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I agree with mr3856a, that a putting line on a ball DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH LACK OF CONFIDENCE.... it is simply to aid in retaining visual representaton of where the line is while you are contemplating other things during a putt like speed you'll need, force of the stroke, and smoothness of stroke. How often have you heard "I was concentrating so much on the line, I lost track of the speed I needed to get it there". The line (for me) is to facilitate the direction of the chosen line so that I can concentrate on other things (speed, stroke) without having to also dilute those thoughts with 'line of the putt'.

[quote=mr3856a;116531][quote=coralpro;116528]But 1 stated.

a good solid stroke with the face aligned

It has nothing to do with confidence. How many times do you watch players line up on full shots completely misaligned to where they think they're aligned? Happens all the time. I use a spot in front of my ball on full shots, but on the green you don't always have one (and actually it's best if you don't have imperfections in the green).

I can promise you if I use my gimicky line to line up 20 putts and we have another golfer eyeball it 20 times, I'll be lined up correctly 20 times out of 20. Do you think the other player will be aligned dead on 100% of the time? I'd take that bet any day. I also won't be the one with doubt in my head about the line standing over the putt.

Like I said, I see no reason not to take a variable out of the equation.