from the specific mechanics of the physical stroke.Having said that, this book is chock full of interesting facts, most of them completely useless to the average player who wants to improve his putting. Pelz's book does not address the fact that great putters such as Jones,George Low,Palmer,Stockton, Crenshaw and Faxon have utilized widely different strokes,grips and tempo.What they all had in common was a consistent pre-shot routine,tremendous feel,and supreme
confidence that they could hole every putt.
Readers looking for technical answers to better putting, which is the focus of this rather unorganized book are probably going to be disappointed.

I was excited to get this book after getting Pelz's Short Game Bible, which is excellent. This book , however, is quite different. While The Short Game Bible presents a clear and simple plan to improve, the Putting Bible does not. It's quite disorganized, in fact. What is particlarly annoying about the book is that you'll read in the first several chapters "...and we'll cover that later..." He just starts to get into a concept and then leaves it, claiming he'll come back to it in the later "technique chapters." It's just not a simple book to read and glean information from. I'd have to say that my putting did not improve as a result of the book, and that's partly my own fault. The problem is that Pelz makes it very easy to learn just enough to get you into trouble (i.e., forget how to putt), and then put the book down. Buy it, and especially read it - with great caution.

Don't let the 5-star rating fool you, this book is TEDIOUS! While Dave is a fairly entertaining writer, he could have easily trimmed 200 pages from this tome and gotten the same point across. Also, this book is not for the thin-skinned; if you discourage easily, you won't like Dave's super-cautionary vibe. He is VERY emphatic about the unpredictable nature of putting and a more sensitive individual would probably be left wondering why s/he bought the book at all. If putting is really as difficult as Pelz claims, you're likely to just throw your hands up and go with what you are doing already. And that's the sad thing about this book, because it really is, in my opinion, the definitive work on the topic.

The message that Dave seems to be trying to relate is that putting is kind of like the stock market . . . there are highs and lows but if you develop a sound strategy and invest wisely and timely you WILL reap substantial net gains over the long term. I can't disagree. Dave's book is everything you ever wanted to know about putting and a motivated golfer will turn the information and drills in this book into a world-class putting game. Yes, WORLD-CLASS. Despite its cautionary tone, this book is as complete a book as you'll find and I heartily endorse it; along with Dave's book on the short game and Dr. Ralph Mann's excellent book on the full golf swing, "Swing like a Pro," these three books make up the most scientifically accurate information on the golf game today. I've already started to see significant improvements in my game and anyone who gets this book shouldn't be disappointed. Do yourself and your golf game a favor and get all three . . . the difference in your game will be profound.

this nearly 400 page book is about 50% research, 30% motivational speech and 20% instruction, and most of the 20% instruction are drills we've seen before. although i think the research is important and at many times original, pelz & co need to spend more time coming up with insights and solutions based on that research that will help the golfer putt better, and in particular with a more conscise, practical and implementable program. one thing i found particularly annoying is that after making the investment in money and the substantial investment in time (reading nearly 400 pages) pelz places heavy emphasis on the importance of working with an instructor and that a lot of what he recommends can't be implemented on your own by simply following the instruction in the book. if that's the case, please tell us early in the book because when a book is labeled "the bible" it's easy for one to assume that it's complete and all you'll need.

but all criticism aside, i'm sure that golf nuts will want to read this for the many well researched tid bits. the less fanatical among us may want to skip it and stick with simpler, more anectodal works by harvey penick and bob rotella.

Pelz is amazing. His passion for the game and his collection of data and its distribution is contagious. He shares this regularly on the Golf Channel and his schools, and now here in book form.

Here is almost 400 pages which he admits is like giving the notebook of all his experience studying, analyzing, researching and compending what he has gleaned about this most vital part of the game.

Great stuff on grips and stance and swing and equipment. Significant to golfers is his research on break. What we see in our heads about break is not what is actually there.

The sections "Develop Your Artistic Senses (Fee, Touch, Green-Reading)" and "Face Your Special Problems" I find particularly revelatory for my game.

There is so much in this massive tome on the subject. You'll benefit from its purchase and application to your work on the moss.

Let's face it - anything that is a real challenge is not going to have easy solutions, and Dave does not provide any quick fixes. He tells you what the real problems are in putting, and offers techniques that will make you better. But he doesn't sugar coat it, in the sense that he's honest enough to tell you how much effort will be involved to become truly good. But at least he does tell you exactly how to do it.

Others have said that he's hawking his improvement gadgets in this book. Maybe, maybe not. The fact is, getting feedback on the things he has shown to be important is not easy. You can make the gadgets yourself. They won't be as pretty, but there's not rule saying you must buy them from him. He's simply adding another resource for those who want the convenience.

Note - this is not for those looking for a few tips, band-aids, or just some feel-good words to make you feel better about yourself. This is serious game-improvement stuff. If you just want to daydream about being a better putter, get a putting book by one of the other guys. If you REALLY want to be a better putter, get this and get to work!

If you have this book, you don't need "Putt Like The Pros", as this has everything that has and then some.

Dave out did himself on this one, better than Put Like the Pros, this will help anyones game.

... this book really started out slow. After about 70 pages it dawned on me, "I'm learning new information, and it's going to help me. A lot!" This thing really drags out for awhile, but I really understand so much more than I did before reading it that it's worth every penny and every minute I spent with it. After awhile it gets very, very interesting as things start to come together. After a few hundred pages Pelz starts to go through drills and they look like real gems. He's got more drills than my dentist. There are months and months worth of great things to work on! I love that because it means I'll get better, and I look forward very much to the work. This book should have an index. It does not and I would recommend that you highlight useful text in yellow, and write in pen atop each page a short summary. What's the best putter grip, the best club, the best way to putt at an angle downhill, why putt at a target at 3X your ball deviation from the aimline, etc., etc? Dave Pelz covers it all. Pelz pushes some of his products but that is useful. Who knows better how they work? And a workperson is worthy of her/his hire. Glad someone has these useful tools available though I plan to make some of the more expensive ones myself. If you want to putt better, need some exercises and some basic information so you can figure out your own problems on the green? Then buy this book. If there is a better book on putting, I have not seen it....END