Adam Scott was one of five Major winners perched atop the Masters leaderboard heading into Saturday’s third round, but he was likely the only one considering a putter change.
The question over whether you should putt with the flagstick in has sparked plenty of debate. The one thing missing until now has been any real science.
One of the first putting skills to work on is alignment. If you’re confident your ball and clubface are lined up with the read you’ve chosen, it’ll free up your stroke.
Spieth enters this week’s Fort Worth Invitational ranked 190th on the US PGA Tour in strokes gained/putting, losing an average of .471 strokes per round to the field on the green this season.