If you play golf, you’ve likely heard this one before: If you’re unsure of which way a green breaks, look around for the nearest body of water, because that’s where the ball will want to travel.
You have a 10-foot putt. Sensing it will break a little right-to-left, you aim just outside the hole, and it misses on the right. Did you push it, misread it, or simply have too much speed? Or was it ...
Putting has become too easy. Since the advent of green-reading books, 1-putt percentage has skyrocketed, 3-putts have virtually been eliminated, and players and their caddies have no homework around ...
We're now on Episode 3 of The Lab with PGA Tour Putting Performance Advisor Stephen Sweeney, and I've not been shy about how this experience changed my game. In Episode 1 we talked all about setup, ...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Alex Cejka made some unfortunate history Thursday at the Honda Classic. He became the first PGA Tour player disqualified for violating the Rules of Golf’s new interpretation ...
Padraig Harrington says there’s a lot of tips, and he’s not being hyperbolic. Need proof? Just Google “most important thing in reading greens.” We’ll wait. [Makes dinner.] [Reads book.] [Comes back ...
Remember green books? Those auxiliary yardage books really took off about a decade ago, most notably at the Olympics in Rio in 2016, and became a staple for several years on the pro tours and many ...
Eight-foot putts are not typically stressful for PGA Tour pros, but the 8-foot par putt that Max Homa faced on Friday morning on the fifth at Augusta National had to be made if he was going to stay ...
So for a guy like 8-time PGA Tour winner Brad Faxon — who didn’t have great distance off the tee — putting was his cheat code and differentiator versus opponents. It’s why he accomplished as much as ...