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2004
2nd Quarter - April thru June
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Defending
champ Jeff Overton displeased with 72 but still leads Indiana Amateur
by 4 strokes -- misses 3-4 putts he should have made and 3-putts 18th
-- slings ball in creek, Indianapolis Star, IN, 30 Jun 2004
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Darren
Clarke's putting still off - trying out a belly putter, Telegraph.co.uk,
UK, 30 Jun 2004
Putter
switches at TPC Avenel help low-ranked putters Tom Lehman (T154th) to
T34th in putts per round at Avenel and Alex Cejka (T71st) to 20th in
putts, ESPN, 30 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen surprised by how well he putted at Shinecock Hills -- said a
feeling for the greens came on that had been missing in previous weeks,
CBS Sportsline, 30 Jun 2004
First
in greens in regulation and first in putts per green in regulation for
Adam Scott at Booz Allen -- an unbeatable combination, Oregonian, OR,
30 Jun 2004
Darren
Clarke Considers Putting Options, Scotland on Sunday, UK, 30 jun 2004
Couples,
Trevino putt for big bucks -- The guys with bad backs ended up making
the back-breaking big putts in the Par 3 Shootout -- Couples: 40 feet;
Trevino: 54 feet, The Grand Rapids Press, MI, 30 Jun 2004
Adam
Scott has Greg Norman's `right arm' -- caddie Tony Navarro now reading
putts for top Aussie golfer Scott, Advertiser, Australia, 30 Jun 2004
Pinehurst's
62-year-old Hall of Fame caddie Willie McRae steadies teen phenom Morgan
Pressel in final match after a bad hole and she responds by sinking
a 90-footer for birdie en route to North and South victory, Southern
Pines Pilot, NC, 30 Jun 2004
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Kim
Saiki Wins Rochester LPGA by 4 Strokes -- decisive 3-shot swing at
14th when Rosie Jones 3-putts for double as Saki birdies -- pair match
bombs on next hole, then Jones muffs a 3-footer to lose by 4, Tuscaloosa
News , AL, 28 Jun 2004
Louise
Stahl at Gullane first Swede to win British Ladies Open -- "I think
the biggest plus in my game was that I putted well every day." -- 19-year-old
to play for Arizona State, The Scotsman, UK, 28 Jun 2004
Adam
Scott holds off pal Charles Howell for Booz Allen championship -- Charging
Howell birdied Nos. 11-15 with putts of 9, 20, 13, 11 and 18 feet --
Scott: "My putting really carried me to the last five holes. That's
how you win golf tournaments -- is with the putter.",Las Vegas
Review Journal, NV, 28 Jun 2004
Michele
Wie (14, Hawaii) upset in Public Links by Ya-Ni Tseng (15, Taiwan) --
missed putts allows Tseng to rally from 4 down to overtake Wie on final
hole with 12-footer to win, Chicago Sun Times, IL, 28 Jun 2004
Ya-Ni
Tseng out-putts Michele Wie to win Public Links -- Wie's coach / caddie
Gary Gilchrist: "She struggled today. The greens were slick and fast
today, and she wasn't trusting her stroke as much as she was Saturday.
(Ya-Ni) pretty much putted better than Michele in the afternoon and
that's why she won." Hampton Roads Daily Press, VA, 28 Jun 2004
Barry
Londeree blisters field for Augusta County crown -- JMU senior defends
title by eight shots -- competitor Bob Rotella: "He just blew the field
away. He played very smartly and made a lot of putts.", Staunton News
Leader, VA, 28 Jun 2004
Colin
Montgomerie hopes to open door -- "I need to putt better in order to
qualify." -- working close with coach Dennis Pugh, This is London, UK,
28 Jun 2004
In
a move that at first confused some, Jay Don Blake eight-putted the final
hole of his round yesterday at the Booz Allen, giving him an 85 for
the day. It was later revealed that it was a tribute to his mother,
who died earlier that morning at the age of 85, Baltimore Sun, MD, 28
Jun 2004
Jean-Francois
Remesy's inspired putting claims 7-shot win in French Open -- 26.8 putts
per round average, no 3-putts, and 35 one-putts, BBC Sport, UK, 28 Jun
2004
Tom
Purtzer feeling green after 2-shot lead evaporates -- "I definitely
had my chances, but I just didn't putt very good today. ", Boston Herald,
MA, 28 Jun 2004
Dana
Quigley had plenty of bird-eye views -- whopping 22 birdies good for
5th -- "This new putter I used this week has me excited." Providence
Journal (subscription), RI, 28 Jun 2004
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Two
courses undergoing greens renovations projects, Myrtle Beach Sun News,
SC, 27 Jun 2004
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MacGregor
offers limited editions of Bobby Grace prototype putters, PGA.com,
25 Jun 2004
Hippo
Golf introduces a new line of Beast putters with five distinct models,
PGA.com, 25 Jun 2004
Scotty
Cameron Titleist Red X putters look back in time, PGA.com, 25 Jun 2004
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Virginia
golfer Lauren Doughtie eliminated by Janet Dyer -- Doughtie: "I
wasn't making the putts that I'd been making the rest of the week,
and that hurt me. I couldn't make a single putt to save my life, so
it kind of caught up with me.", Hampton Roads Daily Press, VA,
26 Jun 2004
Mary
Moan wins Connecticut WGA title over Katie Stepanek in 33 holes -- Stepanek's
pushed miss of a 4-footer decisive, Middletown Press, CT, 26 Jun 2004
Michele
Wie survives tight match against Jane Park in 3rd round -- Wie: "I putted
a lot better than I did (Friday) morning, and I've worked a lot on trying
to get the speed and break right." , Hampton Roads Daily Press, VA,
26 Jun 2004
Terrill
Samuel putts like a pro to win Star Women's Amateur over Mary Ann Lapointe
-- Lapointe: "When she putts like that, she's hard to beat.", Toronto
Star, Canada, 26 Jun 2004
Rocky
Thompson gives "Agelss Xtra" focus / energy juice credit after season-best
round of 67 -- "Man, this stuff really works!", Boston Globe, MA, 26
Jun 2004
Tom
Purtzer rides 65 to first-round lead -- 11 of 14 fairways, 15 of 18
greens, and only 27 putts -- Champions Tour decision to require walking
threatens his longevity due to major hip problem even though he's only
52, Boston Globe, MA, 26 Jun 2004
Jim
Volpenhein wins Met Am for 7th time over Big Ten medalist K and defending
Met champ Kevin Hall -- a question of survival -- Hall struggled with
puttting -- "I tried to steer the ball, and you're not going to do anything
with that." , Cincinnati Enquirer, OH, 26 Jun 2004
Charles
Howell follows best-ever round with a let up -- after nine one-putt
greens in his career-best round, he had only three yesterday, and three-putted
once for bogey. -- "It just comes down to the putter.", Baltimore Sun,
MD, 26 Jun 2004
Sydnee
Michaels wins qualifier for U.S. Junior Girls Open with just 24 putts
and trounces field by 4 -- "My putter was on fire.", North County Times,
CA, 26 Jun 2004
Jeff
Quinney grabs share of Lake Erie lead with 64 -- only 24 putts -- "I
was hitting it close so I had a lot of short putts." -- avoided trouble
on late-afternoon bumpy greens, CBS Sportsline, 26 Jun 2004
Former
Duke punter Ricky Brummitt rallies to beat senior medalist Wayne Neal
of Durham in 19 holes when Neal left the door open by missing several
short putts down the stretch -- missed 3-footer ends the match -- Brummitt
advances to semifinals, Durham herald Sum, NC, 26 Jun 2004
Seniors
Notebbook: Dana Quigley fires all-over round of 9 birdies and 5 bogeys
with a generic putter he picked up this week -- "It putted great." Providence
Journal (subscription), RI, 26 Jun 2004
Charles
Howell III sets tournament record at Booz Allen 1st round with 10-under
-- over 6 putts from 15 feet or longer, The Casper Star Tribune, WY,
25 Jun 2004
TPC
Avenel greens getting top marks -- Super Dennis Ingram credits Proxy
chemical with keeping poa seedheads from sprouting late in the day to
maintain smooth, true surface, Washington Times, DC, 25 Jun 2004
Tom
Lehman's game is back despite taking 31 putts -- "My putting has been
definitely the Achilles' heel of my game. It's been letting me down
this year, over the last several years, actually. I went back to the
long putter this week, and I've actually made a few.", Washington
Post, DC, 25 Jun 2004
MacGregor
Tour prototype putter from Bobby Grace. PGA.com, 25 Jun 2004
Howell
Takes Lead at Booz Allen Classic -- lots of long birdie putts, Durham
Herald Sun, NC, 25 Jun 2004
Court
Stops Callaway Club Copy Sales, Forbes, 25 Jun 2004
In
the News -- Hippo putters, PGA.com, 25 Jun 2004
Ian
Woosnam shares halfway lead - holes an "outrageous" 50-foot birdie putt
for his 5th birdie, TVNZ, New Zealand, 25 Jun 2004
Hot
putter leads Haydon to round of 63 at championships, San Francisco Chronicle,
CA, 25 Jun 2004
Booz
Allen after two rounds: Adam Scott's 62 Gives Him the Clubhouse Lead
-- 29 and 28 putts -- Olin Browne two back with 24 and 27 putts, Washington
Post, DC, 25 Jun 2004
Putter
"plain in shape" rule interpreted to allow Dogleg Right Superline --
Retief Goosen goes back to C-Groove Tracy model for US Open win -- Vijay
Singh leaves Bobby Grace mallet for Titleist putter, GolfDigest.com,
25 Jun 2004
Philippe
Lima claims Aa Saint Omer Open by one stroke when Alssandro Tadini 3-putts
final hole from 40 feet, GolfDigest.com, 25 Jun 2004
Candie
Kun in 2nd with seven birdies and two bogeys -- round included a 3-putt
from 3 feet, Ocala Star-Banner, FL, 25 Jun 2004
Ian
Woosnam's delight with his old iron, switch back to short putter, ic
Wales, UK, 25 Jun 2004
Debbie
Adams 4-putts to fall into playoff then wins NC Women's Amateur title
when Lori Teague misses a 3-footer, Asheville Citizen Times, NC, 24
Jun 2004
Savannah's
Tim O'Neal still determined to make it to golf's promised .land, Savannah
Morning News, GA, 24 Jun 2004
Ex-Terp
Del Ponchock Derails on Front Nine in Booz Allen - missing 5-6 five-footers
takes its toll andmakes him press, Washington Post, DC, 24 Jun 2004
Shaun
Micheel looking to get his putter working as well as his irons -- hits
17 greens in Booz Allen, Washington Post, DC, 24 Jun 2004
Karine
Icher using a heavier putter to cope with blustery winds at KLM Ladies
Open, iseekgolf, Australia, 24 Jun 2004
Peter
Senior struggles thru back nine at QLD Masters and thanks his putter
for holding his round together, PGA of Australia, Australia, 24 Jun
2004
Charles
Howell: "The thing that ultimately decides winners and not winners is
the putter.", Washington Post, 24 Jun 2004
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Colin
Montgomery switching back to the belly putter, Glasgow Daily Record,
UK, 22 Jun 2004
Paul
Garner putts to record round at Indian Hills Men's Invitational -- uses
"double-reverse overlapping underhanded claw" grip to deadly effect
in rounds of 68-67-67 -- final round of 6 birdies and 1 bogey blows
away the field by 9 strokes, Demopolis Times, 22 Jun 2004
Practice
Reading Putts, Peoria Journal Star, IL, 22 Jun 2004
Matt
Harmon starts hot at Michigan Am on wind-dried Donald Ross greens --
no three-putts is the key, The Grand Rapids Press, MI, 22 Jun 2004
Sun
Country Amateur Public Links Championship: Anton Salome blows 5-stroke
lead after 1st round with 4 3-putts in second / final round and loses
playoff to Patrick Dolan missing a 4-footer for par, El Defensor Chieftain,
NM, 22 Jun 2004
Favorite
equipment of pros, consumers according to the Darrell Survey: Odyssey
Two-Ball for consumers, LPGA, and Champions Tour -- Scotty Cameron prototype
for PGA Tour, Oregonian, OR, 22 Jun 2004
Mike
Mayo, visually impaired golfer, putts his way into history -- first
to win back-to-back victories in English Blind Golf Association's Strokeplay
championship, Plymouth Evening Herald, UK, 22 Jun 2004
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Retief
Goosen credits putting well with return to old putter he used in 2001
US Open -- "I've been working hard on my putting. I actually went
back to my old putter that I won the 2001 Open with. Five weeks ago
I started putting with it again.", USA Today
Jack
Nicklaus: Retief Goosen's birdie made Phil Mickelson's 5-footer
on 17th a lot longer, then Phil's miss made recovering from "freeze"
for next putt extremely difficult, Napa Valley Register, CA, 21
Jun 2004
Course
condition played major role at US Open -- Rick Smith knocks on the
green like a door and pours water on it to see water slide off without
wetting the green, USA Today, 21 Jun 2004
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Golfer
sinks $20000 putt with club from trash, Atlanta Journal Constitution
(subscription), GA, 22 Jun 2004
US
Women's Amateur Public Links: Michele Wie trails Honolulu's Punahou
School classmate Stephanie Kono -- Wie 5-putts par 5 from 36 feet and
misses a 7-footer for eagle while Kono drains long birdie putts (20,
22, 7, and 12 feet), Monterey County Herald,
Tommy
Weigand qualifies for Publinx with cautious putting at Sleepy Hollow
-- "I went after putts I thought I could sink, and lagged the other
ones. The greens are the hardest part of playing Sleepy Hollow. If you're
on the wrong side of the hole, you're
Megan
Grehan qualifies to play in US Women's Open after outlasting Aussie
pro Kathi Poppmeier in 6-hole playoff -- "I could win this thing" nerves
kick in but Grehan overcomes playoff 1st-hole 3-jack to prevail, The
Journal News.com, NY, 22 Jun 2004
Ray
Vinnewitz, You could have picked up a few putting tips from US Open,
Pioneer Press (Subscription), MN, 22 Jun 2004
Montana
State Golf Association Junior Championship features some young guns
with hot putters -- winner Loudan Steffes canned a 50-foot birdie then
a 10-foot eagle for a 3-stroke victory -- others also draining montsers
and knee-knockers, Billings Gazette,
Beth
Bader secures Open bid in playoff with 2-putt par from 25 feet, Quad
City Times, IA, 22 Jun 2004
Perfect
solution, green and view -- Harbour's Edge is a life-care retirement
community, and its "golf course" is a 7,500-square-foot putting green
perched on a rooftop, Palm Beach Post, FL, 22 Jun 2004
Grosse
Ile's living legend and resident Glenn Johnson (5-time Michigan Am winner)
hosts return of Am to Donald Ross's Grosse Ile, the best greens in Michigan
-- says the winner will need to lag well, Southgate News Herald, MI,
21 Jun 2004
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When
the bent dies, the poa pokes up, Hartford Courant (subscription),
CT, 21 Jun 2004
Mike
Weir gets major boost looking to Troon with 4th place finish: "That
was my Achilles heel: I just didn't make enough putts.", Winnipeg Sun,
Canada, 21 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen won on sheer guts, good putts -- putting lost the Open for Phil
Mickelson, Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription), PA, 21 Jun 2004
Putts
spell peril on 17th -- wind gust sends Mickelson's key putts out of
the hole twice, Miami Herald (subscription), FL, 21 Jun 2004
Kevin
Stadler served as guinea pig for 7th hole Sunday -- a 2-footer rolled
25 yeards into a bunker for a triple bogey -- setup called a "joke",
Rocky Mountain News, CO, 21 Jun 2004
Goosen's
the quiet winner -- 12 one-putts including last six greens, Houston
Chronicle, TX, 21 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen, 24 putts and the title -- Phil Mickelson, 27 putts and another
2nd, Milford Daily News, MA, 21 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen had 31 one-putt greens over 4 days, Orlando Sentinel (subscription),
FL, 21 Jun 2004
Paul
Simson at age 53 takes 4th NC Amateur with a 69 for 9 under -- great
touch with birdie putts of 35 and 33 feet sealing the deal -- Enbrel
saved his game from arthritis, Durham Herald Sun, NC, 21 Jun 2004
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Retief
Goosen claims second major as Phil Mickelson 3-putts from 4 feet on
17th hole to lose by 2, Telegraph.co.uk, UK, 20 Jun 2004
Dry
air sends greens over the edge to unfair, FOX Sports, 20 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen clinches second US Open crown with 24 putts and 11 one-putt greens,
Reuters, UK, 20 Jun 2004
USGA
gets brunt of player unrest -- "killed" greens too dead to soften up,
and scores soared to second highest average in modern times (78.7, with
1972 Pebble Beach 1st at 78.8), ESPN, 20 Jun 2004
USGA's
dumb-dumb -- Joakim Haeggeman bounces balls off practrice green and
catches them without leaving a pitch mark, Reuters, UK, 20 Jun 2004
Goosen
outputts Mickelson to win US Open, Washington Times, DC, 20 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen (pronounced WHO-son) and the Tracy Ultimatum that made him a
relaxed, positive champion, Golf Digest, from Nov 2001
Hoses
called in to save US Open from chaos, Daily Times, Pakistan, 20 Jun
2004
Shinnecock's
189 yards of hell -- the 7th hole's "Redan" green and the wind factor,
Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia, 20 Jun 2004
South
African Retief Goosen uses hot putter to win second Open title, CNN/SI,
20 Jun 2004
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A
stroke of genius - Curv Convex putter, News 10 Now, NY, 19 Jun 2004
Players
don't buy USGA's 7th-hole story -- say Redan green (inverted saucer)
was not setup correctly to play fairly, Chicago Tribune (subscription),
IL, 20 Jun 2004
Only
Goosen moves up on moving day -- bogeys on final two holes leave Mickelson
2 back -- missed a couple of short putts coming in, Stockton Record,
CA, 20 Jun 2004
Tiger's
sloppy round includes 31 putts, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, 20 Jun
2004
Ferris
State's Kyle Snell draws in Lyle Ambs Public Links Championship -- recent
switch to Odyssey Two-ball putter pays off -- "I'm not used to making
10-footers.", MLive.com, MI, 20 Jun 2004
Shinnecock
shows its fangs -- the greens are "dead", "borderline," "icy," "linoleum,"
etc., New York Newsday, NY, 20 Jun 2004
Mickelson
tumbles on moving day with bogeys in last holes -- missed short putts
-- US Open is about making pars until the other guy bogeys, Gwinnett
Daily Post, GA, 20 Jun 2004
Tim
Clark's 4-Under 66 Causes a Stir -- missed two-footer on 18th hole mars
excellent round, The Ledger, FL, 20 Jun 2004
Els
calls 7th hole "unplayable" with setup -- Mickelson's 3-putt from 6
feet not untypical for the day, The Ledger, FL, 20 Jun 2004
Good
ballstriking and poor putting, then poor ballstriking and good putting,
then eagle on 18 -- Tiger's hopes renewed, Newsday, NY, 20 Jun 2004
Jeff
Maggert's putting his Major weakness -- 6-7 putts left 3 inches short,
Newsday, NY, 20 Jun 2004
Irishman
Padriag (pronounced Porrick, rhymes with Yorick) Harrington out of luck
-- can't handle downhill birdie putts at Shinnecock, ic Teesside.co.uk,
UK, 20 Jun 2004
Retief
Goosen's 3rd round surge by the numbers: 10 of 14 fairways, 12 of 18
and 29 putts in a four-birdie, three-bogey round for a 69 that felt
like a 64, Albany Times Union, NY, 20 Jun 2004
Now
that's more like the US Open -- Daniel Chopra chips from 40 feet, ball
rolls 40 feet past hole off green, Chopra sinks the putt for par, Cincinnati
Enquirer, OH, 20 Jun 2004
JJ
Henry shoots 69 to make the cut then balloons to an 86 -- 5 fairways,
5 greens, and 33 putts -- 10 bogeys, 3 double bogeys, and a triple bogey
8 on a par 5, Savannah Morning News, GA, 20 Jun 2004
Steady
Els stays in the running with superb putting on fast greens -- "I made
some really good saves, putts from inside eight feet.", Philadelphia
Inquirer (subscription), PA, 20 Jun 2004
Butch
harmon's students missing cuts: Adam Scott takes 32 putts first day,
35 the next to shoot 75-75 at US Open and miss the cut, along with Darren
Clarke, Justin Leonard, and Fred Couples, Boston Globe, MA, 20 Jun 2004
104th
US Open San Diego Locals Watch: Chris Riley -- swing inconsistencies
(57% greens hit) with 28, 30, 31 putts; Pat Perez -- good start but
then no birdies in round with only two one-putt greens, San Diego Union
Tribune, CA, 20 Jun 2004
Fred
Funk is the best putter (77 for a 1.43 average); Tiger Woods with 31
putts: "I had a tough day.", Hatford Courant, CT, 20 Jun 2004
Jim
Furyk still a little rusty after March wrist surgery -- three-putts
from 7 feet, New York Post, NY, 20 Jun 2004
Roller-coaster
round at NC Amateur for perennial favorite Paul Simson -- a 3-putt and
then a 35-foot birdie, Durham Herald Sun, NC, 20 Jun 2004
Golfers
are steamrolled by greens, Knoxville News Sentinel, TN, 20 Jun 2004
Darron
Stiles leads four others by one on Nationwide Tour after three rounds
at Glenmaura -- 2nd round misses with putter corrected for 3rd round,
The Herald News, MA, 20 Jun 2004
Missed
putt at 2001 US Open a springboard for Goosen - Stewart Cink and Mark
Brooks also missed putts inside 6 feet, Richmond Times Dispatch, VA,
20 Jun 2004
Phil
Mickelson: I need to work on my lag putting, The Age, Australia, 19
jun 2004
Putter,
not wrist, sinks Furyk to 72 -- "From five to eight feet, I putted pretty
poorly.", Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee, FL, 18 Jun 2004
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John
Shippen, America's first black pro, nearly won the 1896 US Open at
Shinnecock Hills -- still a deadly putter many years later in New
Jersey, New York Daily News, NY, 16 Jun 2004
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USGA
snubs Ernie, Tiger -- no agenda to ban long putters at present, Business
Day, South Africa, South Africa, 17 jun 2004
Alone
in the zone - Vijay Singh's only weakness these days is inconsistent
putting, Press-Enterprise (subscription), CA, 17 Jun 2004
Vijay
Singh: "The way I putted last week, maybe I should go back and putt
with a normal putter again.", The Journal News.com, NY, 17 Jun 2004
Firm,
fast greens will test the best, Pioneer Press (Subscription), MN, 16
Jun 2004
Woods,
Els call for belly-putter ban, IAfrica South African News, South Africa,
16 Jun 2004
Angela
Stanford feeling very good about her putting these days as she prepares
to defend ShopRite LPGA Classic, Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription),
PA, 16 Jun 2004
A
little setup change has james Driscoll putting better -- now 17th on
Nationwide Tour with 1.744 putts per green in regulation, Wilkes Barre
Times-Leader, PA, 16 Jun 2004
Tyler
Smith leads, Jordan Fowles is tied for 2nd, at AJGA Glenwild Junior
-- neither putting well with lots of missed chances, Salt Lake City
Deseret News, UT, 16 Jun 2004
US
Open Notebook: Avoiding surgery proved to be right move for Brad Faxon,
Providence Journal (subscription), RI, 16 Jun 2004
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Brad
Faxon's locker-room putting lesson to Sergio Garcia: how to think
about putting and how to spend less time over the putt, The Journal
News.com, NY, 15 Jun 2004
Putter
debate gaining speed, Duluth News Tribune, MN, 15 Jun 2004
An
extension of cheating? Belly putter debate, Press-Enterprise (subscription),
CA, 15 Jun 2004
Bressner
drains long birdie putt to tip Miller, Bloomington Pantagraph, IL, 15
Jun 2004
Feat
may stand test of time - Paul Gow's course-record 61 at Glenmaura in
2003 Northeat Pennsylvania Classic on Nationwide Tour featured 15 greens
in regulation and 24 putts, mostly 20-footers, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,
PA, 15 Jun 2004
Sergio
Garcia wins Buick Classic with Rossa Mezza Monza Center-shafted putter,
iseekgolf, Australia, 15 Jun 2004
Els
looks like the one to beat: "I've never putted like this.", Myrtle Beach
Sun News, SC, 15 Jun 2004
Padraig
Harrington just misses victory: two misses from 8 feet at the end, The
Straits Times, Singapore, 15 Jun 2004
Callaway
Golf Staff Pro Annika Sorenstam Defends Title at McDonald's LPGA Championship
-- T5 in putts per GIR, Business Wire (press release), CA, 14 Jun 2004
Loren
Roberts skies to 78 with three-putted three in first eight holes, Napa
Valley Register, CA, 14 Jun 2004
Sorenstam
Wins LPGA Championship Again -- putting off in 4-hole meltdown then
putter heats up as she closes the deal with long birdie putts, In-Forum
(subscription), ND, 14 Jun 2004
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Joe
Carr, Telegraph.co.uk, UK, 4 June 2004
Irish
amateur Joe Carr dies aged 82, Reuters, UK, 4 Jun 2004
Joe
Carr dies at 82, North Scotland Press and Journal, OK, 4 Jun 2004
Solid
putts put Loren Roberts in Buick lead, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake
City,UT,USA, 14 Jun 2004
Great
putter debate: South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 13 Jun 2004
Paula
Marti couldn't get a putt to drop Saturday -- dropping cut line imperils
television schedule, News Journal, Delaware, 13 Jun 2004
When
the yips hit, fire your caddie -- Brendan Pappas struggling, Union Tribune,
San Diego, CA, 13 Jun 2004
Jim
Rhodes returns to 1966 putter he used for 2001 victory to take Whitlock
Jersey Seniors lead - "I can't remember putting so well and holing so
many putts really." PGA European Tour, 13 Jun 2004
Gorman
Thomas left his putter on the practice tee but drained his first putt
with a wedge; after retrieving the putter, he couldn't buy a putt, Mail
Tribune, OR, 12 Jun 2004
Frederik
Jacobson holes a 60-foot gagger for eagle in shooting 64, WCNC.com,
Charlotte, NC, 11 Jun 2004
Mark
Leon's 6th place play in NCAA Championship lifts Penn State team to
best-ever finish -- final round not spoiled by 18th-hole three putt,
Centre Daily Times, PA, 12 Jun 2004
Upright
Golf putter puts an end to bending, LesMarchesdesSeniors.com, France,
11 Jun 2004
Jennifer
Rosales' first-round 66 for lead: "I missed a lot of putts out there.
Kept putting and putting until I made some and kept going." The Manila
Times, Phillipines, 11 Jun 2004
Frederik
Jacobson one-putts first 6 greens and holes a 60-footer for eagle at
the Buick, Grand Forks Herald, NE, 11 Jun 2004
Long-ball
blaster Kelly Murray is also a pretty decent putter -- sticks with his
old Walter Hagen blade with sugar down the shaft and lots of lead and
tape, DailyProgress.com, Charlottesville, VA, 11 Jun 2004
New
Bubble Level Device Enables Golfers to Putt Like the Pros -- Green Reader,
PR Newswire, Dallas, TX, 11 Jun 2004
The
Green Reader
Tiger
Woods: "I never thought the belly putter should be legal, or the long
putter.", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, 10 Jun 2004
Does
It Work - Pro-Aim Golf Glasses checked out by Madison Golf Center pro
Greg Chandler, WAFF - Huntsville, AL, 10 Jun 2004
Phoenix-based
Futures Tour player Erin kerr working with Stan Utley on short game
in hopes of improving on competition, DenverPost.com - Golf, CO, 10
Jun 2004
Hot
putter makes Els a threat at Buick Classic -- only 11 putts on final
9 holes at Memorial, averaging 25 putts per round, The Journal News.com
- Westchester, NY, 10 Jun 2004
Cooperstown
senior Nick Feinberg improves at states but his putting was very poor
-- coach said he'd have broken his putter halfway round putting that
bad, Daily Star, NY, 10 Jun 2004
Ernie
Els interview after Memorial win, Cybergolf National, 10 Jun 2004
Vance
Veazy putts precisely, Maryville Daily Times - Maryville, TN, 5 Jun
2004
Kyle
Ellis' hot irons putting his brand on Am despite missing a handful of
short putts, Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS, 5 Jun 2004
Michael
Stringer leads State Am with birdie-studded 67 -- tendency to miss short
putts evident, Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS, 4 Jun 2004
Golf:
Woosnam sticks with long putter, icWales.com, 4 Jun 2004
Duke's
Liz Janangelo Wins Second Straight Connecticut Open -- lost title 5
years ago by three-putting final hole, and has practiced that putt ever
since and canned it for win this year, goduke.com, Durham, NC, 3 Jun
2004
Pelican
Lakes pro Bob McNamee says putt straight back, straight thru -- big-headed
mallets help keep putter on line, Greeley Tribune, CO, 3 Jun 2004
Chowrasia
opens 4-stroke lead despite missing three short putts he should have
made blindfolded, Rediff - Mumbai, India, 3 Jun 2004
Debate
grows over long putter, St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL, 3
Jun 2004
Chowrasia
putts his way to brilliant 66, Indian Express - New Delhi, India, 2
Jun 2004
Interview
with Hale Irwin -- touch on long putts off, Cybergolf National, 1 Jun
2004
Alex
Stamey grabs first-round lead with hot new putter -- drops 4 from outside
20 feet -- out with the Odyssey Two-ball, in with the Never Compromise
mallet, Mill Creek Herald - Mill Creek, WA, 1 Jun 2004
SCOREGolf
- Equipment - Article: New Eye Trainer putter hits the market, SCOREGolf
- Canada, 1 Jun 2004
Eye
Trainer Putter - The Ultimate Practice Putter
Nicklaus
makes the cut at Senior PGA Championship -- "I had about eight or
10 putts I missed from inside 3 feet," he said. "I turned a very easy
64, 65 into a 70 today.", Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, 30 May 2004
Practice
pays off for Futures tournament champion Naree Song with coach Jeff
King of David Leadbetter Junior Golf Academy on her bag, Gary Post
Tribune, IN, 30 May 2004
Steve
Flesch, who was working with five putters after Friday's second round
at the Colonial and changed putters for the third and fourth rounds:
"I tell you, if I was married to a putter, I would be divorced many
times by now.", Louisville Courier Journal, KY, 30 May 2004
Big
guns set sights on Cabrera -- Ernie Els dropping shots with his off-tune
putting, IAfrica South African News, South Africa, 30 May 2004
Sydneysiders
eye Carolina Classic success on Nationswide Tour -- Brenda Jones goes
round with only 24 putts (t-2 in field) and leads pal larrikin" Paul
Gow (T-6 in putting) by 3 strokes-- final round expected to be a putting
contest, Townsville Bulletin, Australia, 30 May 2004
Putter
controversy stirs again, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA, 30 May 2004
Volvo
PGA Championship -- Angel Cabrera's 4-under 68 earns one-shot lead
over Justin Rose -- Rose: "It just comes purely down to the putter."
ESPN, 30 May 2004
Will
Singh have last belly-laugh on uneasy Els?, Independent, UK, 30 May
2004
Scott
makes cut, still not happy -- swing, putting way off -- "I am looking
forward to getting back to the US Tour and competing on some real
greens.", Queensland Sunday Mail, Australia, 29 May 2004
Michelle
Estill leads Annika Sorenstam by one at Corning after blistering 64
-- only 25 putts on Friday, DetNews.com, MI, 28 May 2004
John
Bierkan, Lymans Orchard Golf Academy, Tap In to Your Spine to Make
More Putts -- Straight or Gating Stroke, Town Times, CT, 28 May 2004
Kenny
Perry's putting suspect -- just 25 putts Thursday but averaged over
31 for next three days at Colonial, Franklin Favorite, KY, 28 May
2004
Justin
Rose shoots 66 for early second-round lead at Volvo PGA -- Ernie Els
says he has no feel with his putter and struggles on the greens, Canada.com,
Canada, 28 May 2004
Micheel,
Gossett and Akins are connected in many ways - Micheel has seen little
success to follow up PGA Championship -- flatstick trouble -- Gossett
switched coaches and went into a nosedive, CNN/SI, 28 May 2004
Lee
Elder ballons to 25 over 96 and throws putter in the trash can, Kentucky.com,
KY, 28 May 2004
Vaughn
Taylor adjusts left hand under direction of old coach and burns course
with only 24 putts -- leads Toms, Stankowski by one stroke at St.
Jude Classic, Ocala Star-Banner, FL, 28 May 2004
Immelman
reignites long-putter debate, Indianapolis Star, IN, 27 May 2004
NCAA
Eastern Regional medalist honors comes down to final hole between
URI's Kenneth Fahey of ireland and Wake's Bill Haas -- Fahey 3-putted
from 70 feet while Haas 2-putted from 20 feet for a 1-stroke margin,
Boston Globe, MA, 27 May 2004
Darren
Clarke working on his putting as the final ingredient, The Mercury
(subscription), South Africa, 27 May 2004
Adam
Scott desparate to make a cut: "I just struggled with my putting last
week [in Gemany] and 37 putts is definitely not me and it's probably
the worst I have ever putted, so it is important to break straight
out of that situation.", The Australian, Australia, 27 May 2004
Annika
Sorenstam -- when she putts well, she dominates; when she putts so-so,
she still finishes in the top five, Ithaca Journal, NY, 27 May 2004
Long
Putter drives Sherri Steinhauer's sudden success, Wisconsin State
Journal, WI, 27 May 2004
Dale
Samar, Look for drainage on putting green to help read the breaks,
AZ Central.com, AZ, 26 May 2004
HLA-Saujana
Amateur Open: first-round leader Byron Miles falyers on tricky Cobra
greens -- 3-putts 3 holes, The Star, Malaysia, 26 May 2004
Getschmann
bags regional title -- spurred to 1-over round after 3-putting 2nd
hole; last year's champ Nate Young had a bad day on the greens with
40 putts to mess up his nice ballstriking, Baraboo News Republic,
WI, 26 May 2004
Deciding
the fate of long putters tougher than bellyaching about them, PGA.com,
26 May 2004
The
tour's long-putter debate, GolfDigest.com, 26 May 2004
Long
putter: Ban or befriend -- that's the question, ESPN, 26 May 2004
Doug
Moe: Researchers seek tips for yips, The Capital Times, WI, 26 May
2004
LPGA
makes change with emphasis -- the timing rules on the tee, fairway,
and green, Arkansas News, AR, 26 May 2004
Pros
weigh in on anchored putting, Oregonian, OR, 26 May 2004
Long
putters catch heat, The Desert Sun, CA, 26 May 2004
Golf:
Belly putter is under fire again, Belfast Telegraph (subscription),
UK, 26 May 2004
Golf:
Els defends call for putter ban, Montreal Gazette, Canada, 26 May
2004
Hale
Irwin still trying out putters after all these years -- no such thing
as grooving a stroke once and for all?, Louisville Courier Journal,
KY, 26 May 2004
Scott
Eilers, The Golf Mechanic: Visualize the line to the hole even on
irregular surfaces, Marco Island Eagle, FL, 25 May 2004
Royal
& Ancient, USGA to start using new ball test, FOX Sports, 25 May 2004
Bruce
Lietzke will defend his US Senior's Open title in St. Louis - 1.49
putts per GIR tops last year, Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic,
MO, 25 May 2004
Titleist
launches Scotty Cameron Red X Putters, iseekgolf, Australia, 25 May
2004
Steve
Flesch's last-minute switch to face balanced mallet he had never seen
before sparked final-round with 23 putts and victory at Colonial,
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX, 25 May 2004
Callaway
wins this week -- Steve Flesch wins Colonial after switching to Odyssey
DFX 2-ball putter for the weekend, PRLine, Spain, 25 May 2004
Futura
Long putter deemed non-conforming, iseekgolf, Australia, 25 May 2004
Strong
Short Game Is the Difference for Torrance junior Lucas Lee, Los Angeles
Times (subscription), CA, 25 May 2004
-
Padraig
Harrington: Wentworth is not for me -- too many missed putts -- don't
hit the putts firmly enough, Belfast Telegraph (subscription), UK,
24 May 2004
Birthday
Boy Steve Flesch Hangs On To Win Colonial over Chad Campbell -- Campbell
had too many lip-outs, WFtv.com, FL, 24 May 2004
Veterans
Tamashiro, Ige win Francis Brown 4-Ball - draining monster putts, Honolulu
Advertiser, HI, 24 May 2004
Trevor
Immelman wields belly putter for 2nd week and outputts Padraig Harrington
to win in Germany -- led field with 106 putts and only 24 on Sunday
-- sank his 7-footer on last hole while Harrington missed his 10-footer
for tie, The Scotsman, UK, 24 May
Long
putters give modern game more than a belly ache, SABC News,ÊSouth Africa,
24 May 2004
Parnevik
follows front-nine 31 with back-nine meltdown -- 41 included a missed
3-foot putt for triple bogey, Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription),
TX, 24 May 2004
Grim
perspective doesn't stop lefty Steve Flesch from the last laugh -- he
hates all his putters but still led the field in average total putts
per round (27), with only 23 putts to win, Fort Worth Star Telegram
(subscription), TX, 24 May 2004
Steady
Sherri Steinhauer slips by Morgan and Park to claim win -- third year
with long putter, The Journal News.com, NY, 24 May 2004
Becky
Morgan wilts under pressure -- faltering starts with three-putt bogey
on 5th hole, The Journal News.com, NY, 24 May 2004
Speed
kills in this sport, too -- taking too long to putt costs group members
thousands each, The Journal News.com, NY, 24 May 2004
Chopra
builds confidence at Henrico County Open with record-smashing 30 under
-- only 22 putts on last day in his second Nationwide win this year
in only two appearances, iseekgolf, Australia, 24 May 2004
Victory
bittersweet for Flesch - misses a 4-footer right out of the gate but
then rolls his rock to victory, bad-mouths his putting, and snags the
field lead for fewest putts per round (27), Houston Chronicle, TX, 24
May 2004
Flesch
takes home Colonial but 1-stroke win includes missed short putts of
5, 4, and 3 feet, Milford Daily News, MA, 24 May 2004
Travis
Lethco's return to competition is in time for Greensboro College Pride
-- takes 7th in nationals, Winston Salem Journal, NC, 24 May 2004
Clemson
wins NCAA East Regional -- Wake Forest fails to advance -- Dustin Bray
and UNC return from hotel after terrible final round for playoff against
NCSU for 10th and final spot to advance to finals -- Bray's 12-foot
putt secures the spot, Augusta Chro
Brian
Gay can't get anything going in final round -- 3-putts first hole; Bo
Van Pelt charges up to a 5th-place finish with a 65 that included missed
birdie putts from 6, 8, 12, and 10 feet, Dallas Morning News (subscription),
TX, 24 May 2004
Simon
Yates edges Rick Gibson for SK Korean Open -- Yates missed a 5-footer
on final hole and then Gibson missed a 4-footer to tie, The Scotsman,
UK, 24 May 2004
Jeev
Milkha Singh takes second on Japan Tour -- 3-putt from 20 feet on 11th
and two putts left short uphill on 17th and 18th told the tale, Indian
Express, India, 24 May 2004
There's
only one hitch in Garcia's game now - putting, St. Petersburg Times,
FL, 20 May 2004
UK's
Mark Blakefield is rolling his rock -- shaves 3 strokes off last year's
average -- "He's become a terrific putter by going to a left-hand-low
grip, and spending lots of time on the practice green.", Lexington Herald
Leader, KY, 20 May 2004
Padraig
Harrington skipping title defense at Wentworth's Volvo Championship:
"I struggle on the greens because I don't hit my putts firm enough.",
ic Wales, UK, 20 May 2004
Follow
Peter Thompson's advice: "Hit to the middle, and putt to the corners
of the greens." -- you'll hit more greens, face longer putts, but score
lower, Malay Mail, Malaysia, 20 May 2004
Maureen
O'Brien outduels defending champ Karen Ferree in playoff for SC Women's
Senior Championship -- Ferree loses lead with 3-putt at 14th and loses
playoff hole when 7-footer slides by right, Beaufort Gazette, SC, 20
May 2004
Duke
team battles UCLA Bruins for national women's golf title -- Duke's Brittany
Lang and Liz Janangelo go low -- Lang with good ballstriking and suspect
putting, Janangelo with suspect ballstriking and good putting, Durham
Herald Sun, NC, 20 May 2004
Two-time
Nationwide Tour winner Jimmy Walker learns patience in hunt for "battlefield
promotion" to PGA Tour -- faced a 30-footer for the lead 3 weeks ago
and ended up 3-putting himself out of contention by getting greedy,
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA, 20 May 2004
Best
caddies are much more than players' porters -- Hoch's former caddie
Damon Green won 60 times on the minitours -- now caddies for Zach Johnson
and read the putts that helped Zach win the BellSouth Classic this year,
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX, 20 May 2004
Rebels
shave nine strokes but still making too many 3-putts in NCAA Women's
Championship, UNLVRebels.com, 20 May 2004
Ping
shipping its new DOC17 putter, AZ Central.com, AZ, 20 May 2004
Big
numbers killing Huskies in NCAA Women's Championship -- freshman Amber
Prange has 39 putts one day and 26 the next, GoHuskies.com, 20 May 2004
Blind
golf champion David Morris has helper line up the putts and give approximate
distance -- in Melbourne tournament, 4-putted three of the slick greens,
Guardian, UK, 20 May 2004
Tiger's
current putting form superb -- saving his loose long game -- climbs
20 spots to 28th in total putts per round (28.47), Atlanta Journal Constitution
(subscription), GA, 20 May 2004
David
Leadbetter: Stewart Cink's missed 18-incher in the 2001 US Open to join
the playoff shows the vital importance of maintaining focus on every
shot -- slight letdown after missing preceding 12-footer was fatal,
GolfDigest.com, 19 May 2004
Most
golf gadgets have little use for recreational player -- space-age sunglasses
for lining up putts, Tarentum Valley News Dispatch, PA, 19 May 2004
Putt
up or shut up -- Shotlink 2003 stats for PGA Tour putting -- Aaron Baddeley
best at 6-foot range with 86.3% -- field averages: 4' 91.3%; 5' 81%;
6' 70.4%; 7' 61.1%; 8' 54%; 9' 47.9%; 10' 42.2%; 10-15' 19.5%, Buffalo
News, NY, 19 May 2004
Hank
Kuehne's work with swing coach Kevin Smeltz now getting over the hump
but his putting is pretty off these days -- ranks 151st out of 184 on
Tour in putting stats, Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX,
19 May 2004
Nation's
top collegiate golfer Liz Janangelo of Duke at NCAA Championship: "I
putted well today, but nothing would drop.", The Duke Chronicle, NC,
18 May 2004
Deane
Pappas at the US Open Qualifier -- Made
one 4-footer out of 14 decent chances
on the greens -- "I just putted like
crap.", The Ledger, FL, 18 May 2004
Nick
Gilliam's 64 laps the field at US Open
local qualifier -- nine 1-putt greens,
Chicago Daily Herald, IL, 18 May 2004
Conference
IV championship -- Bronxville Bronco
Olavo Batista infallible on the greens
with bets-ever 67 round -- caps win
with 40-foot birdie on final hole, The
Journal News.com, NY, 18 May 2004
TaylorMade
celebrates 25 years of innovation, iseekgolf,
Australia, 18 May 2004
Australian
Andrew Tschudin wins Hooters Tour playoff
over Nick Gilliam -- Tschudin misses
from 10-feet to bogey last hole then
Gilliam missed the winning 20-footer
to force playoff, iseekgolf, Australia,
17 May 2004
Jimenez
rallies to capture Asian Open -- England's
Simon Dyson: "I didn't putt that good."
-- Greg Norman DQ'd for illegal drop
out of water, USA Today, 17 May 2004
Matters
and facts: Joanathan Kaye125th for year
in putting stats but switch to Never
Compromise helped him be 8th in putting
at Wachovia Championship -- Davis Love
at 6'3" tall adds 1 inch to his 35-inch
putter to help close up his elbows,
CBS Sportsline, 17 May 2004
Colonial
history: 1995: Tom Lehman's 72nd hole
24-footer to win; 1977: Ben Crenshaw's
back-nine 31 with 11 putts to win, Fort
Worth Star Telegram (subscription),
TX, 17 May 2004
Sloppy
stroke on 4-footer costs Robert Damron
a victory and $500,000 dollars, Fort
Worth Star Telegram (subscription),
TX, 17 May 2004
Golf:
Loucks locks onto lead at Porthcawl
-- teenage star Lydia Hall cans five
20-footers at Royal Porthcawl Ladies
Union Close championship, ic Wales,
UK, 17 May 2004
Sergio
Garcia at Forth Worth: 29.8 putts per
round average ranked him near the bottom
at 66th in the field, Fort Worth Star
Telegram (subscription), TX, 17 May
2004
With
his putter dialed in, junior golfer
Owen Nodrick overcomes 'mountain' at
Quarry, Winnipeg Sun, Canada, 17 May
2004
Don
Berry smokes the field to win Minnesota
Championship by whopping 10 stroke margin
-- starts pull-away with a 50-foot bomb
on second hole and then birdies next
two as well, Pioneer Press, MN, 16 May
2004
Chippy
Warley wins Santee Amateur in sudden-death
playoff -- "The putter ... that's what
kept me in it -- rolling in the putts.",
The Times and Democrat, SC, 16 May 2004
Byron
Nelson EDS 3rd round: Woods slips as
Garcia shoots into lead -- Woods takes
31 putts, Calcutta Telegraph, India,
16 May 2004
Playing
under pressure: Nervous is normal --
Debbie Crews says use both sides of
your brain when putting -- bases advice
on studying golfers who score between
83 and 98, CBS Sportsline, 16 May 2004
Ex-Frog
JJ Henry looks to launch a successful
homestand -- work on putting paying
off but other parts of game getting
a little loose -- Todd Anderson swing
coach, Carl Larsey putting coach --
overcoming aiming breaking putts to
low side, Fort Worth Star Telegram,
16 May 2004
OSU
goes low with 15-under day at Maxwell
-- freshman Casey Wittenburg 4-putts
2nd hole (20', 4', 8', tap-in) but still
shoots 66 -- coach Mike Holder: "Perfect
weather.", NewsOK.com (subscription),
OK, 16 May 2004
Character
builder -- getting kicked off Colonial
for digging balls out of the cup with
the putter as a teenager, Fort Worth
Star Telegram (subscription), TX, 16
May 2004
Byron
Nelson EDS 2nd round: Woods in the lead,
Mickelson misses cut -- Woods leads
field in putts per round with 25.0 average
-- says he's leaving himself better
chances to make the putts with good
ballstriking on approach shots, Independent
Online, South Africa, 15 May 2004
Jon
Brendle sets the pin positions for the
PGA Tour with his See More putter --
next-door neighbor to Payne Stewart
showed him the putter Stewart used to
win the 1999 US Open at Pinehurst, Dallas
Morning News (subscription), TX, 15
May 2004
Phil
Mickelson: How I changed my game, GolfDigest.com, 11 May 2004
Elson's
log - frustrated with belly putter, ic Birmingham.co.uk,
UK, 11 May 2004
Wake's
Bill Haas wins Hogan Award -- looking to
NCAA Regionals -- Coach and Uncle Jerry
Haas: "We could all putt better.", The State,
SC, 12 May 2004
Padraig
Harrington chases Asian double in Shanghai
-- likes the tricky Asian greens and feels
he has an advantage, IAfrica South African
News, South Africa, 12 May 2004
Short-putt
misses cost Robert McClellan in Tri-State
Section PGA Match Play, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
PA, 12 May 2004
Wood
River HS Wolverine Tate Mills shoots 71
at Burley for school's first-ever district
title -- on fire with his putter -- hard
work on short game paying dividends, Idaho
Mountain Express and Guide, ID, 12 May 2004
Wachovia's
Quail Hollow greens trouble to players --
two 3-jacks by Mickelson, The Enquirer-Journal,
NC, 12 May 2004
Tiger
on the prowl at Quail Hollow in 3rd round
-- a few nice bombs from Outer Slobovia
showed improved putting, The Enquirer-Journal,
NC, 11 May 2004
Kiwi
Brad Heaven finishing stellar career at
Toledo University -- headed to the pro ranks
-- putting skill separates him from the
pack -- finished second by one in New Zealand
Open, New Zealand Herald,ÊNew Zealand, 11
May 2004
Aaron
Oberholser at Charlotte -- coming up one
putt shy, USA Today, 11 May 2004
A
Second Chance in Mexico - Big Break's Justin
Peters hanging around the cut line -- two
three-putts in the land of 16-foot crocs,
Golf Channel, 11 May 2004
Furyk
doubtful he'll recover from injury in time,
ESPN, 11 May 2004
Wofford
U Terriers standout William McGirt is turning
pro -- will join Gateway Tour in Myrtle
beach before seeking Tour card -- putting
improvement sparks move, The Robesonian,
NC, 11 May 2004
4A
golf snapshot - two-stroke penalty incurred
when putt hits unattended flagstick -- mistakes
puts Wagoner's Jon Edison off his game,
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK, 11 May 2004
Putter
maker John Gollehon offers putting tips
in new book -- How to Make Birdies, PR Newswire
(press release), 11 May 2004
Vance's
Corey Nagy in the hunt for NC High School
4A title -- front nine greens slick, but
he started making putts on the back, Charlotte
Observer (subscription), NC, 11 May 2004
Charles'
challenge short-lived -- short-putt miss
stalls round, Otago Daily Times, New Zealand,
10 May 2004
Corey
Pavin returns to Open glory at Shinnecock
-- recalls the 228-yard 3 iron to 5 feet
(missed the putt, but won anyway), Newsday,
NY, 10 May 2004
Cal
Bears women's golf team ranked 6th in nations
in putts per GIR (1.916), CalBears.com,
10 May 2004
Buckeyes
Capture Big Ten Title -- Senior Kevin Hall
medals with close approaches and solid putting,
Golf Channel, 10 May 2004
Sindelar
wins on second playoff hole over Aaron Oberholser
-- Tiger Woods' charge with 30-footer on
17th falls short but snags 3rd place, News
14 Charlotte, NC, 9 May 2004
Mike
Austin wins Hooters event -- only 12 putts
on back nine -- glad to get back north to
bent grass greens, Chicago Sun Times, IL,
10 May 2004
Hernando
HS freshman Zach Koch wins Advanced 14 in
North Suncoast JGA event at Plantation Hill
with 11-over 83 -- "should have been a 75"
-- "I had some robbery putts and three very
stupid putts." Hernando Today, FL, 10 May
2004
Pinehurst
teacher Kelly Mitchum finds back nine tough
going -- 4 birdies in holes 1-10 matched
with 3 bogeys and a birdie on 11-18 -- early
birdies: 11' (No. 1), 17' (No. 2), 20' (No.
7), and 28' (10th), Myrtle Beach Sun News,
SC, 10 May 2004
14-year-old
Michele Wie ends tied for 12th at Kingsmill
-- missed 4-footer for birdie on 1st hole
-- "I'm thinking if I made that putt, I
could've gotten on a roll.", Hampton Roads
Daily Press, VA, 10 May 2004
Se
Ri Pak finishes fast to win -- putting finally
kicked in for weekend rounds, Hampton Roads
Daily Press, VA, 10 May 2004
Browns
Summit native Jerry Smith as a teen Putt-Putted
way to fame winning the 1958 National Putt-Putt
Championship and a cream-colored Cadillac
Coupe de Ville, Greensboro News Record,
NC, 10 May 2004
Rob
Johnson wins at Guadalajara -- Mexican star
Alex Quiroz misses two-footer and finishes
one stroke back, Winnipeg Sun, Canada, 10
May 2004
From
Pages Past, 1954: Sam Snead blows a 15-inch
putt on third playoff hole to lose Greenbrier
Open, Bloomington Pantagraph, IL, 10 May
2004
Larry
Lis Jr wins Ohio Valley GA Wheeling Park
Classic with 13 under score -- could have
been a lot lower -- missed 4-5 eagle putts
inside 10-12 feet, Wheeling News Register,
WV, 10 May 2004
Se
Ri Pak takes first two days to figure out
speed on slow greens -- unlocks secret hitting
putts 3 feet past the cup, Richmond Times
Dispatch, VA, 10 May 2004
Sindelar
wins in playoff -- long-haul work on his
short game pays off, Winston Salem Journal,
NC, 10 May 2004\
Larry
Nelson Comes from Behind to Win FedEx with
eagle putt of 3 feet, and birdies from 15,
20, and 40 feet, Golf Channel, 10 May 2004
Notes:
Quail Hollow Greens Tricky -- lots of double-breaking
putts, Golf Channel, 10 May 2004
Rob
Johnson wins Michelin Guadalajara Classic
-- Mexico's Alex Quiroz rues missed two-footer
at 15th that leaves him one stroke back,
The Herald News, MA, 10 May 2004
Mickelson
finally gets his putter working Sunday at
Quail Hollow -- shoots 67 for top-ten finish,
New Bern Sun Journal, NC, 10 May 2004
Solid
play by American Jason Knutson wins Macau
Open -- overcomes 3-stroke deficit behind
Amandeep Johl after Johl three-putted 10th
hole for double bogey, Daily Times, Pakistan,
10 May 2004
Byron
Nelson won Dallas' inagural Texas Victory
Open in 1944 by 10 strokes, capping his
round with a 34-foot putt for birdie, Dallas
Morning News (subscription), TX, 10 May
2004
Cardiff
giant Craig Smith credits good putting as
key to victory in AIB Irish Amateur Open
Championship -- runner-up Sean McTernan
misses 18-footer on final hole for the tie,
IrishExaminer.com (subscription), Ireland,
9 May 2004
Futura
Long deemed non-conforming, Scotty Cameron.com,
Apr 2004
Mickelson
still struggling with Quail Hollow greens
-- three-putts 18th for a 72 in third round,
Allentown Morning Call, PA, 9 May 2004
Phil
Mickelson stymied trying to read putts --
Tripp Isenhour's putting prowess fades as
he misses all his short birdie opportunities
-- Davis Love switches putters and misses
short putts, suffers three 3-jacks in the
round but says he is rolling the putts well,
Salisbury Post, NC, 9 May 2004
Tiger
slips in third round -- 28 putts Saturday
not bad, so he's still 1st in putting for
the field, Salisbury Post, NC, 9 May 2004
Mike
Weir's putting problems continue -- rash
of bogeys take him out of contention, Ottawa
Sun, Canada, 9 May 2004
Local
caddie Mark Miller helps Jeff Maggert stay
on course -- reading nearly all the putts,
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 9 May 2004
Tazewell's
Charlie Green drains a 60-foot monster birdie
putt en route to winning 39th VSGA Four-Ball,
Roanoke Times, VA, 9 May 2004
Chris
Clemens of Beech Grove used a hot putter
to capture the Indiana Golf Association
Tournament of Champions, Indianapolis Star,
IN, 9 May 2004
Rule
of the Week: Rule 16-1, the line of the
putt, SunHerald.com, MS, 9 May 2004
Trying
times for Kim Williams -- swing off, misses
a 2.5 footer on 18th for bogey -- kid's-sized
Sponge Bob hat reads "Leave my brain alone!",
Hampton Roads Daily Press, VA, 9 May 2004
Se
Ri Pak finally figures out the green speed
-- starts hitting putts 2-3 feet past the
cup on softer-than-last-year greens, Hampton
Roads Daily Press, VA, 9 May 2004
Woods'
'A' game returns at Wachovia with 66 --
sinking nearly all his putts while Vijay
Singh missed half a dozen inside 18 feet
for a 70, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN,
8 May 2004
Billy
Andrade follows Thursday 69 with a poor
77 and misses cut -- "It's just a little
bit of everything and today my putter wasn't
very good.", Winston Salem Journal, NC,
8 May 2004
Mickelson
struggling with putting -- difficulty getting
good reads -- 60 putts for first two days,
Salisbury Post, NC, 8 May 2004
Michele
Wie at Kingsmill: 28 putts Thursday, 29
putts Friday, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier,
IA, 8 May 2004
Michele
Wie makes cut with 67 despite balky putter
-- Annika Sorenstam: I haven't made a putt
longer than 3 feet." Honolulu Advertiser,
HI, 8 May 2004
Sizzling
short game puts Tiger up by two midway through
Wachovia -- only 22 putts including a string
of 7 consecutive one-putt greens, CNN International,
8 May 2004
Woods
makes 140 feet of putts in 22 total putts
(6.7 feet average), The Globe and Mail,
Canada, 8 May 2004
Tiger
Woods missing fairways, missing greens,
putting lights out and leading -- 32 for
32 inside 10 feet and one-putting 23 of
36 greens, Ottawa Citizen, Canada, 8 May
2004
Mark
Kurzynowski tames hard, fast greens, shares
lead -- 25 total putts on a day of missing
greens in regulation, Detroit Free Press,
MI, 8 May 2004
Christie
Kerr's putts are going Kerr-plunk -- straighter
off the tee equals more birdie puttt chances
-- Annika Sorenstam doesn't like the Kingsmill
greens too much -- not making putts, Hampton
Roads Daily Press, VA, 8 May 2004
Hot
putter lifts Tiger -- birdie putts of 4,
47, 16, 20, 9, 20 and 8 feet, Myrtle Beach
Sun News, SC, 8 May 2004
Women's
Div I Regionals: Duke Blue Devils, UNC's
Francella hold leads -- NC State Wolfpack
getting to the greens but not dropping the
putts, Durham Herald Sun, NC, 8 May 2004
Stroke
adjustment pays off -- Kim Williams places
her hands more forward and improves whatever
she was doing before, Richmond Times Dispatch,
VA, 8 May 2004
Rob
McMillan grabs halfway lead in Guadalajara
with 3-under 69 despite leaving himself
lots of long putts, The Herald News, MA,
8 May 2004
Eduardo
Romero is one off lead after two-stroke
penalty when ball moved as he prepared to
putt, sportinglife.com, UK, 8 May 2004
Kirk
Triplett quietly sets Wachovia record with
64 -- only 11 putts on back nine finished
off with a 45-foot birdie -- Singh's 68
includes a 3-putt on last hole from 18 feet,
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN, 7 May 2004
Tiger
sharp around Wachovia Championship greens,
getting up and down -- missed 10 of 14 fairways
but took only 25 total putts with 11 one-putt
greens, Charlotte Observer (subscription),
NC, 7 May 2004
Luke
Donald's 67 at Wachovia: "I was just very
steady on the back, but I couldn't make
any 10- or 15-foot putts.", Charlotte Observer
(subscription), NC, 7 May 2004
Kirk
Triplett's course-record opening 64 at Wachovia:
15 greens in regulation and only 25 putts,
Charlotte Observer (subscription), NC, 7
May 2004
Westwood
scorches course with 65, including a 3-putt
final hole, Ananova, UK, 7 May 2004
Hooters
Tour players split money with sponsors chasing
the dream -- Seattle's Mike Haack: "If I
could make a few more putts, I would be
in contention more.", Chicago Daily Herald,
IL, 7 May 2004
British
Masters report: bumpy greens; Stephen Webster:
"I am getting fed up with putting like that.
I have no confidence - it is a mental thing."
-- Robert Rock: "I did not read the putts
very well.", ic Birmingham.co.uk, UK, 7
May 2004
Calcavecchia
Maintains Lead at Maekyung Open -- three-birdie
one bogey round includes nice uphill 12-footer,
Korea Times, South Korea, 7 May 2004
Lothians
Championship matches: David Ewen's challenge
fizzles with penultimate-hole 3-jack to
drop match against Keith Reilly 2 and 1,
The Scotsman, UK, 7 May 2004
Monty
delight at crowd reaction -- whiffs a tap-in
for second bogey in first three holes but
steadies himself to par, ic Liverpool, UK,
7 May 2004
Soo-Yun
Kang playing "stick and putt" for 65 --
Inkster (68) missing greens but putting
great -- Alfredsson (66): 2 early 3-putts
plus 5 late birdies -- Delasin (66): 6 birdies
including 20- and 40-footers, Hampton Roads
Daily Press, VA, 7 May 2004
Mr
Big Kenneth Ferrie cuts way through Forest
at British Masters for 67, one off lead
-- couple of missed short putts, ic Teesside.co.uk,
UK, 7 May 2004
Singh's
sizzling back nine carries him to a one-shot
victory -- 10 putts in a back-nine 29 with
long-range birdie putts galore, Times Picayune,
LA, 4 May 2004
Old
Pelz three-ball putter still in use, The
Journal News.com, NY, 6 May 2004
The
putting cutting edge, New York Newsday,
NY, 6 May 2004
Singh
at New Orleans putting inside 10 feet: 52
for 53 -- back-nine total putts: 10, London
Free Press, Canada, 6 May 2004
New
Hogan putters coming out, St. Cloud Times,
MN, 6 May 2004
Short
game is Krull's mark, Sioux City Journal,
IA, 6 May 2004
Wie
on her way to being Tigress Woods - 13 one-putt
greens and 23 total putts, MSNBC, 6 May
2004
Kiwi
Tim Wilkinson chases golf success in the
US from Palmerston North base -- will have
to get his broomstick working better inside
2-3 metres, Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand, 6
May 2004
Soccorro
Lady Warriors eighth-grader Kayla Cline
wins district title after nerve-wracking
three-hole playoff with lots of putting
drama, El Defensor Chieftain, NM, 6 May
2004
Zhang
Liang-wei looking for third Macau Open --
hoping to putt a little better than last
week, CBS Sportsline, 6 May 2004
Fleisher's
a runaway winner in Alabama -- three-putts
when a cell-phone ring in his backstroke,
but still coasts to victory, GolfDigest.com,
6 May 2004
Sorenstam's
putter sputtering; 121 total putts -- "I
just didn't make putts. I had a lot of chances
all day; I had a lot of chances all week.
When you start thinking about it, it makes
you crazy.", Golf For Women Magazine, 6
May 2004
New
tests ahead for Faldo hope Matthew Baldwin
-- Nick showed him how to use the apex to
read the putt's break, ic Huddersfield.co.uk,
UK, 6 May 2004
UNLV
WOMEN'S GOLF: Rebels short-game boot camp
shaves putting average from 30.6 to 29.5
per round -- a "huge" improvement, Las Vegas
Review-Journal, NV, 6 May 2004
Final-round
charge puts Singh in the money -- winning
putt on 18, Otago Daily Times, New Zealand,
6 May 2004
Gaining
control of your putter, Charlotte Observer
(subscription),ÊNC, 6 May 2004
Nun
joke: "don't tell me you missed the floobin'
putt!" Charlotte Observer (subscription),
NC, 6 May 2004
Meadowbrook
Farms' playing surface lives up to Norman's
promise -- if you can read the line and
roll the ball, the putt will drop, Houston
Chronicle, TX, 4 May 2004
Familiar
face nets fifth title -- Paul Parajeckas
of Pleasant Valley and Rusty Gunnarson of
Bay Pointe take NE Pro-Pro Match Play after
opponents have 3-putt troubles, Boston Herald,
MA, 4 May 2004
Wachovia
Championship Notebook: Greensboro's John
Maginnes at the bottom in putting -- 1.84
putts per green in regulation ranks 178th
of 184 on Tour, Winston Salem Journal, NC,
4 May 2004
Pieterse
steals Simon's thunder -- missed 3-footer
critical, The Star (subscription), South
Africa, 4 May 2004
Grosse
Ile Devils back on beam at Grand Traverse
Resort -- team leader Laura Bavaird cans
a 50-foot putt on final hole to cap her
medalist round, Southgate News Herald, MI,
4 May 2004
Paul
Lawrie changes swing coaches -- says he's
putting well but ballstriking needs a boost,
The Scotsman, UK, 4 May 2004
Vijay
sinks a 25-footer on final hole to seal
win after back-nine 29, The Star, Malaysia,
4 May 2004
A
63 in New Orleans is OK with Vijay -- Joe
Ogilvie's putting falls short on final day
-- Mickelson's mid-round missed short putts
takes him out, Buffalo News, NY, 4 May 2004
Dose
of Spain cures Garcia - still needs help
with the flatstick, Charlotte Observer (subscription),
NC, 4 May 2004
Cape
Cod Academy's Chelsea Curtis captures title
-- Chicopee's Juli Wightman fininshes 2nd
after missing short putts all day, Boston
Herald, MA, 4 May 2004
Janina
Parrott Jacobs, Winning is about preparation
-- "Bad putters do not win tournaments.
Period. Lucky putters may get lucky, but
luck doesn't last.", Detroit Free Press,
MI, 4 May 2004
Golf:
Kulzer hones his focus, and his game, St.
Cloud Times, MN, 3 May 2004
Juli
Inkster: "Last year I putted great." Towanda
Daily Review, PA, 3 May 2004
Alastair
Forsyth's fifth in Italy suggests he's reaching
for peak in May -- better putting and greater
confidence -- 17 birdies for event with
26 total putts Sunday, The Scotsman, UK,
3 May 2004
Golfer
JoAnne Carner Plays on Past 65 -- ""I never
had the yips. Even when I three-putt, it
never bothers me." Sarasota Herald-Tribune,
FL, 3 May 2004
Bruce
Fleisher's birdie run on holes 13-15 seals
the wire-to-wire win in bruno's Classic--
putts of 12, 20, and 8 feet -- "When the
20-footer went in, that's when I knew the
golf gods were in my favor." The Decatur
Daily, AL, 3 May 2004
Becky
Morgan's 6-footer on final hole to tie pulled
badly, GolfDigest.com, 3 May 2004
Joe
Ogilvie's putter keeping him in the hunt
-- sinking more in 6-10 foot range than
last year, Peninsulaclarion.com, AK, 3 May
2004
Last
year's Wachovia Championship -- David Tom's
great golf capped by ugly 4-putt snowman
on 72nd hole for the win, Cleveland Plain
Dealer, OH, 3 May 2004
H.
City's Danny Ellis Leads HP Classic after
rounds of 63-66 -- "I just made some putts
all day, and I drove it well", The Ledger,
FL, 2 May 2004
Aree
Song Leads at Chick-Fil-A Tourney on her
18th Birthday -- Annika Sorenstam lurking
only 3 back despite missing 3 birdie putts
inside 10 feet and a 3-putt for her sole
bogey, The Porterville Recorder, CA, 2 May
2004
Mickelson
makes 8 birdies all inside 12 feet, plus
a 40-foot par save, Times Picayune, LA,
2 May 2004
Boys'
golf: Everything works right Racine Lutheran's
Andy DeKeuster -- very steady putter wins
individual title by 3 in 19-team field,
Journal Times Online, WI, 2 May 2004
Austin
Peay State's Yoshio Yamamoto leads at Wendy's
Open with brilliant putting -- regularly
holing putts in the 15- to 20-foot range,
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN, 2 May 2004
Joakim
Haeggman Closes the Gap on Cabrera in Italy
-- six single putts over final six holes,
including 2 from 25 feet, keys 64 round
-- a little dew on fresh-cut greens "just
perfect", European Tour, UK, 2 May 2004
Aree
Song and Lorie Kane share lead -- Song's
putting very sharp with three 15-footers,
Malay Mail, Malaysia, 2 May 2004
Bruno's
Classic: Tom Jenkins 3-putts from 5 feet
and then pours it on with 5 birdies in an
8-hole stretch for a 66, Winston Salem Journal,
NC, 2 May 2004
Ryuji
Imada, Kyle Thompson Share BMW Lead -- both
golfers making some long birdie putts, Golf
Channel, 1 May 2004
Marion
eighth-graders learn the physics of golf
-- teacher Fran Wachter has students learn
Newtons Laws of Motion by designing their
own putt-putt holes with simple machines
to demonstrate the laws, Marion Daily Republican,
IL, 1 May 2004
Andrea
Petersen leads Austin Packers to victory
in Big-Nine play -- whole team putts superbly
and could score even lower with closer approach
shots, Austin Herald, MN, 1 May 2004
Kite
joins some famous friends at Hall of Fame
-- ballstriking still fine but putting a
bit of a struggle lately, ESPN, 1 May 2004
Phillip
Price joins 3rd-round leaders in China with
a putter that heats up on the back nine,
Queensland Sunday Mail, Australia, 1 May
2004
Bruno's
Classic round 1: Lonnie Nielsen's 2nd place
66 features four straight birdie putts and
a 45-foot eagle putt, Record-Searchlight,
CA, 1 May 2004
Time
for golf's rule-makers to outlaw ugly belly
putter, caddies checking players' aim before
stroke, The Globe and Mail, Canada, 1 May
2004
Teaching
Pro Bruce Atkins masters Echo Vally role
- Ontario PGA leader long regarded as a
top putter, London Free Press, Canada, 1
May 2004
Former
Tar Heel golfer Heather Angell masters firece
Texas winds to take lead in Futures Tour
El Paso event -- 6 birdies and 2 3-putt
bogeys, El Paso Times, TX, 30 Apr 2004
SSP
("Chip-putt") Chowrasia on top
in India's Hero Honda Tour -- amazing short
game, Indian Express, India, 30 Apr 2004
Rally
by Adam Scimenti of Johnson and Wales U
in Miami sinks local nationally-ranked junior
Jon Curran by 2 strokes in Rhode Island
-- Scimenti's solid putting prevails over
a ball-moved penalty and some missed putts,
Boston Herald, MA, 30 Apr 2004
Good
greens in Milan spur Mark Roe into contention
-- great ballstriking plagues so far by
so-so putting, but nice Milanese greens
let him see the line clearly and roll his
rock, Scotland on Sunday, UK, 30 Apr 2004
Aree
Song spends last day as 17 year old taking
LPGA lead -- "My putter was really good
all day. I was pretty comfortable on the
greens all the way through - my short game
saved me a lot.", BBC Sport, UK, 30 Apr
2004
North
Berwick's golfing legend Ben Sayers commemorated
-- once made Old Nick" putter for Nicklaus
-- bought out after 130th anniversary in
2003, clubmaking factory has moved to China,
The Scotsman, UK, 30 Apr 2004
Slow
play? You wanna see slow play? Huskys girl
golfer has to play with a "competitor" who
uses her putter on almost all shots for
the 18 and shoots 300 (yes, for 18 holes),
Sweet Home New Era, OR, 30 Apr 2004
Michael
Campbell third in Italy with solid putting
-- birdies from 20 and 35 feet -- 65 round
could have been a lot lower as he missed
six putts in the 10- to 15-foot range, Stuff.co.nz,
New Zealand, 30 Apr 2004
Mark
Roe finds "Putt Joy" -- digs putter out
of the garage that he used so well in British
Open and cards 6 birdies and an eagle for
a 64, The Mirror, UK, 30 Apr 2004
Christina
Kim's 65 takes lead at the LPGA Chick-Fil-A:
"I finally figured out that when you hit
the irons close, it's actually easier to
make the putts.", Rocky Mountain News, CO,
29 Apr 2004
Nicklaus
has still got it with 2-under 69 but three
3-jacks and a missed 8-footer hurt bad,
Asheville Citizen Times, NC, 29 Apr 2004
Vagaond
Golfer: ESPN talking head Charlie Rymer
-- Athens CC redneck recalls 3-putt from
3 feet on back-nine at Q-School to miss
card by one stroke as the hole that ended
his pro career, Carolina Morning News, SC,
29 Apr 2004
Se
Ri Pak misses lots of fairways but takes
only 29 putts in scrambling round -- 4 birdies,
2 bogeys, and a final-hole eagle putt from
7 feet, Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition),
GA, 29 Apr 2004
Golf
retailing thrives on eBay -- must-have putters
-- Ping two-color ball that manufacturers
couldn't give away in the 1970s now selling
for hundreds each, ESPN, 29 Apr 2004
Unrepentant
Mark Roe able to savour putting spree after
dusting off old 48-incher and throwing usual
putter under wheels of his Porsche, Telegraph.co.uk,
UK, 29 Apr 2004
Journeyman
Steve Flesch known for "volcanic"
temperament in being tough on himself
-- swing rejuvenation by Butch Harmon
helped a lot but he continues to struggle
with the putter, Times Picayune, LA,
28 Apr 2004
Hank
Kuehne works with DLGA coach Kevin
Smeltz on his game -- his swing seems
to improve but his putting tanks to
near last (1.959 putts per GIR), ESPN,
28 Apr 2004
Jay
Williamson staying positive on Tour,
although putting problematic (ranks
145th with 1.807 putts per GIR), The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO, 29 Apr
2004
Olazabal
denies putting woes due to stroke
change -- putting the same way for
6-7 years now -- says undulations
and "the grain in Spain" at Canarias
made seeing lines difficult, CNN/SI,
28 Apr 2004
Ian
Poulter hopes to fashion a victory
-- needs to putt better, The Scotsman,
UK, 29 Apr 2004
Freshman
Henry Liaw leads Arizona Wildcats
in big rally to overcome archrival
Arizona State's 9-shot lead to win
Pac-10 golf title, medalist honors
-- Arizona senior Chris Nallen finishes
5th, involved in a minor ball-moved"
putting controversy, Tucson Citizen,
AZ, 29 Apr 2004
Arizona
Rallies for Pac-10 Men's Golf Championship
over archrival Arizona State -- Arizona
Senior Chris Nallen (5th): "I didn't
make any putts again." -- Cal Coach
Steve Desimore: "We didn't putt very
well." -- USC Senior Ben Hayes: "It's
a putting contest and unfortunately
the team didn't do that well.",
Arizona Athletics, AZ, 28 Apr 2004
Big
Guy Dirk Schultz (6-6 300 pounds)
crunches out drives and has only one
three-putt en route to winning the
Apple Blossom Golf Title with a stellar
67 in cold and wind, Winchester Star,
VA, 29 Apr 2004
Mini-golfers
aren't just tilting at windmills,
Providence Journal (subscription),
RI, 29 Apr 2004
China's
top pro Lian-wei wants to win a green
jacket -- an excellent putter, The
Star, Malaysia, 28 Apr 2004
Papillion-La
Vista HS Monarch junior Josh Mittermeier
learned the hard way in 2003 how putts
keep you in ... or out of State tournament
-- 3-putted final hole last year to
miss qualifying by one stroke -- this
year credits chipping well with reducing
3-putts, Papillion Times, NE, 28 Apr
2004
Tom
Jenkins had only 78 putts for 54-hole
win over Bruce Fleischer's 84, PGA.com,
28 Apr 2004
Mike
Weir -- fifth in putts per green in
regulation so far this year at 1.722,
London Free Press, Canada, 28 Apr
2004
South
Kingston HS Rebels golfer Zach Gilbert
works with swing coach prior to regionals
but still 3-putts 4 times, missing
putts inside 4 feet, Naragansett Times,
RI, 28 Apr 2004
Last
year's JP Classic: Steve Flesch defeated
Bob Estes with a 35-foot birdie putt
on the first playoff hole, Boulder
Daily Camera, CO, 28 Apr 2004
UCR
golf team enjoys historic championship
tie with Long Beach State but miss
automatic NCAA berth by one birdie
putt, Press-Enterprise (subscription),
CA, 28 Apr 2004
Mooresville
HS Pioneers senior Michael Amore is
struggling with touch on the greens
-- learning the hard way about where
to shave strokes -- When putts start
falling, so will Pioneer's scores,
Indianapolis Star, IN, 28 Apr 2004
Southeast
HS Buffaloes golfers stay perfect
in City League -- leader Spencer Alefs
shoots 68 with two 3-putt bogeys --
6-inch growth spurt over past two
years allows him to hit 320-yard drives
these days, Kansas.com, KS, 28 Apr
2004
Women's
Mountain West Conference Championship:
Colorado State Rams falter in second
round -- hitting greens but not dropping
the putts, The Rocky Mountain Collegian,
28 Apr 2004
Six
years after quitting PGA Tour, Seattle
native Rick Fehr is on the Monday-qualifier
trail again -- led putting stats in
1998 with 1.722 and relies on putting
to keep up with long-knockers, Seattle
Post Intelligencer, WA, 28 Apr 2004
Dickinson
HS freshman golfer Colton Carbol enjoys
win with stellar putting in howling
wind -- survives playoff when Century
HS Patriot senior Lance Olson suffers
his only 3-putt of the day, Bismarck
Tribune, ND, 28 Apr 2004
Haas,
50, revives career, takes aim at Ryder
Cup instead of AARP -- change is good
-- altered putting stroke after a
long career makes him competitive
again, DetNews.com, MI, 28 Apr 2004
TaylorMade
introduces a Rossa TP ("Tour Preferred")
Putter line, iseekgolf, Australia,
28 Apr 2004
Rossa
introduces Mezza Monza and Monza Center-Shaft
Putters, iseekgolf, Australia, 28
Apr 2004
Arizona
State Sun Devils Grab the Lead After
Three Rounds at Pac-10 Championship
in tough wind -- Sun Devil Sophomore
Alejandro Canizares fires 66 to snag
3-stroke lead: "I putted well today";
Arizona Wild Cat leader Chris Nallen
disappoints; Washington State's Corey
Prugh: "I putted like a butthead.",
WildCats.com, 28 Apr 2004
Putting
in the wind, GolfDigest.com, 28 Apr
2004
European
Tour stats for Ian Poulter: averaging
30 putts per round -- hir worst in
five years, BBC Sport, UK, 28 Apr
2004
Princeton
sophomore Jason Gerken's golf swing
weird, but results are not strange
-- putter switch two weeks ago making
a difference for now, Newark Star
Ledger, NJ, 27 Apr 2004
Singh
holds on for second win of year -- wining
Monday 68 features birdies of 20-, 2.5-,
8-, and 10-feet and an 88-foot chip-in eagle,
AZ Central.com, AZ, 27 Apr 2004
Olazabal
looking so rough - putting problems send
him into the wilderness, Daily Times, Pakistan,
27 Apr 2004
Ironically,
Mickelson is considered a short game wiz
and a better than average putter who at
Augusta only ranked T-23 with 117 total
putts, Milwaukee Channel.com, WI, 27 Apr
2004
Stroke
victims, amputees find fun physical therapy
in golf - special equipment for putting
and full swing, Bridgewater Courier News,
NJ, 27 Apr 2004
Singh
again makes early lead hold up - Daly starts
strong but fades on back 9; Hoch couldn't
stick shots inside 15 feet for birdie putts;
Houton's putting collapses with a 3-putt
from 33 feet and then a handful of missed
birdie putts, Salt Lake Tribune, UT, 27
Apr 2004
Blending
art, Putt-Putt, Cincinnati Enquirer, OH,
27 Apr 2004
Work
with golf psychologist makes playing pro
Adam Speirs more comfortable with game --
still noit making any putts, though, Winnipeg
Sun, Canada, 27 Apr 2004
University
of Northern Colorado Bears win invitational
- team leader Mike Martin medals at 1 under
141 for 36 holes with just 57 total putts,
Greeley Tribune, CO, 27 Apr 2004
Arizona
men's golf tied for PAC 10 Championship
lead after first day of play -- Senior Chris
Nallen not putting well and leaves 4-5 strokes
on course but still has lead, Arizona Daily
Wild Cat, AZ, 27 Apr 2004
The
yips: When uncontrollable movement ruins
your putt, MayoClinic.com, 27 Apr 2004
Tioga
Indians Triumph - Senior Justin Lowe medals
after putting help from freshman teammate
Gavin Willingham -- fixed his inside-out
putting stroke and Lowe dropped birdie putts
of 30, 10, and 20 feet, Alexandria Town
Talk, LA, 27 Apr 2004
Deane
Pappas still trying to reserve table on
PGA Tour -- "I know I can win. My putting
is just terrible right now. I'm just not
getting it in the hole." Houston Chronicle,
TX, 27 Apr 2004
Rain
plus poor mowing makes SHO greens very slow
-- Stephen Ames, Tim Herron, Geoff Ogilvy,
and KJ Choi suffer in putting, Houston Chronicle,
TX, 27 Apr 2004
Arizona
State Men's Golf Team Tied For First After
Round One, Round Two suspended in PAC 10
Championship -- Sun Devli Chez Reavie putting
terrible -- "My putter just wasn't working.
It was all about the putting today, and
that wasn't working for me.", The Sundevils.com,
27 Apr 2004
Mates
Michael Davis and Todd Brakenridge search
for more consistency as they enter head-to-head
play -- putting and fairways will decide
-- Davis: "I just couldn't hole putts [today].
I was four-up after nine but I three-putted
two holes.", Orange Central, CA, 27 Apr
2004
TOUR
Insider: Putting key factor at English Turn's
HP Classic, CBS Sportsline, 26 Apr 2004
Linton
Miners claim sixth straight conference golf
title -- Drew Dunkerly medals despite poor
putting, Linton Daily Citizen, IN, 26 Apr
2004
Hale
Irwin survives his meltdown for Champions
win (59th career win, 39 on Champions Tour)
- missed 5-footer lets Gil Morgan back in
but Morgan misses the tying putt on the
18th from 20 feet, Jackson Clarion Ledger,
MS, 26 Apr 2004
Golf's
greatest putt: Bobby Jones at 1929 US Open
at Winged Foot to force a playoff, The Journal
News.com, NY, 26 Apr 2004
Even-par
is tops for Jeff Topp at Old Dominion Am
-- lots of fairways and greens (31 of 36)
but putting not so hot (67 total) -- "Through
36 holes, I really didn't miss any tee shots
and I only missed five greens. It would've
been a lot lower if I'd made some putts."
Daily Press.com, VA, 26 Apr 2004
For
now, Putt-Putt has run its course here,
Greensboro News Record, NC, 26 Apr 2004
Spanish
Open winner Christian Cevaer: putting average
of 25.8 putts per round helps out so-so
iron play at 58.3% greens in regulation,
BBC Sport, UK, 26 Apr 2004
LPGA
veteran Smriti Megra wins Frye Classic --
round features eagle putt from 15 feet and
a birdie putt on 18th to cap the win, Kansas.com,
KS, 26 Apr 2004
Mac
Blanchard, Lawrence David repeat at rain-soaked
shortened Classic -- Mac's 15-footer from
the fringe made the difference, Alexandria
Town Talk, LA, 26 Apr 2004
Steve
Wheeler rallies for fifth Cumberland County
Match Play title -- Gary Robinson melts
down with a 4-putt, Fayetteville Online,
Fayetteville NC, 26 Apr 2004
Aiken
native Greg Boyette wins McCormick Hooters
Tour stop -- took a few holes to settle
his putting stroke, but 18th hole birdie
putt was a winner -- Greenwood's Kevin Pendley
finishes tied for 38th, Greenwood Index
Journal, SC, 26 Apr 2004
Veteran
Franklin Langham Conquers Demons -- Birdie
At Tough 14th Paves Way To Rheem win --
Bryce Molder finishes 10th -- Molder: "I
didn't play great, didn't drive it great,
but I putted well.", Razorback Central,
AR, 26 Apr 2004
Eric
Ramsay lifts his second Glasgow title in
three years -- 3-stroke margin over Andrew
McArthur came down to putting -- Ramsay
putted well, McArthur did not, The Scotsman,
UK, 26 Apr 2004
Christian
Cevaer sneaks Spanish Open win -- Ricardo
Gonzalez sees hopes of back-to-back wins
fade with 3-putt double bogey right after
Cevaer pitched in on same hole -- Gonzalez
misses birdie try on last hole to force
playoff, The Scotsman, UK, 26 Apr 2004
Erik
Compton claims second Canadian Tour title
-- missing some eagle putts but still wins
by 3 from sticking greens close, The Herald
News, MA, 26 Apr 2004
Pinecrest
HS Falcons Take Sandhills Optimist Golf
Title at Pinehurst No. 4 Course -- Falcons
Jack Ulrich medals on the strength of solid
putting inside 5-6 feet, Southern Pines
Pilot, NC, 26 Apr 2004
Frank
Shikle, John Coles take different paths
to Bruno's Classic -- local members get
sponsor's exemptions -- Shikle: "For me,
playing well comes down to putting. I've
always been known as a streaky putter. It
will come down to rolling in some putts.",
AL.com, AL, 25 Apr 2004
Craig
Stadler makes a run on front nine then suddenly
loses his putting touch -- missing several
inside 10 feet and 3-putting last hole from
collar, Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, 25 Apr 2004
Just
Bill & Hillary -- Westtchester County neighbors
pay tribute with Exhibition -- includes
former President's putter inscribed "From
Trini Lopez," New York Daily News, NY, 25
Apr 2004
Rob
Stock, Pivots and Divots: Putting games
make practice fun, Charlottesville Daily
Progress, VA, 25 Apr 2004
Bob
Charles buries a 54-foot birdie on last
hole to seal Raphael Division win for himself
and teammate Stewart Ginn -- worth $55,000
to Sir Charles, Hilton Head Island Packet,
SC, 25 Apr 2004
Stewart
Cink's win plauged by lingering Rules questions
-- hard work to erase stigma of 2001 US
Open muffed putt undermined by controversy,
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL, 25 Apr 2004
Charles-Ginn
tandem wins Raphael Division with Sir Charles'
54-foot birdie putt -- "The old trusty bull's-eye
was there when I needed it. I had a field
day with the putter on the back nine (Friday).",
Savannah Morning News, GA, 25 Apr 2004
Rheem
Classic third-round -- Cotner, Langham and
Sellers all decided to putt out on the par-5,
11th hole after the horns had sounded, signaling
the end of play. All three missed birdie
putts inside five feet., ESPN, 25 Apr 2004
Molder
Working To Regain Old Form Conway Native
Shoots 5-under -- 3-putts 18th hole -- talk
with GT coach Bruce heppler and switch to
Peter Kostis seems to have helped swing,
Razorback Central, AR, 25 Apr 2004
Birdies
galore -- Hale Irwin: 5 birdies on back
nine all inside 6 feet -- Dave Barr: new
putter has smaller grips, fitting more in
palm than fingers to promote a straighter
stroke --front 9 birdie putts of 9, 12,
3 and 35 feet and back 9 six pars then birdies
on last three holes of 25, 25, and 18 feet,
Hilton Head Island Packet, SC, 25 Apr 2004
David
Park still leads the Canarias Open as he
attempts to go wire to wire -- "I struggled
a bit today. I hit the ball okay but did
not putt as well as I have been and kept
leaving everything short.", PGA.com, 25
Apr 2004
Depak
Chopra, When Intuition Scores Over Intelligence
-- Using the subtle body skillfully for
putting touch and elswise in golf, Financial
Express, India, 25 Apr 2004
Putting
tools and distance meters -- putting "star"
helps putter alignment, News 8 Austin, TX,
24 Apr 2004
Local
amateur lad Harinder Gupta wins Hero Golf
Chandigarh Open -- battle comes down to
final putts on 18th green, Times of India,
India, 25 Apr 2004
Fabulous
freshmen lead Penn HS Kingsmen to Kaeppler
Memorial crown -- Ben Belville cans 25-foot
birdie on final hole to cap medalist round,
South Bend Tribune, IN, 24 Apr 2004
Park
maintains his lead in the Canarias Open
de Espa–a -- off a little on the pace of
the greens -- last-week's winner Ricardo
Gonzalez in second -- putting is his best
feature now, European Tour, UK, 24 Apr 2004
Alison
Nicholas disappoints at Chesterton Valley
-- on 16th at 5 over backhands a putt, clips
her foot, and quits round, Shropshire Star,
UK, 24 Apr 2004
Top
Sottish amateur Simon MacKenzie's play at
Craigmiller Open included a 62 with an eagle
putt left in the jaws on the 17th and a
missed 8-foot birdie on the 18th, The Scotsman,
UK, 24 Apr 2004
Tour
rookie Zach Johnson shares Houston lead with Stricker,
Lowery -- rolls in a 57-footer, Chicago Daily
Herald, IL, 24 Apr 2004
Walker
Cup hero Nigel Edwards' singles triumph all in
vain -- Asia Pacific putts rest of Europeans off
the course in remaining four matches to take the
Bonallack Trophy, ic Wales, UK, 24 Apr 2004
Red-hot
Morgan leads Irwin, Barr in Legends -- Barr benches
1971 CB-5 MacGregor in favor of Scotty Cameron
putter and sinks birdies of 24, 35, and 18 feet
over final 3 holes in 7-birdies 1-bogey round,
Tallahassee.com, FL, 24 Apr 2004
New,
improved Azinger in contention -- working with
Jim Hardy to flatten swing -- streaky putting
working right for now, IAfrica South African News,
South Africa, 24 Apr 2004
Houston
Open co-leader Zach Johnson: "Out here, everybody
hits it good, it's just a matter of who makes
the putts. My putting feels good, my rhythm feels
good.", phillyburbs.com, PA, 24 Apr 2004
Kimberly
Adams stellar at rainy, cold, windy Frye -- winner
last month on Futures Tour uses only 24 putts
total in 5-birdies 2-bogeys 69 round to be sole
player in field under par, The Wichita Eagle,
KS, 24 Apr 2004
Shiv
Shankar Prasad Chowrasia moves up, ties with Harmeet
Kahlon atop board -- recovers from 3-putts on
first two holes -- struggling with short putts
but canning long putts, Indian Express, India,
24 Apr 2004
Rod
Pampling drops like a rock from top of leaderboard
but gamely makes cut after dismal front 9 -- first
day's 29 putts skies to 36 in round 2 -- "My putting
was just woeful" -- 3-putted all day from 20 feet
and out with poor speed control, Houston Chronicle,
TX, 24 Apr 2004
Franklin
Langham leads Rheem Classic by two with 61 - Keoke
Cotner fires 63 and matches Stan Utley's nine-hole
putting record of 6, CNN/SI, 24 Apr 2004
All-Australian
final in NZ matchplay -- Aussies putting on song
in dispatching Kiwis missing their short putts,
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand, 24 Apr 2004
Top
European putter Mark McNulty rallies after poor
start in Legends of Golf event -- grew up putting
on sand greens, Savannah Morning News, GA, 24
Apr 2004
Socorro
HS Warriors golfers win, fall short of goal --
take trophy but fall 3 strokes short of qualifying
for state -- team's 15 3-putts just way too many,
El Defensor Chieftain, NM, 24 Apr 2004
Olazabal
Out as Park Prospers in Spanish Open -- Ollie
shoots 5 over with unusally bad putting despite
hitting all but two greens -- "Everything must
be bad, the stroke, the eyesight, whatever.",
The Scotsman, UK, 24 Apr 2004
Aussie
Rod Pampling takes early lead in Houston with
six-birdie, no-bogey round to lead Chris Riley
by one -- early start in mild wind helps him jump
out of the gate with three straight birdies, including
putts of 12 and 30 feet, IAfrica South African
News, 23 Apr 2004
NCAA
defending national champions USC women's team
finishes fourth in confenrence -- large sloped
greens at Saticoy CC take their toll, Daily Trojan
Online, 23 Apr 2004
Wind
at 25-30 mph no problem for Lickliter in his 5-birdie,
one-bogey round 2 shots back -- birdies putts
of eight feet (Nos. 2 and 9), 10 feet (No. 3)
and three feet (No. 14) plus a chip-in from 30
feet, Houston Chronicle, TX, 23 Apr 2004
Chris
Riley follows windy front nine's bogey-bogey finish
with a five-birdie back nine in milder wind to
hold second one back of Pampling -- no birdie
putts outside 15 feet, Houston Chronicle, TX,
23 Apr 2004
Pampling
leads no-name bunch atop SHO -- Deane Pappas says
his putting is holding him back -- this time tried
changing his grip for every putt and got around
with only 25, Houston Chronicle, TX, 23 Apr 2004
Harmeet
Kahlon pole-vaults to top spot of Hero Golf Chandigarh
Open after second-round 66 featuring unbelievable
putting -- birdies of 40-, 25-, and 25-feet in
round of 25 total putts and 11 one-putt greens,
Indian Express, India, 22 Apr 2004
Jim
Carter surges to early lead at Rheem Classic with
eye-popping 62 and 4-shot lead -- putter key club
with only 23 putts -- last week's Missed Cut sent
him to the practice green, CBS Sportsline, 22
Apr 2004
Young
Aussie Andrew McKenzie last man standing at Taupo
NZ Amateur Stroke-Play after historic 4-man suden
death -- Kiwi Riki Kauika faltered on 19th hole
with a 3-putt, then Kiwi Dimitrios Amos faltered
on 20th with a 3-putt, then fellow Aussie Jarrod
Lyle faltered on the 22nd hole with a 3-putt,
Taree, Australia, 22 Apr 2004
Justin
Rose: Helps not to dwell on Masters -- "My putting,
since I started working with David Leadbetter's
wife, Kelly, a Pilates expert, on being better
balanced, has improved a lot but I've got to take
it to the next level where my putter is like a
reliable friend.", Telegraph.co.uk, UK, 22
Apr 2004
Singapore's
top player Mardan Mamat closer to ending his seven-year
drought at Singapore IT Federation Golf Masters
-- long birdie putting sparks round of 68, Straits
Times, Singapore, 22 Apr 2004
Putterhead
maker Coastcast Reports First Quarter Results,
Business Wire (press release), 22 Apr 2004
Olazabal
at the Spanish Open: "I missed a bunch of makeable
putts" -- including two at 3 feet and all inside
8 feet, ABC Online, Australia, 22 Apr 2004
Assumption
Royals struggle on the greens -- drop at least
10 strokes as a team with 3-putts, Wisconsin Rapids
Daily Tribune, WI, 23 Apr 2004
Bishop
Noll senior Peter Schrum IV is Northwest Indiana's
best hope to make it to the PGA Tour -- regular
competition on Future Collegian World Tour hones
skills -- recent switch to Futura putter helped
lagging putts, Gary Post Tribune, IN, 23 Apr 2004
Olazabal
in the Canary Islands -- missing a lot of short
putts, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL, 23 Apr 2004
Cortney
Boyle leads Luther HS linksters to third place
at Arcadia -- pro Tom Gees helps collegiate prospect
but tough early-season greens keep him from going
low, Onalaska Life, WI, 23 Apr 2004
Holmen
HS golfers competing head-to-head with Onalaska
in run-up to Missisippi Valley Conference championship
-- HHS Knights golfer Chris Mithelman has only
12 putts over 9-hole play, Holmen Courier, WI,
23 Apr 2004
Rolla
HS Bulldogs send Jefferson City Jays home with
a loss -- new putter helps Bulldog Jared Jordan
overcome putting problems as medalist clears field
by six strokes, Rolla Daily News, MO, 22 Apr 2004
Top
gun Tom Jenkins soars to victory -- 50-foot birdie
putt opened a 4-shot lead at Blue Angel Classic,
Golf Digest, 22 Apr 2004
Oregon
women finish eighth at Pac-10s -- UO Ducks Johnna
Nealy has best putting round of career and finishes
in top 20, Oregon Daily Emerald, OR, 22 Apr 2004
Tiger
Woods: I just putted poorly at the Masters, Montreal
Gazette, Canada, 22 Apr 2004
Dave
Pelz: Mickelson's skill with wedges and putter
has been overrated -- not that good with full
wedge shots, lag putting, or short putts -- main
retooling was to get more control with wedges
with 3/4 swings and convince Phil to stop gambling
with shots, Chicago Tribune, IL, 22 Apr 2004
Birdies
& bogeys - Stewart Cink's switch to a belly putter
last year has moved him into top 5 in putting
stats from last year's 112th, Oregonian, OR, 22
Apr 2004
Johnny
Miller predicts Nicklaus' record safe from Woods
- says Tiger can only get worse as a putter, Oregonian,
OR, 21 Apr 2004
Rocco
Mediate Almost Played Masters With Unapproved
Bettinardi Putter, The Ledger, FL, 21 Apr 2004
Cal
Poly's Travis Bertoni putts a lot better now that
he's setting up square, San Luis Obispo Tribune,
CA, 22 Apr 2004
Arizona
Women golfers take 3rd at Pac-10s -- coach Greg
Allen: some of these greens at Saticoy Country
Club are so tough, the only things missing are
the windmills and clown's mouths, Arizona Daily
Wild Cat, AZ, 22 Apr 2004
UCLA
Bruins teammates fearless freshman Hannah Jun
and seasoned junior Charlotte Mayorkas battle
down to the wire for PAC 10 championship -- Jun's
putting falters on the back nine and Mayorkas
holds steady to win, The UCLA Daily Bruin, CA,
22 Apr 2004
Journalist
gets top Putt-Putt tip: stay away from those four
putts, Savannah Morning News, GA, 22 Apr 2004
It's
sudden death for Louisiana U, Stroud- - University
of Louisiana-Monroe (UL-M) wins sudden death with
Bryan Vahlberg's 30-foot birdie putt; two-time
medalist Chris Stroud gets caught by Sam Houston's
Robert Jefferson with a chip-in on 16, Stroud's
missing the 15-footer to win on the final hole,
then Jefferson's canning an 8-foot birdie in the
playoff, PA News, 22 Apr 2004
Too
many clubs -- Johnny Miller once left his son's
little putter deep in the bag -- oops, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, GA, 22 Apr 2004
Irving
team just misses advancing from Region to State
play -- District champ Bobby Massa rues poor putting
in tough wind, Dallas Morning News (subscription),
TX, 22 Apr 2004
NZ
Amateur Stroke Play in Taupo looks like a dogfight
for final round: Andrew Mackenzie assumes lead
with a 66 that included a three-putt and a missed
putt on 18th; Riki Kauika equals course record
65 and could have gone lower but missed short
chances a 17 and 18, iseekgolf.com Australia,
22 Apr 2004
Towson's
Billy Wingerd takes Colonial Athletic title on
1st playoff hole with a 35-foot birdie putt, Providence
Journal (subscription), RI, 22 Apr 2004
Davis
High School's Ryan Biggs wins team's coveted green
shirt in low round featuring a superb 30-foot
uphill birdie putt, Davis Enterprise, CA, 22 Apr
2004
Kosciusko
HS Whippet's Trent Adams has medaled five times
in 11 starts this year for coach Rodney Putt (yes,
Putt), Kosciusko Star Herald, MS, 22 Apr 2004
Mid-Prairie
Golden Hawks girls team beats Washington Demons
handily -- coach says with fewer three-putts,
they'll be very hard to beat, Kalona News, IA,
22 Apr 2004
Mid-Prairie
Golden Hawks boys team's win streak ends at 5
when Williamsburg Raiders snag playoff win with
final 8-foot putt, Kalona News, IA, 22 Apr 2004
Owosso
plumber Jerry "Doc" Benjamin designs a new putter
-- 209.1 gram aluminum putter has center shafting,
adjustable weights, and radiused face, MLive.com,
MI, 21 Apr 2004
Fairview
HS Aggies win title as Matt Schlosser ties course
record 64 -- leaves final 8-footer 1-foot short
of new record, Cullman Times Online, AL, 20 Apr
2004
Coach
Adam Hunter working on Stephen Gallacher's head
game -- how not to slide into negativity when
the ballstriking's great but the putting's letting
you down, The Herald, UK, 20 Apr 2004
Myrtle
Beach Golfapalooza Fest shows why we're golf's
mecca - last year two friends from Jacksonville
each pocketed $10,000 for canning 50-foot putts,
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 21 Apr 2004
January,
Littler use birdie surge to win Demaret Division
over Barber and Ferree -- Littler putting great,
Ferree putting poorly, Savannah Morning News,
GA, 21 Apr 2004
Ryan
Armour's Nationwide plan for PGA Tour card - last
Q-school effort foiled by a 5-putt on 18th green,
Akron Beacon Journal (subscription), OH, 21 Apr
2004
Breham's
Hathaway takes Texas girl's 4-A individual title
by 4 strokes despite not being able to get birdie
putts to drop, Houston Chronicle, TX, 21 Apr 2004
Jarrod
Lyle sizzles NZ track with 66 to take lead --
could have been much lower as he missed 5 putts
inside 10 feet on front nine, Shepparton News,
Australia, 21 Apr 2004
Lisa
Horn's putting keeps North Fayette girls unbeaten
-- 6 of 9 one-putt greens in howling plains wind,
Fayette County Union, IA, 20 Apr 2004
Glory
Days for Haas - reconditioned body and putting
stroke help sustain his playing on Tour - stroke
stays square to the path, not the line, The State,
SC, 21 Apr 2004
Windsor's
Larry Warner finishes 7th with a 79 round including
seven 3-putts -- what could have been ... , Sedalia
Democrat, MO, 20 Apr 2004
Penn
Quakers post second-place finish at Ivy Golf Champs
- started making putts, Daily Pennsylvanian, PA,
20 Apr 2004
The
dreaded downhill four-footer, Korea Times, South Korea,
20 Apr 2004
Callaway
Golf (BUSINESS WIRE), LCI,France, 19 Apr 2004
Mark
Ramsdale moves to San Diego to work with Dennis Sheehy
and pursue his dream of playing the US Tour -- poor
putting lets him down, ic NorthWales, UK, 20 Apr 2004
Micheal
Mahoney hones his senior game - putting his weakness,
AZ Central.com, AZ, 20 Apr 2004
Arizona
Wild Cat Women's golf in 7th after first day of Pac-10s
-- make the putts or make big numbers -- well, big numbers
it is, Arizona Daily Wild Cat, AZ, 20 Apr 2004
WAC
Women's Championship -- Ashley Gomes, Julie Tvede and
Erin Long battling at the top with hot putting and solid
fairway-to-green play, El Paso Times, TX, 20 Apr 2004
WAC
Women's Championship Host UTEP Miners struggle with
nerves on 1st day -- in the Texas desert wind, no putts
fall, El Paso Times, TX, 20 Apr 2004
Brad
Shilton maintains lead in NZ men's stroke play championship
-- superb round could have been sensational -- "I missed
about seven putts from under 10 feet." , Nzoom.com,
New Zealand, 20 Apr 2004
Tulsa
Women Golfers in Second Place at WAC Championships -
Julie Tvede playing well but fellow-senior Suzie Fisher
missed all her birdie putts, TulsaHurricane.com, 19
Apr 2004
Cink's
playoff birdie completes record PGA victory - both Purdy
and Cink missed lots of game-ending putts at the end,
Daily Times, Pakistan, 19 Apr 2004
Cameron
Beckman's work on putting in his backyard pays off --
entering MCI ranked 112th in putting, Beckman gets thru
the week ranked 6th in the field -- but still fades
to 45th place finish, CBS Sportsline, 19 Apr 2004
Off
to a flyer in the Shaky Isles - Jarrod Lyle and Michael
Sim "hole a heap of putts" to win the foursome competition
in New Zealand, Shepparton News, Australia, 19 Apr 2004
Bobbi
Kokx dominates field at Maui CC and wins by six shots
- 14 greens in regulation in 30 mph winds -- last year
won with 13 one-putt greens at the Panasonic event -
former UH player and coach teaches 3rd grade now, Maui
News, HI, 19 Apr 2004
Duke's
freshman Brittany Lang overcomes putting woes and wins
ACC title over nation's top women's field, The Duke
Chronicle, NC, 19 Apr 2004
Georgia
edges Florida by one stroke for SEC title -- UK Finishes
5th in SEC Tournament; Wildcats Shoot Best Score Ever
even though putts wouldn't fall, WKYT, KY, 19 Apr 2004
Three-time
defendending 4A champs Montgomery HS girls seek state
berth - it's about who putts best, Conroe Courier, TX,
19 Apr 2004
Columbia
Men Fall to Penn and Finish Third at Ivy Champs - coach
blames poor putting: "We were missing three-, four-,
and five-foot putts all day", Columbia Daily Spectator,
NY, 19 Apr 2004
Purdy
lets an easy birdie to win slip by -- "one of the easiest
putts you can have" - 6 feet straight in, Cincinnati
Post, OH, 19 Apr 2004
Cink
surges as Purdy sputters, San Francisco Examiner, CA,
19 Apr 2004
Stephen
Gallacher's birdies from 15 and 20 feet lift hi into
the runner-up spot, ic Scotland.co.uk, UK, 19 Apr 2004
The
Bull Ricardo Gonzalez caps Seville Open win with a 40-foot
birdie on the last - over takes two English leaders
Stephen Gallacher and Jonathan Lomas on last five holes;
Lomas switches to the broomhandle putter, ic Newcastle.co.uk,
UK, 19 Apr 2004
Purdy
falters on back nine after building four-shot lead -
loses confidence in his putting, Savannah Morning News,
GA, 19 Apr 2004
Towson
junior Billy Wingerd (Overlea) made a 35-foot birdie
putt on the first playoff hole at the Colonial Athletic
Association men's championships in Suffolk, Va., to
win the individual title, Baltimore Sun, MD, 19 Apr
2004
Vanderbilt,
Soph May Wood win SEC women's golf titles - Wood doubles
18th to fall back into a playoff but steadies herself
and recovers to win with a 20-foot birdie on 1st playoff
hole, The Tennessean, TN, 19 Apr 2004
Blaine
McCallister back up from Nationwide to the Big Show
-- lefthander swings right, putts left, Houston Chronicle,
TX, 19 Apr 2004
David
Brogan wins Greenhill Invitational with continuation
of season's strong putting - doesn't know why he's rolling
the rock so well, Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA,
19 Apr 2004
Duke's
Elizabeth Janangelo regripps her putter for final round
of ACC women's championship and shoots best-round 66,
Winston-Salem Journal, NC, 19 Apr 2004
Jonathan
Lomas on the virtue of the broomhandle putter: "With
the short one you've so much going on in your mind,
whereas with the long one you can clear your brain and
it makes it easier to focus.Ó, Scotsman.com, 19 Apr
2004
ACC
titleist Duke's Brittany Lang has the right attitude
to lips outs - they only indicate that putts will soon
start dropping, Durham Herald Sun, NC, 19 Apr 2004
Randy
proctor felt like he sank 300 feet of putts in winning
Sebring Chamber of Commerce event, News-Sun, FL, 19
Apr 2004
Jenkins
soars to Blue Angels Classic title - "I haven't had
a putting round like that in a while." - big bomb birdies
builds a five-shot win from one down on last day, WXXA,
NY, 18 Apr 2004
Ballstriking
accuracy sparks Cink's surge - stick 'em close and one-putt
as often as possible, CBS Sportsline, 18 Apr 2004
Daniel
Chopra's putter heats up over final five holes as he
birdies his way to win in Arkansas by one, The Herald
News, MA, 18 Apr 2004
Mid-Pacific
Open defender Regan Lee close with iffy putting, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, HI, 18 Apr 2004
Bloom
back on Justin Rose at MCI Heritage - working on his
3-foot putting, Charleston Post Courier (subscription),
SC, 18 Apr 2004
Ben
Curtis betrayed again by his putting, Fox Sports, Australia,
17 Apr 2004
KJ
Choi's slow climb out of the putting cellar under Phil
Ritson's tutelage, Houston Chronicle, TX, 17 Apr 2004
Tiger
Woods at Ft Bragg learns for the first time in his life
that he is left-eye dominant -- hopes he can now read
break better, Straits Times, Singapore, 17 Apr 2004
Daly-Donofrio:
"I got the putter going today" - switch to new heavier
putter and switch back to old style pay off, The Australian,
Australia, 17 Apr 2004
Clemson
roars to seven-shot lead as it seeks to defend ACC golf
title -- Wake freshman Sean Moore gets his putter working
to grab second in the individual race, Winston Salem
Journal, NC, 18 Apr 2004
Duke's
women in command of ACC golf tourney -- Defending champ
UNC's meaghan Francella says her putting was off, missing
very short birdie putts, Winston Salem Journal, NC,
18 Apr 2004
Ted
Purdy in position to take Heritage - only 24 putts Saturday,
only 23 putts Friday, Kentucky.com, KY, 18 Apr 2004
Christie
Kerr misses a short putt for win, but outlasts rookie
Seal-An Jeon in LPGA Tour playoff over 7 holes when
Jeon messes up last playoff hole, Seattle Times, WA,
17 Apr 2004
Turnaround
has Glover in position for big finish - finally gets
his ballstriking and putting on same page, The State,
SC, 17 Apr 2004
Phil
Mickelson Interview - 2004 US Masters, iseekgolf, Australia,
13 Apr 2004
GolfWeb.com
- The Masters Tournament Stats - Mickelson 1st in greens,
23rd in putting, PGA Tour, 13 Apr 2004
Tiger
Needs To Face Facts: Something's Off -- including unreliable
putting, Tampa Tribune, FL, 15 Apr 2004
Fine
amateur 88-year-old Jack Pressley of Fraserburgh has new
heavy-head putters he says cured his yips, North Scotland
Press and Journal, UK, 15 Apr 2004
Ernie
Els to Michelle Wie - stop accelerating your putter, take
the hit out of the stroke, and the bombs will drop, ESPN,
14 Apr 2004
Kiwi
Women golfers struggling with putting at China's Queen
Sirikit Cup International Championship, Nzoom.com, New
Zealand, 14 Apr 2004
UNLV
Rebels' Sunny Oh earns berth in qualifier for LPGA event
along with Sunny Lee -- UNLV coaches help her putting
stroke with better alignment and arm balance, Las Vegas
Sun, NV, 14 Apr 2004
Something
nice for Bryce Molder would be nice - former can't-miss
Georgia Tech star hunting for his place in golf's minor
leagues, Arkansas News, United States, 15 Apr 2004
MCI
Round 1: Cameron Beckman -- 12 one-putt greens and 5 birdies,
including a 38-footer -- "I putted like a kid today. It
was a blast.", Montgomery County Record, PA, 16 Apr 2004
MCI
Round 1: Kevin Na -- 69 with 26 total putts, Korea Times,
South Korea, 16 Apr 2004
MCI
Round 1: Savannah's Gene Sauers opens Heritage play with
a 78 - caps tough round with a three-putt 7 on final hole,
Savannah Morning News, GA, 16 Apr 2004
MCI
Round 1: Savannah's 17-year-old Brian Harman struggles in
PGA debut with 81, including a 23-footer for birdie that
turned into a 4-putt, Savannah Morning News, GA, 16 Apr
2004
Cameron
Beckman installed a backyard green and spent the last two
weeks overhauling a poor putting stroke and routine -- results:
95 feet of birdie putts including a handful of monster bombs
and a total of 24 putts with 5 birdies and the lead at MCI,
Savannah Morning News, GA, 16 Apr 2004
Stastny:
After 68 Thursday, healthy Jonathan Byrd of Sea Island may
be back in swing -- recovery from hips surgery on track
-- changed everything but his putter and his toothbrush,
Savannah Morning News, GA, 16 Apr 2004
OSU's
Kevin Hall -- stripping balls onto the green and walking
away with pars frustrating to right-hander, who changed
to left-hand low in mid-round and got solid results, Cincinnati
Enquirer, OH, 16 Apr 2004
Cameron
Beckman back in form to lead MCI - birdie putts of 10, 10,
20, 40, and 5 feet plus par putts around 10 feet -- 24 total
-- backyard green paying off, Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC,
16 Apr 2004
Ben
Curtis still struggling with putting -- 28 total with a
3-putt, but showing some improvement -- 175th of 181 in
total putts stats, Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 16 Apr 2004
MCI
Round 1: DJ Trahan struggling with the putter -- Lucas Glover
putting well, The State, SC, 16 Apr 2004
Fresno
State's Nick Watney overcomes 3-putt bogey to shoot 5 under
for lead by one at Arkansas Classic, CNN/SI, 16 Apr 2004
MCI
Round 1: Jonathan Byrd uncaged after injury -- 7 of 8 up-and-downs
and only 24 putts, Hilton Head Island Packet, SC, 16 Apr
2004
DJ
Trahan falters in opening round at Harbour Town where he
grew up with his father the pro there - 31 putts -- "worst
putting of my life", Hilton Head Island Packet, SC, 16 Apr
2004
Bosse
Bulldog senior Chad Waller can't stop 'what ifs' - bends
his putter in frustration and putts the rest of the way
with his iron, Evansville Courier & Press, United States,
16 Apr 2004
Ryan
Quinn off his game in Canadian Tour pro debut - normally
superb putter shoots 93, something he hasn't done since
before the eighth grade, LaCrosse Tribune, WI, 16 Apr 2004
Clemson
Tigers golf looking for better play in postseason -- Jack
Ferguson's gutsy 8-footer to clinch ACC Championship last
year recalled, The Times and Democrat, SC, 16 Apr 2004
Lamar
Mustangs golfers team up on field to continue district dominance
- lots of 3- and 4-putts out there in tough conditions in
first round, but conditions ideal second day on lightning
greens, Rosenberg Herald Coaster, TX, 16 Apr 2004
Major
ins and outs at Augusta - Rocco mediate's "Roc 'n Roll"
Bettinardi putter; Bernhard Langer's "Pure Stroke" putter,
ESPN, 15 Apr 2004
Cleveland
Golf and its Never Compromise putter line sees sales quadruple
since 1997 turnaround, SCOREGolf, Canada, 15 Apr 2004
San
Angelo Central edges Permian Panthers for regional berth
-- Panther Mark Jones sees putts falling on windy final
round to qualify individually for Lubbock regionals, Odessa
American, TX, 15 Apr 2004
The
Woodlands Highlanders' Bronson Burgoon takes second with
a driver, 2-iron, 25-foot birdie finish in District play,
Conroe Courier, TX, 15 Apr 2004
Clutch
final birdie putt wins the Masters for Mickelson, Boston
Herald, MA, 12 Apr 2004
Woods
"didn't make any putts", Boston Herald, MA, 12 Apr 2004
Ernie
Els: "I would have loved to make some more putts," Albany
Times Union, NY, 12 Apr 2004
Sergio
Garcia not happy with strong finish; Tiger Woods: Sergio
just needs to get his flatstick working, Albany Times Union,
NY, 12 Apr 2004
Disappointment
sets in for runner-up Els -- two-putt from 17 feet on 17th
and a missed 25-footer on 18th, Chicago Daily Herald, IL,
12 Apr 2004
Another
major comes and goes without Woods - made no birdie putts
even inside 10 feet, Cincinnati Enquirer, OH, 12 Apr 2004
Ernie
Els has some regrets about his putting, New York Newsday,
12 Apr 2004
Amateur
Casey Wittenberg led the Masters in total putts with 23
in his third round, Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 12 Apr 2004
Birdie
putting on back nine tells the tale at Augusta -- Mickelson
hits from 12 feet on 12th, then two-putts the par 5 13th,
then taps in after nearly holing out 14th, then sinks an
18 footer at 16th, then the winning birdie from 18 feet
at 18th, Denver Post, 12 Apr 2004
Shaun
Micheel on unfamiliar greens - three 3-putts Sunday and
seven for the week, Indianapolis Star, IN, 12 Apr 2004
Ernie
Els -- good putting brought him to the back nine Sunday
then left him hanging with three pars on final holes, Aberdeen
American News -- 114 putts for week ranks 12th, Aberdeen
American News, SD, 12 Apr 2004
Woods
just glad it's over - 123 putts, Vero Beach Press-Journal,
FL, 11 Apr 2004
Huge
learning curve for Augusta greens shocks Ian Poulter with
"absolutely pathetic" putting, The Sun, UK, 11 Apr 2004
Nicklaus:
six 3-putts in two days, Boston Globe, MA, 10 Apr 2004
Justin
Rose still in bloom at Augusta - solid rounds with 32 of
36 greens in regulation but 32 putts each of first two days,
Savannah Morning News, GA, 9 Apr 2004
Jay
Haas turns in good round - 0 for 68 in majors, Haas hits
only 12 greens but keeps putts low at 27, Boston Globe,
MA, 9 Apr 2004
Importance
of putting overrated at Masters, Vero Beach Press-Journal,
FL, 8 Apr 2004
Masters
Golfers Face First Test of Dry Weather on Longer Course
-- Vijay Singh: "The greens are as fast as I've ever seen
them." Bloomberg, 8 Apr 2004
Fred
Funk at Augusta misses a 6-footer in practice, hears murmurs,
and challenges anyone in the gallery to do better -- John
Southerland of Savannah, Ga., obliges and sinks the putt
-- you rock, John!, CNN/SI, 8 April 2004
East
Valley's own math whiz Kirk Triplett hopes to get his long
putter dialed in at Augusta, East Valley Tribune, AZ, 8
Apr 2004
Tiger's
first putt at Augusta (1995) rolled off the green, St. Petersburg
Times, FL, 8 Apr 2004
Adam
Scott has worked hard on his putting in the past year -
now 30th in stats, sportinglife.com, UK, 6 Apr 2004
1995
Masters: Olazabal had 30 one-putts in winning, The State,
SC, 8 Apr 2004
GolfWorks
Reveals New Putter MOI Research, Emediawire (press release),
8 Apr 2004
Jacques
saved by putting, Rocky Mountain News, CO, 8 Apr 2004
Rocco
Mediate, recovering from bad back, is tuning up a new putter
for the Masters, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA, 8 Apr 2004
Mickelson
still seeking first major - working with Rick Smith and
Dave Pelz for shots around the greens trying to shave half
a stroke out, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA, 8 Apr 2004
Mickelson's
history of struggling with short putts under pressure hard
to ignore, Stoughton Journal, MA, 8 Apr 2004
E
- mail from Ben Curtis - my putting is coming around, USA
Today, 8 Apr 2004
Phillip
Price is right at last for Masters debut - The Putter from
Pontypridd, ic Wales, UK, 8 Apr 2004
Deer
Brook hosting NGA Hooters Tour - Tour VP Steve White: Everybody
can bomb it down the fairway, but not everybody can putt
well.Ó, Shelby Star, NC, 8 Apr 2004
Mickelson
this year: 100% at 3 feet, 85% at 4 feet, 76% at 5 feet
-- loking to chip to within three feet at Augusta, The Scotsman,
UK, 8 Apr 2004
More
Than Ever, Masters Field Is Wide Open - Vijay Singh: driver
almost as important this year as putter, New York Times,
NY, 8 Apr 2004
Brian
Davis is determined to live up to his billing as Europe's
best putter when he makes his Masters debut today - needs
to figure out speed at Augusta to get his touch back, The
Sun, UK, 8 Apr 2004
Ernie
Els banking on experience to overcome Augusta -- says the
putter feels good this week, ABC Online, Australia, 7 Apr
2004
Last
year, 14th green at Augusta (Chinese Fir) saw many three-putts,
Glasgow Daily Record, UK, 7 Apr 2004
Cleveland
Golf growing with irons, wedges, GZ4 belly putter, CBS Sportsline,
7 Apr 2004
Enlightened
Ernie Els sees path out of Tiger's shadow - feels he knows
the lines for putts on Augusta greens and can concentrate
on speed, Independent, UK, 7 Apr 2004
Virginia
Tech Hokies reap the benefits from senior leadership --
Senior Ryan Stinnet: "The putter can get the most work done.",
The Collegiate Times, VA, 7 Apr 2004
Len
Mattiace rebounds from surgery, playoff defeat - "I've
made a lot of putts that other guys would normally miss."
CBS Sportsline, 7 Apr 2004
Fast
greens give Masters putters the willies, International Herald
Tribune, France, 7 Apr 2004
New
putters improve landscape of golf, Oregonian, OR, 7 Apr
2004
Shasta
College Knights golfers come up strokes short - missed putts
on back nine make it "close but no cigar," Record-Searchlight,
CA, 7 Apr 2004
Fast
greens put emphasis on putting, Contra Costa Times, CA,
7 Apr 2004
Scott
Verplank's game might let him slip into a green jacket Sunday
-- lag putting critical, The Globe and Mail, Canada, 7 Apr
2004
Mickelson's
switch to a softer ball helped with accuracy off tee, hitting
more greens closer, and taking fewer putts, Fort Worth Star
Telegram, TX, 7 Apr 2004
Darren
Clarke on experience and Augusta's greens - you have to
have putted off the greens a few times to do well, This
is London, UK, 7 Apr 2004
Adam
Yateman of Burges HS takes District 1-4A title with final
75 despite 3-putting 6 greens, El Paso Times, TX, 6 Apr
2004
Struggling
David Toms hopes to start push for Ryder Cup spot at Masters
this week - bad putting at BellSouth -- 4-putted and then
banged his putter against a gallery stake and bent it, Alexandria
Town Talk, LA, 6 Apr 2004
Sam
Snead's gamesmanship around the greens - putting out and
walking off to next tee with gallery while opponent still
to putt, Lew Rockwell, CA, 6 Apr 2004
The
"63 Club" in Majors - chasing the elusive 62 - Greg Norman
once had it but three-putted the final hole for a 63, sportinglife.com,
UK, 6 Apr 2004
The
Masters: Where a Short Putt Can Become a Long Putt and Then
a Chip, New York Times, 6 Apr 2004
Vijay
Singh -- not the greatest putter -- won with 124 putts,
took 118 last year -- players at TPC requested greens be
set as fast as possible, Richmond Times Dispatch, VA, 6
Apr 2004
Putts
hold key to Tiger revival - you gotta put your cap on straight
to putt well, Guardian, UK, 6 Apr 2004
Hard and fast
Ñ just as Masters should be, MSNBC, 6 Apr 2004
Golf
Coach Herb Page Loops for Ben Curtis During Practice Round
-- says Curtis has his flatstick rolling well again, Kent
State Official Athletic News, 6 Apr 2004
ProAim
Names Tony Sills As Champions Tour Representative, The Wire,
Santa Ana CA, 2 Apr 2004
Sun,
wind pose threat at Masters, IAfrica South African News,
South Africa, 6 Apr 2004
Ursula
Tuutti keeps Finnish flag flying on Nedbank Tour -- South
African Caryn Louw leaving putts on the lip, IAfrica South
African News, South Africa, 6 Apr 2004
Capricious
greens sink men's golf - playing on aerated Yale Course
greens "sort of sucks" and deprives team of its putting
advantage, Yale Daily News, 6 Apr 2004
Els
no longer fights shy of the Tiger - he's a better putter
and player now than when he won the US Open ten years ago,
Guardian, UK, 6 Apr 2004
Monty
at ease with Masters - putting coming around, The Scotsman,
UK, 6 Apr 2004
Zach
Johnson Interview (BellSouth) - great putting in tough wind,
Cybergolf National, 5 Apr 2004
Sudden
Death Tough to Swallow at a Major - Scott Hoch's 30-inch
miss recalled, Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA, 5 Apr
2004
Where
in the World is Calamity Jane? CBS Sportsline, 5 Apr 2004
Ben
Hogan's daily Shady Oaks vantage overlooking the 18th green
from the grill room ruined many a putt for members and guests
-- "Ben's watching", Miami Herald, FL, 5 Apr 2004
Harrington
among Favourites for Masters - Harrington-Olazabal controversy
from Seve Trophy recalled re Olazabal repairing ball marks
on line - Garcia's putting still needs help, Scotland on
Sunday, UK, 5 Apr 2004
Mickelson
will shine at Masters - missing fewer short putts - Els
and Singh need better than mediocre putting, The Robesonian,
NC, 5 Apr 2004
Slick
Augusta sets its trap - Craig Parry: "putting at Augusta
is like trying to stop a ball rolling off the bonnet of
your car" -- much better to be short and below the hole
than even a few feet above it because a miss headed downhill
sends the ball 60 fett by, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia,
5 Apr 2004,
Mastering
greens the key to Augusta, The Age, Australia, 5 Apr 2004
Weir's
global odyssey ended in Augusta - clutch 6-footer to force
playoff, Len Mattiace's double-bogey on playoff recalled,
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, 5 Apr 2004
Padraig
Harrington three-putts first two holes on final day and
blows his chance, Scottish Daily Record, UK, 5 Apr 2004
Former
Pfeiffer College standout Andrew McArthurs wins Scottish
Champion of Champions event by one stroke despite two closing-hole
three-putts, Scotsman.com, 5 Apr 2004
Zack
Johnson holds on for first PGA win - successive three-putts
almost let Hensby back in as Harrington just fades, Mcall.com,
5 Apr 2004
Sorenstam
rallies, wins 50th title with pressure-packed birdie putts
-- sixth LPGA pro to win 50 events (Kathy Whitworth won
88) and second fastest behind Mickey Wright to reach this
milestone, AZcentral.com, 5 Apr 2004
Bobby
Jones putted terribly in the first Masters (1934) - too
jerky -- found it difficult to host and compete at the same
time, Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, 5 Apr 2004
Ashli
Bunch notches best-round 65 in chase of winner Sorenstam
- a little displeased to have missed four putts at 4-foot
range, Business Day, South Africa, South Africa, 5 Apr 2004
Lorie
Kane working on her long putts, Toronto Star, Canada, 5
Apr 2004
Wife's
Bible verse on his ball marker shows Zach Johnson "the way"
for his 40-foot lag putt on 72nd hole to win BellSouth Classic,
Savannah Morning News, GA, 5 Apr 2004
1944:
All quiet on the Augusta front - cattle graze Augusta National
to save on mowing, German war prisoners restore course for
1946 resumption, then Hogan three-putts the last hole to
hand Masters to Herman Keiser, The State, SC, 5 Apr 2004
Classic
Zach attack - Harrington nearly recovers from disastrous
start with a string of birdie putts on back nine from 12,
10, 12, and 2 feet, The Star (subscription), South Africa,
5 Apr 2004
Europeans
bid to master Augusta - a changing of the guard - Padraig
Harrington putts great but he's no Seve, The Scotsman, UK,
5 Apr 2004
Interview
Ian Poulter - David Leadbetter helped him hit more greens
but his putting went south - five three-putts in week he
led field in GIRs, Guardian, UK, 5 Apr 2004
Elite
Field Aims to Win Masters Golf Tournament - Ernie Els: putts
8 feet and in critical, Voice of America, DC, 5 Apr 2004
Finnish
Nedbank leader 19-year-old Minea Blomqvist weilds a magic
wand; South African phenom 14-year-old Ashleigh Simon right
there too, News24, South Africa, 4 Apr 2004
Mike
Perpich and the Eyeline Putting System - putting on a slanted
plane is best, CBS Sportsline, 4 Apr 2004
Scott
has swing to master the best - still needs to improve his
putting, The Age, Australia, 4 Apr 2004
Mike
Weir: "Putting is always going to be the defining factor
in any tournament. If you don't make putts, you're not going
to win.", Chicago Suntimes, IL, 4 Apr 2004
Furman
Leads After Two Rounds at LSU Spring, Tigers in Fifth; LSU
Coach Greg Jones: "We just are not making any putts." LSUSports.net,
4 Apr 2004
Palmer's
top moments in Augusta - Finsterwald's 2-stroke penalty for
making a practice putt during play, Boulder Daily Camera,
CO, 4 Apr 2004
Harrington
spices up leaderboard - top-drawer putting performance with
only 24 putts and 12 one-putt greens, Gwinnett Daily Post,
GA, 4 Apr 2004
IU's
Jeff Overton keeps learning as he wins - Nation's #2 college
player is a straight driver, an immaculate wedge player, and
a "competent" putter - room for improvement, Indianapolis
Star, IN, 4 Apr 2004
Indiana
golf pros: Craig Bowden led the field in putting with 109
for the event at Honda, Indianapolis Star, IN, 4 Apr 2004
Weir's
104 putts at Augusta last year were fewest ever by a champion,
Miami Herald, FL, 4 Apr 2004
Annika
Sorenstam: keep approach shots below the hole so your putting
can stay aggressive, CNN/SI, 4 Apr 2004
Memphis
duo Shaun Micheel and Casey Wittenberg ready for Masters -
Wittenberg practicing his putting and scouting likely pin
placements, GoMemphis.com, TN, 4 Apr 2004
A
Masters in history - Manuel De La Torre: the old greens were
so bumpy you wondered how the ball ever got to the hole, Boston
Herald, MA, 4 Apr 2004
Masters
usually goes to the masterful -- Nick Price: "You may not
have to be a great player to win at Augusta, but it takes
a great putter. You can't be an average putter and win there."
Palm Beach Post, FL, 4 Apr 2004
Master's
preview -- Jesper Parnevik: recovering form a 3-year case
of Bad Putter's Disease; Stewart Appleby: not smooth enough
on the greens and has missed last five cuts at Augusta, Richmond
Times Dispatch, VA, 4 Apr 2004
Mark
O'Meara: A good short game can take you a long way on Augusta's
lengthened course - last year I had the fewest putts in the
field and that got me in the top 10, The Scotsman, UK, 3 Apr
2004
Nick
Faldo's 1989 win - key 25-footer on the 11th to beat Hoch,
Telegraph.co.uk, UK, 3 Apr 2004
Tiger
looking the past master, Telegraph.co.uk, UK, 3 Apr 2004
Depak
Chopra: Getting Your Perception Right - Mindfulness for golf,
Financial Express, India, 3 Apr 2004
Masters
field filled with potential contenders - putting holding back
Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, and Stuart Appleby - Phil Mickelson,
David Toms and Fredrik Jacobson smooth with the flatstick,
Coos Bay World, OR, 3 Apr 2004
Algarve:
Englishman Andrew Raitt changed putters last week and is doing
well, 3 shots back, Ireland Online, Ireland, 3 Apr 2004
Ex-Trojan
Jill McGill on an upswing at LPGA's Tarzana stop: birdie putts
of 4, 15, 24, 30, and 3 feet, plus a two-putt birdie from 60
feet, Los Angeles Daily News, CA, 3 Apr 2004
Golf
starting to pay for BellSouth rookie leader Zach Johnson --
putter working pretty well this week, St. Petersburg Times,
FL, 3 Apr 2004
Sorenstam
Takes Her Time . . . and the Lead - patience and learning from
experience not to press for putts to fall key to handling slick,
tricky greens, Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA, 3 Apr 2004
Johnson
takes lead at BellSouth Classic - overcomes last years' three-putt
from 5 feet to rack up eagle from 25 feet, plus "ridiculous"
birdies from 6, 15, 25 feet, Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS, 3 Apr
2004
Zach
Johnson takes second-round lead in cold Georgia with stellar
putting; Tim Petrovic's putting collapses, The Herald News,
MA, 3 Apr 2004
Former
NC State standout Justin Walters wins first pro event at Sunshine
Tour's Parmalat Classic - cans a couple of 30-foot birdies to
bury the pack, IAfrica South African News, South Africa, 3 Apr
2004
Shaun
Micheel's play these days is strong - sticking shots to 5-6
feet and making the putts, Athens Banner-Herald, GA, 3 Apr 2004
Stewart
Cink at his home course - follows poor opening round 75 with
cut-making 67 - 32 putts first day, 29 the second, Atlanta Journal
Constitution, GA, 3 Apr 2004
The
truth about winning at Augusta - putting more important than
ever - lagging and 6-foot comebacks critical, ESPN, 3 Apr 2004
LPGA's
first Major filled with "had to make it" putts -- Michelle Wie's
winter of seven-footers helped her make 5 par-save putts in
a row outside 5 feet, ESPN, 2 Apr 2004
Arizona
Wildcat star Erica Blasberg - emerging from three months of
hitting good putts that didn't go in, Arizona Daily Wild Cat,
AZ, 2 Apr 2004
Scott
gets back to business after fun Atlanta week - 68 includes back-nine
birdies from 10, 12 and tap-in range, Gwinnett Daily Post, GA,
2 Apr 2004
Olazabal
shares lead with rookie - Jose Maria takes only 23 putts, News24,
South Africa, 2 Apr 2004
Lawrie
leads by one in Portugal - good putting makes up for a few slack
irons, IAfrica South African News, South Africa, 2 Apr 2004
Harrington
struggles to maintain majestic form of Florida - putting, long
game both off in the wind and cold, IrishExaminer.com (subscription),
Ireland, 2 Apr 2004
Jack
Nicklaus interview - seeing Jimmy Demaret stooping to line up
putts in very short shorts was "very revealing" (1961 World
Cup in Puerto Rico) and led to the ban on shorts on Tour, ESPN,
2 Apr 2004
TaylorMade's
Rossa TP putter, PGA.com, 1 Apr 2004
Seniors
Shine in the Caribbean Sun - former Tour referee Carl Mason
weilds his broomstick putter to deadly effect, playing last
12 holes 9 under, highlighted by a 45-foot bomb on the 17th,
European Tour, UK, 1 Apr 2004
Ball
markers could be standardised, Golfmagic.com, 1 Apr 2004
DLGA
teachers Jonathan Yarwood and Gary Gilchrist: Big week on the
LPGA circuit as Aree Song (Yarwood student) and Michelle Wie
(Gilchrist student) play gloriously, Bradenton Herald, FL, 1
Apr 2004
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