The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #269 - Paige Pierce Disc Golf Putting Pro Tips
Paige Pierce, two-time women's world champion and renowned disc golf pro, shares her expert putting tips in this episode of The Disc Golf Guy's vlog. Joining forces with host Tyler "The Disc Golf Guy", Paige delves into her practice routine, focusing on accuracy and consistency on the green. She reveals how she works on her up shots to get closer to the hole, and prioritizes straight puts, aiming for a flat trajectory to maximize chain contact. The duo discusses the importance of surface area in determining putter performance, and Paige shares her technique for lining up shots, aiming halfway up the pole rather than targeting specific chains links. With insights from one of disc golf's top players, this video is perfect for golfers looking to improve their putting skills and compete at a higher level.
Watch Paige Pierce share her expert putting tips with The Disc Golf Guy. Learn from a pro and improve your game!
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog. I'm joined by our twotime women's world champion Paige Pierce and we're going to get some putting tips because I assume that's pretty important to win worlds, isn't it? Yeah, definitely. Okay. Most people when interviewed and they talk about their skill sets, putting always comes up as something that they really work on because you feel like you can make up strokes on the green. Tell us how you go out and you do your practice routine. Um, typically I don't like if I'm playing a practice round, um, I won't putt from where I landed. Um, cuz I feel like that I don't keep score in practice rounds. So, uh, I try to move to different spots and putt those. And I never putt from outside of like 40 feet and rarely outside of like 25 ft. Um I try to work on my up shots to get those closer so you don't have to putt. But obviously putting happens on every hole. So um yeah, whenever I practice putt, I just try to get it as flat as I can and um just as straight as I can. I don't like to veer left or right. So Okay. So we see some of our best putters in the world, even your your Nate Dosses and others that maybe have an Annheiser putt when it's coming in. you're more of a straight on. You really want it to hit the chains as flat as possible coming straight in. And sometimes it has hiser or anheiser, but I try to keep it as flat as possible. Okay. I feel like the surface area alone when you're coming in with a putt for anyone out there, when you're coming in with your putter and the flatter that it is, it's got chance to grab more chain versus when it's coming at an angle, you have a chance for it to spit right through. So, that makes sense. Now, you're more of a straighton putter. Talk a little bit about what you're thinking and what you're doing when you're lining up your shots. Um, for me, I'm not aiming at a particular chain link. I know some people say, you know, pick a chain link. For me, I'm just aiming halfway up the pole. Um, and that way if I...
