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Golf
Digest: Flip-flop: The two sides of Notah Begay's putting. Issue: July,
1999
GOLF:
Putter fuels Walton charge - 07/24/1999 Articles & General info - IRELAND'S
Philip Walton produced a high octane performance to claim a share of the
lead at the Dutch Open - thanks to a putter borrowed from a man he met
in a petrol station. Belfast News Letter (newspaper)
JFK's
Golf Putter `Overwhelms' Guy Who Got It - 04/26/1996 Articles & General
info - It was a surprise of historic proportions for one Chicagoan whoshowed
up at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis estate auction Thursday to learn
that he soon would be gripping one of John F. Chicago Sun-Times (newspaper)
Friendship
is the mother of invention - 12/04/1998 Articles & General info - Twelve-year-old
Brian Smith invented the Club Crutcher, a device that transforms a crutch
into a golf putter. his invention, Brian won a $10,000 savings bond in
a contest. Current Science (magazine)
GOLFonline
-- 1998 U.S. Open Championship - Billy Casper profile
GOLFonline
- Good Bounces & Bad Lies by Ben Wright
- Crenshaw breaks
his putter in frustration, 1985 Ryder Cup.
GOLFonline - 1999 PGA Tour: La Vida Franco
- Franco's caddie
cuts 3" off putter for Masters.
GOLFWEEK: 1997 British Open
- Azinger snaps
putter in 1996 British Open.
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GOLFonline - Rules: A brief history of disqualifications
- Ping
celebrating 40 years of putters, innovation By DOUG FERGUSON Associated
Press (May 25, 1999)
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GOLFonline - 1999 JCPenney Classic
- Azinger's first
tournament with belly putter - round 3: "Azinger used wedges to set
up short birdie putts on the 561-yard first hole, par-4 second and
576-yard fifth. He added three more birdies from within five feet
on Nos. 8, 9 and 11. On No. 14, he hit
GOLFonline - 1999 PGA Tour: Honda Classic
- A short putt
by Paul Azinger at No. 6 lipped out and hit his foot for a two-shot
penalty. He took a quadruple-bogey 8 and finished at 80-151.
Woods' guests steal spotlight at Williams Wor...
- "Couples thought
about retirement this year when he wasn't getting the results he wanted.
Putts stopped going in and he finished the year without a top 10 on
the PGA Tour. During the PGA Championship, he walked past Paul Azinger
on the practice green an
Pellegrom takes command at 99th Western Amate...
- Bryce Mulder
starts with belly putter: "Late last month, Mulder switched from a
conventional putter to the longer belly putter, similar to that used
by Vijay Singh and Paul Azinger. ÒAt the Northern Amateur I missed
seven putts within 3 feet,Ó said Mulder
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Foley's
putter hot - 09/21/1999 Articles & General info - Seventy-five players who
had qualified from clubs throughout the country took part in the second
National Putting Championship at Mount Juliet last week. The 18-hole putting
course features a mixture of par twos, threes and fours, ranging in length
from 10 to 36 yards, with some very difficult undulations, bunkers and even
water hazards to negotiate. Irish Times (newspaper)
A
Putter Is Only As Good as a Stroke - 05/29/1999 Articles & General info
- Before you take a putting lesson from a PGA Tour professional, it's
important to understand that: One, most of the players questioned yesterday
at the Kemper Open agreed that being a good putter has very little to
do with the putter itself; and two, if you open their lockers, four or
five putters are apt to fall out. Washington Post (newspaper)
PUTTER
MAGNATE WATSON TIES SHULA AT HERITAGE - 04/20/1996 Articles & General
info - Greg Norman gets faxes of support. Tom Watson gets putters -lots
of them, in all sizes and configurations. "You ought to see my office,"
Watson said after successfully using his putter Friday for a second straight
67 and a share of the lead with Jeff Sluman midway through the MCI Heritage
Classic. Greensboro News & Record (newspaper)
PRO
GOLFERS PUTTER IN THE KITCHEN - 04/07/1999 Articles & General info - If
Paul Stankowski ever wins the Masters Tournament, the men with green jackets
will be treated to a Champions Dinner more memorable than Tiger Woods'
cheeseburgers and shakes or Sandy Lyle's haggis. Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,
Georgia (newspaper)
ELS'
HOT PUTTER HELPS HIM TO 5-STROKE BULGE - 06/08/1996 Articles & General
info - Ernie Els took only 23 putts in a 5-under-par 66 Friday andlengthened
his lead to five strokes midway through the BuickClassic. Els' 11-under
131 total tied the tournament record for best 36-hole score when the Westchester
Country Club has played to a par 71, set by David Graham in 1976. Greensboro
News & Record (newspaper)
Singh
finds hot putter - 06/27/1998 Articles & General info - LEMONT, Ill. --
Vijay Singh has been trying putter after putter the past few weeks, never
quite finding one that works. He might want to hold on to the one he's
using now. Singh of Ponte Vedra Beach had seven birdies yesterday, including
one on his last hole, to take the lead midway through the Western Open
with an 8under-par 136. Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL (newspaper)
PROS PERPETUALLY PURSUE THAT ONE PERFECT PUTTER - 02/20/1997 Articles
& General info - [Frank] Grote's latest fashion is a monstrosity called
the Hog. It has a shaft like a fence post and a head like a two-by-four.
Although it's surprising light, it's so big you'd figure a good player
might hit it 300 yards if he really connected. Sarasota Herald-Tribune
(newspaper)
PUTTER
POWER PREVAILED - 04/13/1998 Articles & General info - Everyone talks
about how length off the tee is always "decisive" at Augusta National,
but, as usual, the weekend's best putter left town with the green jacket.
That would be Mark O'Meara, who birdied the 17th and 18th holes of yesterday's
final round to edge long-knockers David Duval and Fred Couples by one
stroke. Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond, VA (newspaper)
NEW
PUTTER WORKING FOR C-J'S DUFFY - 10/16/1998 Articles & General info -
Disappointed in how she played in the sectional two weeks ago, Chaminade-Julien...
High School golfer Megan Duffy decided it was time a new putter. So the
freshman bought an Odyssey, and she watched her score drop from a 90 at
sectional to 82 at the girls state qualifier last week at Hamilton Elks
Club. Dayton Daily News (newspaper)
Scheffler
putters into Open - 06/03/1999 Articles & General info - CUMMAQUID - By
the time John Scheffler Jr. completed his cross- handed putting experiment
yesterday he found himself in a deep hole with little hope of qualifying
the Massachusetts Open barring a brilliant comeback. Scheffler, an assistant
pro at Ocean Edge, 3-putted the third hole at Cummaquid Golf Club a bogey.
Boston Herald (newspaper)
GMO
NOTES Outburst costs Roberts a putter Golfer breaks its head, has to finish
... - 09/07/1998 Articles & General info - Loren Roberts' reputation is
two-fold. First, he's a man without peer with a putter. Second, he's as
even-tempered a man as you will find on the PGA Tour. Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (newspaper)
He's
catching up, thanks to putter 151 - 07/11/1998 Articles & General info
- COAL VALLEY -- In 1977, fresh out of Galesburg High, Barry Cheesman
thought he was good enough to play professional baseball. He wasn't. Peoria
Journal Star (newspaper)
GOLF
- 04/14/1999 Articles & General info - Jim Muschlitz, director of golf
operations at Southmoore Golf Club (kneeling), fits a putter for Head
Pro Kevin Edwards using technology from Slazenger. Part of that technology
is a shaft measuring device (right). Allentown Morning Call (newspaper)
Broken
putter, but Lim takes Penang title - 09/20/1999 Articles & General info
- LIM Eng Seng hung on to his first round lead to capture the Penang Amateur
Open golf tournament at the Bukit Jambul Golf and Country Club yesterday.
New Straits Times (newspaper)
Waite
swaps putters in search of cure - 08/09/1998 Articles & General info -
GRANT Waite heads into Thursday's United States PGA golf championship
at his wits end after a disappointing putting display in the Buick Open
in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The Orlando-based Kiwi missed the halfway cut
with rounds of 72 and 73 falling 12 shots behind Brandel Chamblee. Sunday
Star-Times (newspaper)
Ehrgott's
putter torrid Recent MSU grad leads by a stroke; Golf/Western Amateur
- 07/30/1998 Articles & General info - But when you drive it well and
putt it even better than that at Point O'Woods Golf & Country Club, anything's
possible as it was in Wednesday's first round of the 96th Western Amateur
golf championship John Ehrgott. South Bend Tribune (newspaper)
BOLDIN'S
PUTTER LETS HIM DOWN AT BAY HILL - 06/29/1998 Articles & General info
- For the first three rounds of the 81st Florida State Golf Association's
Amateur Championship at the Bay Hill Club here, Sarasota's Mark Boldin
was draining putts on a regular basis. Sarasota Herald-Tribune (newspaper)
Hot
Putter Seals Victory - 08/10/1998 Articles & General info - Jay Williamson
couldn't believe it. Nobody could. Not the 10,000 fans surrounding the
natural amphitheater around the 18th green at the Champions Club. Not
the marshals holding up their "QUIET" signs. Not the bass player "Blue
House" waiting the last putt to drop so he could start laying some serious
licks in the party tent. But Matt Gogel's putts kept dropping at the Nike
Omaha Classic. Gogel made one from Blair, another from Fremont and then
one from Waterloo. Omaha World Herald - Omaha, NE (newspaper)
BEEM
WINS KEMPER OPEN HOT PUTTER EARNS ROOKIE FIRST PGA TOUR WIN, BIGGEST PAYCHE...
- 05/31/1999 Articles & General info - Rookie Rich Beem, who battled an
upset stomach hours before tee time, birdied three of the first five holes
and cruised to his first PGA Tour victory yesterday at the Kemper Open.
Beem, who putted well all tournament and either led outright or shared
the lead after every round, sank a 45-footer on the first hole, a 10-footer
on the third and rattled one in from 25 on the fifth. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(newspaper)
MORGAN
CREDITS PUTTER CHANGE FOR KROGER CLASSIC WIN - 09/27/1999 Articles & General
info - 7-under-par final round earns second win in three weeks MASON -
A month ago Gil Morgan changed putters. He put aside the Ping Anserhe
has used since the mid-1980s and put a new Dandy putter in his bag. Dayton
Daily News (newspaper)
Hot
putter fires Funk - 09/05/1999 Articles & General info - The Associated
Press SURREY, British Columbia --- Fred Funk, the former University of
Maryland golf coach, is taking advice from his wife on putting, and it's
paying off. Topeka Capital-Journal - Topeka, KS (newspaper)
A
PAYNE WITH THE PUTTER AT THE U.S. OPEN - 06/21/1999 Articles & General
info - PINEHURST, N.C. -- Payne Stewart's personal moment of redemption
came in a light rain on the final domed green at Pinehurst No. 2. With
it, came a moment that will become U.S. Columbian (newspaper)
Palmer's
putter fails to perform - 07/05/1998 Articles & General info - Try as
he might, Arnold Palmer simply couldn't replicate his strong finale on
Friday, when he birdied each of the last three holes at Hobbit's Glen
to finish at 1-under 71. Washington Times (newspaper)
Golf:
Faldo stung by failure with putter - 06/20/1998 Articles & General info
- ON US Open days of yesteryear like Thursday, when only nine players
broke Olympic's severe par of 70, Nick Faldo was always among their number.
Yet Faldo, a winner of three Opens and three Masters, started his second
round only too aware that he was heading his fourth missed cut in the
last six major championships. An opening round of 77 left Faldo 11 strokes
behind the leader, Payne Stewart. The Independent - London, United Kingdom
(newspaper)
In
the grip of the yips Study attacks malady that strikes fear in putters'
heart... - 03/08/1998 Articles & General info - There was a time when
Carson Herron would have swallowed live worms if he thought it would have
helped. 15 years, Herron suffered from the yips, an affliction faced by
thousands of golfers, making average players quit, good ones lose confidence
and great ones lose sleep. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (newspaper)
DALY-DONOFRIO
FINDS PUTTER - 06/19/1998 Articles & General info - Heather Daly-Donofrio
brought all eight of her putters to the practice green last week. After
three hours of work with her instructor, Ray Howell, she settled on the
Odyssey 662. "It's the one with the best feel because it's got a real
soft ," Daly-Donofrio said after shooting a 5-under- par 67 Thursday a
one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Friendly's Classic at
Crestview Country Club. Hartford Courant (newspaper)
DAVIES
STILL SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT PUTTER - 09/28/1998 Articles & General info
- On a good day at the Berkleigh Country Club, Laura Davies will use her
driver only three times. On a bad hole at the Berkleigh Country Club,
she'll use her putter that many times. Davies had almost as many 3-putts
as she had driver uses on Saturday, which ex Allentown Morning Call (newspaper)
A
SMARTER WOODS TURNS TO HIS PUTTER FOR SEVEN BIRDIES AND COURSE RECORD
- 08/14/1998 Articles & General info - As his attests, Tiger Woods is
in his element amid Sahalee Country Club's thicket of cedar, hemlock and
fir trees. But Woods did not navigate Sahalee in the manner one might
expect Thursday, en route to the first-round lead of the PGA Championship.
He did it with his putter, and without his driver. Buffalo News (newspaper)
Tiger
starts forest fire // Ditches driver for putter at Sahalee - 08/14/1998
Articles & General info - REDMOND, Wash. The driver was only show. Tiger
Woods couldn't attack tree-lined Sahalee Country Club from the tee in
the first round of the PGA Championship, so he left his biggest weapon
in the bag and found another one - his putter. Chicago Sun-Times (newspaper)
TIGER'S GOLDEN ON GREENS; PUTTER, NOT DRIVER, DELIVERS TWO- STROKE LEAD
- 08/14/1998 Articles & General info - The driver was only show. Tiger
Woods couldn't attack tree-lined Sahalee Country Club from the tee in
the first round of the PGA Championship, so he left his biggest weapon
in the bag and found another one - his putter. Los Angeles Daily News
(newspaper)
Tiger's putter for the birds - 08/14/1998 Articles & General info - Success
on greens carries Woods to course record, lead REDMOND, Wash. -- The driver
was only show. Times Union - Albany, NY (newspaper)
WINDS,
PUTTER BETRAY COUPLES BLUSTERY CONDITIONS LEAD TO ROUND OF 74 - 07/18/1998
Articles & General info - Had Fred Couples thought to load up his pants
pockets with the ubiquitous potatoes that seem to be the major part of
every meal in England, he might have saved himself a stroke or two. "It
was hard to stand still," said Couples of the wind that knocked him from
his putting stance. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (newspaper)
RICKLES
USES HIS PUTTER TO ROLL TO STATE OPEN CHESAPEAKE'S JAY RICKLES FIRES BAC...
- 06/16/1998 Articles & General info - Jay Rickles had his best putting
day in a year. Eddie Kurpiel III couldn't remember ever putting so poorly.
Different strokes different folks. Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star - Norfolk,
VA (newspaper)
Lunde
becomes wonder with putter - 05/29/1998 Articles & General info - ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. - UNLV senior Bill Lunde needed only 11 putts to cover the front
nine in Thursday's second round of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships.
Las Vegas Review-Journal (newspaper)
GOLF:
GRIBBEN GOES 'SHORTY' FOR DEBUT - 05/31/1999 Articles & General info -
EUROPEAN champion Paddy Gribben has decided to "get shorty" and rely on
an old pal, as he makes his debut in the British Amateur Open golf championship
this week at Royal County Down. Belfast News Letter (newspaper)
SENIOR GOLF: STOCKTON PUTTS WAY TO BIG LEAD * HE IS AHEAD BY SEVEN STROKES
WITH ... - 07/07/1996 Articles & General info - BEACHWOOD, Ohio - It is
not just the psychedelic grip on DaveStockton's putter that has dazzled
the field at the 17th U.S.Senior Open. Stockton is known for his putting
ability, but his touch on the greens has been truly exceptional in the
first three rounds of this tournament. Stockton, using a putter that was
given to him a month ago by Dona Caponi, the two-time winner of the women's
Open, has built a seven-shot lead going into Sunday's final round over
Bob Charles, who is alone in second place. Dayton Daily News (newspaper)
10-FOOT
LIP-OUT PUTT COSTS PAM OSLEY * ALLENTONIAN WILL USE $250 CONSOLATION PRI...
- 09/23/1998 Articles & General info - Pam Osley had a costly lip out
of a 10-foot putt on the 18th green at the Berkleigh Country Club late
Tuesday afternoon. When the ball trickled cruelly away after what looked
like a dead solid perfect run up a treacherous slope, the 41-year-old
Allentown resident saw $25,000 vanish. Allentown Morning Call (newspaper)
PUTT
PERKS: OFFICES BECOME GOLF COURSES TODAY - 11/16/1999 Articles & General
info - In the stressed-out business world, golf has long been one of those
great excuses to escape the office. Now comes this: golf in the office.
Across the country today, in recognition of this new, slightly odd indoor
sport, at least 65 companies, law firms, banks, even a coroner's office
will celebrate the first-ever "Take Your Putter to Work Day." Virginian-Pilot
& Ledger-Star - Norfolk, VA (newspaper)
STOCKTON
WILL USE HOT PUTTER AND EXPERIENCE - 07/22/1998 Articles & General info
- Dave Stockton will have a homecoming of sorts this week when he plays
in the U.S. Senior Open at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades.
About 15 miles east down the Santa Monica Freeway, Stockton earned All-America
honors three times at USC during the early 1960s. Stockton is unsure whether
his college glory days will count much of a hometown advantage nearly
four decades after the fact - even a member of the Trojans Hall of Fame.
Los Angeles Daily News (newspaper)
The
50-50 Putting Stroke. - 12/01/1999 Articles & General info - ONCE THE
RHYTHM of a putting stroke is thrown off--by nerves, fatigue, whatever--it
can be hard to get back, especially for a hard swinger. What you need
is the right key. Golf Magazine
Senior
putts for keeps; Schwartz calls his clubs collect - 11/01/1998 Articles
& General info - Bob Schwartz has retired from his Pittsfield dermatology
practice, but to him, the beauty of a golf club will always be more than
skin deep. Especially when it comes to putters. Boston Herald (newspaper)
- Sports
Business - April '97 - Golfology, Hal Hannon, Carlsbad CA ÊBetter putting
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