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2004
4th Quarter - October thru December
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Never
Compromise Voodoo Daddy Center Shaft, Golf-Gear-Review.com (press
release), PA, 30 Dec 2004
Mark
Wilson returns to PGA Tour with a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole
of the last round of Q-School, Lake Country Reporter, WI, 30 Dec 2004
Sergio
Garcia needs to fix his putting -- 129th in putts per GIR, 192nd in
total putts, Las Vegas Sun, NV, 30 Dec 2004
New
Zealander Simon Moore's Puku Belly Putter lines up US sales, Stuff.co.nz,
New Zealand, 29 Dec 2004
Judy
Rankin predicts the players and the trends that will make news in 2005
-- The long-shafted putter is here to stay -- too many tournaments won
with them to ban now, Golf For Women Magazine, 28 Dec 2004
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ShotLink
Stats: Field Avg: 3' 99.1%, 4' 90.9%, 5' 80.8%, 6' 69.8% -- Inside
3': best Nick Price, John Cook, Craig Parry (missed 0 all year), worst
Alex Cjeka (missed 14 all year) -- Fredrik Jacobsen 6' 89.4%, inside
10' 89.8% (best) -- 9-10': best Cliff Kresge 65.1% -- 10-15': Mark
O'Meara 43.4% best -- 15-20' 18.9% avg -- 25'+: best Patrick Sheehan
10.1%, avg 5.8%, 4th worst Phil Mickelson (only 7 all year) -- 3-putts:
Retief Goosen 1.4% best, Scott Hend 5.6% (79 all year) worst -- First
putts after wedge to green: from 75-100 yards -- Scott Hoch 13'8"
best, 18'1" avg -- Greenside bunker shots: avg 1st putt after
bunker shot 9'10", avg up-and-down 49.1%, Orlando Sentinel, FL,
22 Dec 2004
Christina
Kim and the free-spirit approach to golf -- "She is carried away by
her emotions a little bit," says Judy Rankin, "but it's good-natured,
happy-to-be-alive stuff." Kim agrees: "If you're missing putts, something
is holding you back. But if you're feeling free, that's when the good
plays start coming out.", Golf for Women, 22 Dec 2004
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Never
too old for a new trick -- lag to 2-foot target, keep back- and thru-strokes
symmetric and not flippy or jabby, ic NorthWales, UK, 21 Dec 2004
A
just reward for golfer who penalized himself -- Mike Hebron as caddy
inadvertantly touches the cup in 1st of six rounds and cost Pat McGowan
2-stroke penalty in Champions Q-School -- McGowan calls the penalty
on himself but makes the grade anyway, New York Newsday, NY, 21 Dec
2004
Kiyoshi
Miyazoto wins title at Okinawa Open after making up 8-shot deficit --
Scott Barr and Charlie Wi both miss birdie putts on last hole to tie,
Sun Network, India, 21 Dec 2004
My
Sport: Peter Alliss -- Worst sporting moment: Missing a four-foot putt
on the 18th hole at Wentworth in 1953, which cost GBI the Ryder Cup,
Telegraph.co.uk, UK, 21 Dec 2004
Wristy
Christy O'Connor at 80 still simply the best swinger in town -- glory
days in 1957 defeating Dow Fintserwald in Ryder Cup singles -- all square
at lunch, Christy changed to a lighter putter and went out blazing with
six birdies on the back, IrishExaminer, Ireland, 21 Dec 2004
Player
of the Year headed to the Big Show: Jimmy Walker emerges from the shadows
on the Nationwide Tour -- erratic off the tee, Walker's putter saved
him as he ranked sixth in putting average (1.744 putt per round), which
in turn helped him finish fifth in scoring average, PGA.com, 19 Dec
2004
Cobra
Golf introduces two models of its new Inner Mallet (IM) putter, PGA.com,
18 Dec 2004
Kirk
Currie teams up with Wilson for new KC2005 putter line, Nevada City
Union, CA, 18 Dec 2004
The
Sports Network - PGA Tour 2004 Year in Review, 18 Dec 2004
The
Sports Network - LPGA Tour 2004 Year in Review, 18 Dec 2004
The
Sports Network - European PGA Tour 2004 Year in Review, 18 Dec 2004
The
Sports Network - Champions Tour 2004 Year in Review, 18 Dec 2004
The
Sports Network - Nationwide Tour 2004 Year in Review, 18 Dec 2004
Desert
Seniors Set To Putt Their Stuff -- Annual Kraft Nabisco Championship
Senior Putting Competition Kicks Off On Jan. 7, RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif,
17 Dec 2004
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Bad-tempered
Ricky Barnes fined for emotional outbursts at Australian Masters --
slamming clubs, dogging putts -- five-putted the 15th hole from 4
feet, carelessly knocking the ball around with his putter without
bothering to line up -- playing partner Richard Green ignored distracting
antics and went on to win, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 17 Dec
2004
Cottonwood
Falls CC -- Old-fashioned golf course touts greens made of sand
-- built in 1923, Lawrence Journal World, KS, 17 Dec 2004
Jasjeet
Singh poised to win Royal Challenge Cup -- not happy with his putting
though -- Chirag Kumar close behind and putting lights out -- cans
some 15 footers, Indian Express, India, 17 Dec 2004
Small
military newspapers open window on serving in Iraq, Afghanistan
-- "They're installing putt-putt golf courses and a roller hockey
rink in the middle of the desert.", Wisconsin State Journal, WI,
16 Dec 2004
Bob
Ralston captures his second straight victory in the Srixon PGA tournament
series -- "I'm in a nice groove that has lasted a long time. I just
didn't putt well at the Champions Tour qualifier last month. That
was a real disappointment.", PGA.com, 16 Dec 2004
Golf
Digest -- Champion equipment in 2004 -- Putter: Yes! Golf's C-Groove
Tracy putter by Harold Swash -- used by Retief Goosen in the US
Open where he one-putted 11 times in the final round, GolfDigest.com,
16 Dec 2004
Royal
Challenge RCGC Cup at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, round 2: Jasjeet
Singh outwits the rest of field to lead -- Overnight leader Gagan
Verma had a disappointing day as the putter, which was his strength
on the opening day, let him down -- missed 3 consecutive putts inside
8 feet, India Express, India, 16 Dec 2004
The
Putt-Her putter: Denver mortgage broker Chris Wehrle sticks a scantily
clad model's picture on the putter shaft and voila, he's a putter
seller, Off Limits, Westword, CO, 16 Dec 2004
In
the News: 2005 Masters Field shaping up -- Tommy Armour III's missed
3-foot putt on last hole of last full-field event in year cost Joey
Sindelar a Master's Invitation -- winning 2004 Wachovia Championship
not enough to get to Augusta, PGA.com, 15 Dec 2004
Crucial
shots in 2004: Master's: Phil Mickelson's 15-footer on 16th for
lead and birdie putt to win Masters on 18th; US Open: Mickelson's
3-putt to lose; British Open: Mickelson's missed 4-footer to lose;
Torrey Pines: Luke Donald and Chris Riley missing inside 6 feet
to lose; Las Vegas: Tom lehman's missed par putt on 17th from 3
feet to lose, PGA.com, 15 Dec 2004
Peter
O'Malley's putter to get work out, Bathhurst Western Advocate, Australia,
15 Dec 2004
Buy
gadgets for sports lovers on your gift lists -- fishing reel putter
with ball on a line, The Grand Rapids Press, MI, 15 Dec 2004
MacGregor
V Foil Putters run hot at Australian Masters -- Greg Norman likes how
it helps set his eyes, iseekgolf, Australia, 14 Dec 2004
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Tiger
Roars Back Into Winning Form -- ballstriking good, putting poor
-- "I just didn't make any putts today.", WRAL.com, NC, 13 Dec 2004
Odyssey
Steel Putter #5, Golf-Gear-Review.com (press release), PA, 13 Dec
2004
Charleston
Senior AM: Tommy Ford comes through -- "I drove the ball beautifully,"
Ford said. "I had a lot of confidence. I had 26 putts the first
round, 30 the second round and probably 30 today. I made some good,
crucial putts. When you drive the ball well and make putts, you're
going to score well." Charlston.net, SC, 13 Dec 2004
Tiger
Woods wins by 2 despite missing birdie putts on final 3 closing
holes -- "Obviously, I didn't putt well. I just couldn't get the
ball on line.", Ventura County Star, CA, 13 Dec 2004
Charl
Schwartzel captures Dunhill in playoff over Neil Cheetham -- who
wants it? -- Cheetham 3-jacks 15th and 16th to gift lead -- Schwartzel
then 3-putts 17th and 18th to let Cheetham back in, Ventura County
Star, CA, 13 Dec 2004
Girls
Division of the David Leadbetter International Junior Golf Invitational
Championship: Leadbetter training pays off well for Marika Lendl
with winning 69 -- "I putted out of my mind." -- Ivan Lendl's daughter
coached by Tim Sheredy, Bradenton Herald, FL, 13 Dec 2004
Aussie
Terry Pilkadaris loses playoff at Volvo Masters of Asia -- Jyoti
Randhawa sinks 8-footer on 18th to tie, cans a long one and pressures
Pilkadaris to miss a winner from 7 feet on the 1st playoff hole,
then sinks 15-footer on 2nd playoff hole to win, iseekgolf,.com,
Australia, 12 Dec 2004
Richard
Green produces a stunning approach shot to win the Australian Masters
in a playoff from David McKenzie and Greg Chalmers at Huntingdale
-- McKenzie got into playoff with a 15-foot birdie putt on final
hole, The Malaysia Star, Malaysia, 13 Dec 2004
Jyoti
burns brightest at the end -- superb putting at the end, Times of
India, India, 12 Dec 2004
Finding
his golf game: Stan Utley at the PGA Summit, Palm beach Post, FL,
12 Dec 2004
Nothing
dull about David McKenzie -- narrow miss on a 60-footer at Q-School
denies him PGA Tour card but he bounces right back to climb into
playoff in Australian Masters, Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia,
12 Dec 2004
Shiv
Kapur sinks a 35-foot birdie putt to win a thrilling three-way play-off
on the first play-off hole to win the second Amby Valley PGAI Tour
title at the Surya Nepal Masters golf meet on Sunday, The Telegraph
- Calcutta, India, 12 Dec 2004
Nightmare
on the final hole for two-time masters champ Bradley Hughes -- needing
par to win and bogey to join playoff, Hughes 3-putts for double
bogey, The Australian, Australia, 12 Dec 2004
Golf
Roundup -- Tiger Woods 3-putting at the Target Challenge, Chicago
Daily Southtown, IL, 12 Dec 2004
Gifts:
The fastest way to improve that balky putting stroke and lose unwanted
three-putts is to visit Steve Scharnhorst at Tee to Green Golf --
a golfer can shave strokes by counterbalancing his putter and "taking
the wiggle out" -- He guarantees it's no gimmick, Sun Herald MS,
12 Dec 2004
A
dream comes true for Rob Rashell -- former walkon at UW who has
paid the journeyman's dues gets his PGA Tour card in style -- best
putter last year on European Tour, Everett Herald, WA, 12 Dec 2004
Aussie
Scott Hend gets a break -- on the Q-school curtline, his approach
overshot the green and bounced on the rocks along the water and
landed in the grass -- his chipped to 8 feet and made the putt to
get his card, Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 12 Dec 2004
NZ
Women's Am: Sarah Nicholson at 19 stands firm to win final in windy
conditions -- , Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand, 11 Dec 2004
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Heavy
PutterT hires Steve Zunich as sales head, WorldGolf Wire, South Salem,
NY, 30 Nov 2004
Golfers
sing praises of country club feline -- adopted kitten Caddy a star on
golf course practice green -- left some chicken on that bone? -- no
problemo, Caddy putts it the rest of the way into the hole for you,
SunHerald.com, MS, 10 Dec 2004
Australian
Masters -- Bradley Hughes renews love affair with Huntingdale -- lightning
stops play when Hughes faced a 6-footer standing at 7 under -- resumed
at 6:50 am and went to 8 under for first round -- "No, I actually didn't
work on that putt," he said later referring to the first putt of the
morning. "I was determined not to get too focused on it and in fact
didn't go near my marker until the whistle blew this morning then just
recommenced my normal routine with a putt.", iseekgolf.com, Australia,
10 Dec 2004
Dunhill
Championship: Vijay Singh's nemesis returns -- bad putting -- missing
par putts -- after hitting a flop shot to 4 feet for birdie, Singh 3-putted
for bogey and ends with 74 and last place -- John Daly sinks monster
putts of 70 and 45 feet early in round before collapsing with triple
and double bogey for 73, Monterey Herald, CA, 10 Dec 2004
Dunhill
Championship: Swede Peter Gustafsson shines in South Africa with opening
69 for lead -- "My putter is working extremely well at the moment, and
that is the only reason why I seem to be doing well." -- completes round
in a hurry at Leopard Creek to get away from the dangerous snakes lurking
in the brush, Scotsman, UK, 10 Dec 2004
Pro-Circuit
putt return machine a big seller at $59 at Austad's Golf in Fargo, In-Forum,
ND, 10 Dec 2004
Volvo
Masters, Kuala Lumpur: Jyoti Randhawa fires career-best 63, Randhawa
fires career-best in Volvo Masters -- "I played great. I didn't miss
any green and putted nicely. My mental focus was good. I didn't hit
a bad shot today, it was almost perfect golf, Express India, India,
10 Dec 2004
Nepal
Masters: Rafiq Ali strikes early form, leads field -- looks for two
wins in a row -- Vijay Kumar, once undisputed king of Indian golf, dethroned
by putting problems, Indian Express, India, 10 Dec 2004
Got
the yips? Here's a tip: Start with one-foot putts, USA Today, VA, 9
Dec 2004
Eminem
and Marilyn Manson, Together at Last -- "Dr. Dre, I've got a question,
if I may: / Is it gay to play putt-putt golf with a friend / And watch
his butt-butt when he tees off...?", Harvard Independent, MA, 9 Dec
2004
Target World Challenge: Tiger Woods on decision to change swing last
spring: "I won at La Costa, but I won because I putted great. I hit
it all over the map. My iron play was not what it normally is, and I
just made everything. Even though I won the tournament, I knew that
I wasn't going to do it for the rest of the year, so I had to start
changing a few things." -- openly describes Mark O'Meara as his coach
now, iseekgolf, Australia, 9 Dec 2004
Australian
Masters: Perfect putting puts Robert Allenby in command -- Allenby cursed
himself for dashing out of his US home without the copper-coloured putter
that worked like a magic wand in the four-man sudden-death playoff here
12 months ago -- "Don't ask me why because I'm stupid. I just forgot.
I was in a hurry to get out of the house, was running late and forgot
to grab it," he said. "I bought myself a putter, a Titleist, at The
Australian (in Sydney) a couple of weeks ago. It was ok, but I didn't
putt very well there (Australian Open). If I had putted even half-decent,
I could have won the tournament. I took a little bit of weight out of
the head. I got the drill onto it and put a few holes in it. It feels
a lot better. The greens are normally pretty quick down here in Australia
and I just need something that is going to make me get through the ball.
I used to change my putter like I change my jocks, every three weeks,
but I try to stick to two putters in particular.", Advertiser, Australia,
9 Dec 2004
Dunhill
Championship: Ernie Els starts well with 67 as surprise packet bruce
McDonald leads with 66 -- Els' sides of 35-32 -- "I couldn't get a putt
going on the front nine but there aren't so many birdie opportunities
there like there are on the back nine where there are three par fives."
Europeantour.com, 9 Dec 2004
DLGA
players making moves -- DLGA Director David Whelan's student Paula Creamer
wins LPGA Qualifier -- Sean O'Hair gains Nationwide privileges -- came
to Bradenton Leadbetter Academy at 15 from Arizona, Bradenton Herald,
FL, 9 Dec 2004
When
Hanover Area senior Eric Plisko's not sinking putts he's sinking jumpers
-- Time leader Golfer of the Year spends the frozen season on the hardwood
waiting for the courses to thaw, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA, 9 Dec
2004
Australian
Masters: Stuart Appleby facing a battle with jet-lag fatigue but considers
game in top form for Huntingdale -- "Obviously I'd like to roll the
ball a little bit better and putt a little bit better than I did last
week.", Border Mail, Australia, 8 Dec 2004
Australian
Masters: Adam Scott gets help from Greg Norman on his putting in advance
of Huntingdale -- "I was getting it so short (backswing) that I was
pulling every putt. I had to keep aiming further and further right to
compensate. On these greens, you really need to be rolling the ball
well. It just gets away from me sometimes before I pick up on it and
realise I'm in a bad habit. I think I have probably worked so hard on
my swing for the last few weeks that my putting has slipped away. Hopefully,
I have that straightened out for this week because it's hard to take
when you play well and putt poorly.", Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia,
8 Dec 2004
Australian
Masters: Jet-lagged Stuart Appleby set for Masters assault -- "Last
year I was a little sloppy, I didn't putt very well here, I hit some
good shots but I didn't hit a lot of great shots. (This year) I'm hitting
the ball a lot better, a lot more solid, my putting feels a lot better
than last year." ABC Online, Australia, 8 Dec 2004
Fickle
putter saves Craig Barlow at Q-School -- holes birdie putts on last
two holes from 20 and 10 feet to earn full card, Las Vegas Sun, NV,
8 Dec 2004
Ian
Rowden moves from golf to burgers -- top Callaway global marketer 2000-2004,
former Coke global marketer, now moving the meat for Wendy's -- graduate
of University of Wollongong in Sydney, Restaurant News Resource, Canada,
8 Dec 2004
Review:
Callaway Golf Milled Tour Blue 2 Putter, Golfmagic.com, 7 Dec 2004
Clutch
putts earn tour cards, Albuquerque Tribune, NM, 7 Dec 2004
Scott
Hend regains PGA Tour status -- six-foot par putt on last hole makes
it on the number, Townsville Bulletin, Australia, 7 Dec 2004
Hugs,
heartaches at PGA Q-school -- Bill Haas had a birdie putt on all but
one hole on the back nine of the Stadium Course but converted only one
of them, shot 71 and missed his card by two shots, Lowell Sun, MA, 7
Dec 2004
ESPN.com/Golf
Digest: Ryan Moore could become the next great American golfer -- feel
player not obsessed with mechanics and a "magical" putter, ESPN, 7 Dec
2004
Melborne
golfer cashes in at Japan's Nippon Cup -- Paul Sheehan wins $1 million
and 5-year Japan Tour exemption once his putter heated up -- "I started
holing putts and played really well over the last three days.", Melborne
Herald Sun, Australia, 7 Dec 2004
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Putt-Putt
herd finds new homes after sellout to Starbuck's -- Giant Pachyderm
carted off on trailer to elephant-collector's house -- Giraffe goes
to Day Care Center, Rock Hill Herald, SC, 7 Dec 2004
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Players Qualify to Play PGA Events -- Canada's David Hearn squanders
six shots and drops to the cut line until coming up with two of
the biggest putts of his career -- a 15-foot par save on the 17th
and a 40-foot birdie from the fringe on the final hole -- Bill Haas
misses birdie putts on 8 of last 9 holes to miss card by 2 -- Bob
Burns 3-putts last hole to miss card by 1, Durant Daily Democrat,
OK, 7 Dec 2004
Ashland
OR native Jason Allred makes the PGA Tour cut with 13th place finish
-- wobble start on final round capped off with a 30-footer on 9th
and a 45-footer on 18th using claw style, Oregonian, OR, 7 Dec 2004
Palatka
HS standout Sean Pacetti's Tour bid dies on last hole -- coming
in on the cut line, a birdie putt on 16th died on the lip -- needed
only a par on 18th hole to get the card, his shot hit the water
and he three-putted for triple bogey, Palatka Daily News, FL, 7
Dec 2004
Former
Clemson Tigers DJ Trahan, Lucas Glover secure PGA Tour cards --
shot of the day: Glover on 18th hole to 2 feet for birdie to secure
card by 1 shot, Charleston Post Courier, SC, 7 Dec 2004
PGA
card eludes former JSU star Tim O'Neal -- needed only a birdie on
18th hole, his 15-footer grazed the lip, Jackson Clarion Ledger,
MS, 7 Dec 2004
Canadian
David Hearn finishes off Q-School win with a bang -- rolls in dramatic
40-footer from the fringe on last hole -- "I don't think I've ever
come close to making a putt that dramatic. I've made some good putts
in my day, but nothing from that length with a PGA Tour card on
the line.", The Globe and Mail, Canada, 7 Dec 2004
It's
not easy to make grade in Q School -- Tim O'Neal's putter cost him
dearly -- O'Neal three-putted the Stadium's par-3 sixth hole for
bogey, and he missed a 10-footer for birdie on his last hole --
misses card by 1, San Diego Union Tribune, CA, 7 Dec 2004
Former
Central Connecticut State golfer Kyle Gallo misses PGA card by one
stroke as last-hole 25-foot birdie attempt slides by, New Britain
Herald, CT, 7 Dec 2004
South
Korean Charlie Wi earns PGA Tour card on the cutoff mark of seven-under
425 by dropping a tension packed bogey putt at 18 for his spot,
Channelnewsasia.com, Singapore, 7 Dec 2004
Doug
Barron returning to PGA -- 3-putts last hole but still lands on
the cutline, commercialappeal.com, Memphis,ÊTN, 7 Dec 2004
Greenville
NC native Will MacKenzie earns PGA Tour card -- started last round
in 6th place but shot final 77 to just make it on the line -- "I
just putted badly." -- 3-putted 16th and needed par on last to survive
-- lagged 50-footer to 6 inches for par, Greenville Reflector, NC,
7 Dec 2004
PGA
Tour in cards for Mario Tiziani -- birdies 16th from 15 feet and
17th from 20 feet to earn card with 1 stroke to spare, Wisconsin
State Journal, WI, 7 Dec 2004
International
Junior Golf Academy standout Kristin Wetzel dazzled this year --
numerous wins included come-from-behind victory in mid-July taken
with a 70-foot lag to tap-in, Hilton Head Island Packet, SC, 7 Dec
2004
Tim
O'Neal misses card by 1 -- 3-putts a par-3 then misses a 4-footer
on next hole and his birdie try from 15 feet on final hole misses
right, ESPN, 6 Dec 2004
Final
dramas at Q-School -- 7-under earns the card -- David Hearn starts
final round in 2nd but drops shots all day and needs a 2-putt from
fringe from 45 feet on last hole to earn card -- he one-putts --
Craig Barlow at 6-under with 2 to play birdies last 2 holes from
15 and 12 feet -- Charlie Wi needing a 2-putt from 30 feet misses
by 6 feet but makes the kneeknocking comebacker to finish on the
number -- Scott Weatherly misses last-chance birdie but gives Dean
Wilson the read he needs to sink his birdie putt for 7-under --
Tim O'Neal's last-hole putt for birdie and 7-under misses right
-- Tom Gillis cans an 8-footer on 18th hole for 7-under -- David
Mckenzie at 6-under on 17th tee missed his birdie by inches then
had a 40-footer for birdie on 18th that also just missed, ESPN,
6 Dec 2004
Ninety-eight-year-old
Merrimack Golf Course in Methuen, Mass. -- Donald Ross gem to be
restored by George Sargent -- Ross' small greens with 5-7 percent
slope to be remodeled to 2-3 percent slope, Cybergolf, 6 Dec 2004
Steph
George gains partial card on LPGA Tour -- "It makes a big difference
when you can putt." -- misses full card by 2 -- "I had two four-putts
(during the tournament), which I'd never done before. It was quite
embarrassing, but I was able to stick with it.", Lebanon Daily News,
PA, 6 Dec 2004
Has
"Three-Pete" Lonard finally put to rest his stigma as merely an
average putter?, The Courier-Mail, Bisbane, Australia, 6 Dec 2004
Nick
Faldo's longtime Swedish caddie Fanny Sunesson retires -- no more
lining up Nicko's putts from behind, U.TV, UK, 6 Dec 2004
NMDX
balls: NanoDynamics says its NDMX technology is designed to transfer
the energy received from a club head without producing internal
weight shifting that would make the ball wobble and stray off-line
-- Company hopes to achieve several improvements, including reduced
spin velocity to lessen the tendency of a golf ball to hook or slice;
straighter drives and truer putts; better roll characteristics on
the green; and less initial hop off the putter, AustralianIT, Australia,
6 Dec 2004
Marc's
Golf Service: Marc Machado's club repair business buys $85,000 CNC
machine to make custom putters -- services include putter fitting,
The Desert Sun, CA, 6 Dec 2004
19-year-old
Brittany Lincicome of Seminole nabs LPGA spot -- Former Duke golfer
Beth Bauer of Tampa loses fully-exempt status in 2004 but regains
it with T-7 Q-School performance despite 6 3-putts, St. Petersburg
Times, FL, 6 Dec 2004
Now
personalized putters for university golf teams from PutterSpirit.com,
WorldGolf.com, Carlsbad CA, 1 Dec 2004
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Ping
tees up for Japanese assembly plant, MSNBC, 6 Dec 2004
Golf's
elite making way to Tiger Wood's target Challenge at Sherwood CC --
Jim Furyk's arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist in March sidelined
him 3 months but now back strong, Ventura County Star (subscription),
CA, 6 Dec 2004
LPGA
Qualifying: Kris Tamulis falls short -- drops from 18th to finish 32nd
with 76 -- putting not up to the challenge -- "I wish I could have gotten
more putts to fall." -- earns conditional status for tour, Naples Daily
News, FL, 6 Dec 2004
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Bartlesville
OK secures club / putter manufacturer DeLaCruz, Joplin Globe, MO,
5 Dec 2004
Miguel
Angel Jimenez Wins Hong Kong Open by 1 over Padraig Harrington and James
Kingston -- Kingston sank a 35-footer for the lead on 17th but Jiminez
topped from 25-feet to even it up -- Kingston then bogeyed 18th to lose
by one to Jiminez's par -- Harrington had a 25-footer to tie on 18th
but missed -- "I putted badly all day. I probably missed six very makable
putts in the round and that's what cost me.", Orlando Sentinel, FL,
5 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA Championship: Peter Lonard makes it three in a row -- pretty strong
putting in the 15-foot range -- Bob Estes fades down the stretch, iseekgolf,
Australia, 5 Dec 2004
Four
Hall of Famers are genuine good putters, SunHerald.com, MS, 5 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA: Peter Lonard brings up title hat-trick -- T-2 finisher James Nitties
finished one back after bogeying last hole: "I didn't hit it that well
but I felt I putted well and it was a putting contest out there.", Sydney
Morning Herald, Australia, 5 Dec 2004
Players
fight heat in South Africa -- 36 degrees centigrade / 97 Farenheit --
Lee Westwood edges ahead of Stuart Appleby -- Jim Furyk has best-round
66 -- Appleby: "You have to coax a good score out of this course. The
putter has got to do the talking, and Jim's round showed that grabbing
the course by the scruff of the neck is not going to work.", Winnipeg
Sun, Canada, 5 Dec 2004
Wilson
wants to swing with the big dogs again -- shifting from game-improvement
"Joe Average" golfer focus to more accomplished amateurs -- revamped
line to include custom putters, Charlotte Observer, NC, 5 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA: Peter Lonard's repeating swing carries "ordinary putter" to victory,
Sportal.com.au, Australia, 5 Dec 2004
Putt-putt
gives golfers psychedelic trip, DetNews.com, MI, 5 Dec 2004
European
Challenge Tour in Panama: Michael Hoey to the Fore after a Brilliant
66 -- missed his full European Tour Card by a single shot at The 2004
European Tour Qualifying School Finals, and says that, despite the initial
disappointment since then he has been working hard on his putting with
his coach: ÒI started putting well in the last four rounds of the School
three weeks ago, putted good in Mexico last week.", European Tour,
UK, 5 Dec 2004
LPGA
Qualifying: Determined Kris Tamulis tied for 18th after a 74 -- 3-putts
first two holes and last hole but still remains 3 clear of projected
card line headed into final 18 holes, The News-Press, FL, 5 Dec 2004
Phil
Mickelson's Skins Game 59 -- only 5 fairways but 14 GIRs and only 24
putts, Boston Herald, MA, 5 Dec 2004
Holiday
hacking: A Christmas gift list should include the Heavy Putter and a
SofTrak putting surface, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA, 5 Dec 2004
PGA
Tour Qualifying, round 4 of 6: Jeff Brehaut follows 61 with a 72 to
lead by 1 -- "If you've been here as many times as I have been you tend
to figure it out. I've putted really well this week. If I continue to
putt like I've been putting the last month then I'll be fine out there
on the PGA Tour.", PGA.com, 5 Dec 2004
All-American
Gael -- Improved driving sparked Catriona Mathew to a great year on
LPGA but she still sees room for improving her putting -- "Where I can
still improve is on and around the greens," concedes the former Scottish
Ladies champion. "My putting especially needs to get consistently better
and more aggressive. In the last Solheim Cup (where she made the winning
putt) I stroked the ball really well because I felt more able to let
it run at the hole. So I know what to do and I know I can do it. When
I won in Ohio this year I didn't miss a putt of less than ten feet all
week. If I can do that more often, the wins should follow.", Scortsman.com,
UK, 4 Dec 2004
Prime
Minister Amateur Golf Championship, round 2 of 3: Aamer Mehmood hangs
on to the lead with rounds of net 63 and 73 for 5-stroke margin -- 28
putts first day and 36 second day shows his weakness, Daily Times, Pakistan,
4 Dec 2004
Battle
royal at Patna Open golf -- 3-time Order of Merit winner Mukesh Kumar
chasing leader and arch rival Rafiq Ali -- a series of missed short
putts and a 3-putt cost Rafiq dearly but he maintains a 2-stroke lead
headed into final round -- Rafiq: "I am lucky to continue in the lead.ÊTomorrow
the putts will have to drop and then nobody can stop me from winning.",
Rediff, India, 4 Dec 2004
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Nedbank
Challenge, Sun City RSA, 3rd round: Stuart Appleby gaining momentum
-- "My putting stroke also seems to be coming along and I made some
quality putts.", Ireland Online, Ireland, 4 Dec 2004
Ausralian
PGA, 3rd round: Brave rookie James Nittie battles Bob Estes to 18th
and takes lead with 3-foot birdie when Estes 3-putts -- paired again
for final round, Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia, 4 Dec 2004
Omega
Hong Kong Open, 3rd round: Nick Faldo surges into contention at
T-4th with two birdie putts from outside 20 feet on closing holes
for 65 -- 165th in the world rankings now on the South Beach Diet,
EuropeanTour.com, 4 Dec 2004
Naples'
Kris Tamulis' 70 vaults her into tie for ninth at LPGA Qualifying
6 back of leader -- left 4 birdies on the course missing putts of
8, 6, 9, and 18 feet -- "My speed was off a little bit -- just not
quite getting it to the hole.", The News-Press, 4 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA, 2nd round: Pre-tournament favorite Adam Scott misses cut by
1 after missing 3-footer on final hole -- A downcast Scott missed
a birdie putt from under 1m on the last, which summed up a miserable
two days of misreads and leaving the ball short of the hole. --
"Really ordinary," Scott called it, after taking 34 putts on yesterday's
greens. "I lost all confidence with it on the first day and in the
wind (in the second round) you had to putt well." Melborne Herald
Sun, Australia, 4 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA, round 2: Putter fails Adam Scott -- misses short putt on last
hole and misses cut -- "My putting was just really ordinary. I lost
confidence with it yesterday. I didnt strike it too bad, but you
just cant get them rolling on line, its very difficult to hole anything
when the wind is blowing like that.", The Border Mail, Australia,
4 Dec 2004
Omega
Hong Kong Open, round 2: Spain's Miguel Jimenez storms to two-shot
lead with 64 -- South African 22-year-old Louis Oosthuizen also
fires 64 punctuated with 25-foot birdie on 18th, Daily Times, Pakistan,
4 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA, round 2: Wind gives Coolum teeth to bite back -- Bob Estes:
"It was blowing your putter, your golf ball and you are just at
the mercy of the wind when the conditions are like this.", The Australian,
Australia, 3 Dec 2004
Nedbank
Challenge, Sun City RSA, 3rd round: Sergio Garcia's reign all but
over -- riding at the back of the bus -- Nick Price suffers a case
of the putting shorts -- Chad Campbell skies to 80, IAfrica South
African News, South Africa, 3 Dec 2004
European
Challenge Tour in Panama, round 1: England's Richard McEvoy and
Italy's Michele Reale share lead in Panasonic Panama Masters with
5-under 67s -- Reale:" I had five birdies, an eagle and two
bogeys. I putted very well and holed a long putt for the eagle,
so it was a great day for me.", EuropeanTour.com, 3 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA, round 1: Colac golfer Craig Spence 1 back of Bob Estes after
64 -- uses his belly putter with renewed confidence to hole seven
birdies and an eagle -- rebuilding his swing that went sour in the
US with help of Scottsdale coach Dan Campbell, Geelong Info, Australia,
3 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA, round 1: Bob Estes changes back to left-hand-low putting style
after poor putting last week and takes lead with 63 and only 23
putts -- not satisfied being a "pretty good putter" -- "I only finished
six shots back last week and I had a very poor putting week," he
said. "I got here on Monday and I knew that I was going to change
my putting back to putting with my left hand below the right, which
is what I should do all the time because it is the only way I can
get the ball on line consistently. I think every single putt I hit
today I got on line." -- needed only 23 putts in his round, having
hit 14 from 18 greens in regulation. -- Putting, he admits, is a
frustrating thing. He reckons he loses feel by putting cross-handed,
but the results tend to be better. -- "It is kind of like a tease,"
he said. "Sometimes I will still have my good putting days putting
conventional. But I know that I'll putt better in the long haul
if I putt with the left hand below the right and just keep putting
that way, then I'll have a chance to become a great putter. Lately
I have just been a pretty good putter.", The Australian, 2 Dec 2004
Naree
Song in lead at LPGA Q-School with 67 -- "One bogey, six birdies,
it was a good day. I putted really well today. I made some long
putts, short putts and medium putts. It was a good score.", News-Herald.com,
OH, 2 Dec 2004
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Your
latest golf questions answered -- Nick Bradley: Putting grips and
indoor practice for winter, BBC Sport, UK, 2 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA: Bob Estes fires opening 63 that he feels could have been lower
-- "There was another four, five, six putts which were really close
to going in." -- Adam Scott putting poorly, The Australian, Australia,
2 Dec 2004
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Australian
PGA: Texan Bob Estes at home in windy Coolum -- "I made some
long putts today that I haven't been making. Last week at the Australian
Open I only finished six shots from the winner but I had a really
poor putting week. I wished I had putted a little better last week.",
Australian PGA, 1 Dec 2004
Australian
PGA -- Favorite Adam Scott struggles -- can't buy a putt, Sydney Morning
Herald, Australia, 1 Dec 2004
Padraig
Harrington aims to retain red jacket at Hong Kong Open golf -- Thongchai
Jaidee returns to old putter he used to win 2001 Order of Merit, Daily
Times, Pakistan, 1 Dec 2004
10
Questions With ... Colton Salazar -- "I golf left-handed but I putt
right-handed.", PurdueSports.com, 1 Dec 2004
Scott
Eilers, The Golf Mechanic: Developing even tempo will help you judge
distance on your putts, Marco Island Eagle, FL, 1 Dec 2004
Kevin
Savage earns title at Srixon Series opener with hot putter -- sinks
three in 25- to 30-foot range with birdies on last two holes to win
by 2, Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL, 30 Nov 2004
Equipment:
Industry update -- Greg Norman signs to play MacGregor clubs -- might
also use the Bobby Grace MacGregor V-Foil MOI GT putter, DetNews.com,
MI, 30 Nov 2004
Stewart
Cink first to lead PGA Tour in putting with a belly putter -- 1.723
putts per GIR, DetNews.com, MI, 30 Nov 2004
Allentown
(Pa.) Homeowner has SofTrak Synthetic Green Built in Basement, BunkerShot.com,
TX, 30 Nov 2004
SofTrak
Synthetic Putting Greens Help TOUR Star Fred Couples Excel in Skins
Game, BunkerShot.com, TX, 30 N
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Fred
Couples blows away Skins field -- 27-foot putt on 10th worth 8 skins,
RTE Interactive, Ireland, 29 Nov 2004
Australian
Open: Stuart Appleby's challenge falls short when he misses an 8-foot
birdie putt on athe closing par-5 -- Peter Lonard prevails by a stroke,
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 29 Nov 2004
'We
won it for Madiba' -- South Africans Vincent Tshabalala and Ernie Els
have dedicated their 2004 Nelson Mandela Invitational, hosted by Gary
Player, to former president Mandela -- Els: "Vincent made bombs all
day, and that's how you make good scores.", Business Day, South Africa,
29 Nov 2004
Easy
praise for betterball partner Vincent Tshabalala -- Ernie Els: "He putted
unbelievably well and holed some real bombs.", Independent Online, South
Africa, 29 Nov 2004
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Fred
Couples wins record 5th Skins Game - only four holes won in total
by anyone -- Tiger Woods struggles with his putting all weekend, ABC12.com,
MI, 28 Nov 2004
Stephen
Dodd outlasts Thomas Bjorn in China to finally grab maiden title --
made putts when it mattered all week, The Scotsman, UK, 28 Nov 2004
Casio
World Open in Japan: David Smail of New Zealand holds off the challenge
of American Hunter Mahan -- wins with birdie putt on final hole, Japan
Times Online, 28 Nov 2004
Australian
Open 3rd round: Richard Green the big mover with two chip-ins -- front-side
32 included one double-bogey -- hit only seven of 14 fairways and nine
greens, but used his putter just 22 times, Tamworth Northern Daily Leader,
Australia, 28 Nov 2004
Local
Jarrod Lyle chalks one up to experience -- 42nd place in Australian
Open just part of the learning curve -- "I didn't really putt well during
the four days.", Shepparton News, Australia, 28 Nov 2004
Steady
Peter Lonard nearly blows it with bogey on final hole only to see Stuart
Appleby miss his birdie putt to leave Lonard the winner -- great ballstriking
but poor putting first three days (averaged 30 putts each day) reversed
on last day for poor ballstriking and good putting -- on;ly 35% of fairways
but only 24 putts -- "In the past 17 years I have finally figured out
you have to hole putts to win out here," Melborne Herald Sun, Australia,
28 Nov 2004
Shinhan
Korea Golf Championship: Arron Oberholser 3-putted 10th in 1st round
and trashed his putter -- ended round putting with his wedge, then borrowed
a putter from Tom Pernice Jr. and went on to win -- Miguel Jiminez turns
birdie chance into 3-putt and falls to second, Donga, South Korea, 28
Nov 2004
One
putt cost Stuart Appleby a crack at title -- "I hit just a terrible
putt" on the last hole -- Rod Pampling fades with poor putting on the
back nine on Sunday, The Age, Australia, 28 Nov 2004
Peter
Lonard retains Aussie Open title -- putter finally comes to life on
back nine with three birdie putts and a chip-in before bogeying the
final hole to open the door for Stuart Appleby -- Appleby misses 8-footer
on 18th to tie, The Age, Australia, 28 Nov 2004
Tooheys
New Futures Championship: Novocastrian Mark Gilson overcomes 8-shot
deficit to Roland Baglin to win by 2 -- Baglin fumbles 7-shot lead on
field -- Gilson cans 25-foot birdie putt on final hole to seal victory,
PGA of Australia, Australia, 28 Nov 2004
Final
nine holes worth $950,000 -- Tiger Woods' putting not working out, ABC12.com,
MI, 27 Nov 2004
"Robert
Allenby was at odds with his putter in his opening-round 74 at the open.
We'll delete the expletive muttered along the way, but he was inclined
to attach the weapon to the tow bar of his car and drag it along the
road back to the hotel. He settled on sending it to the pro shop to
reduce its weight.", Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 27 Nov 2004
Afghanistan
launches first open golf tournament in more than 30 years -- Kabul Golf
Club features sand and oil greens -- land mines finally cleared from
course, KFVS, MO, 27 Nov 2004
Roland
Baglin Leads Tooheys New Futures Championship by 7 over field -- Vikki
Tutt in 2nd with best round of the day: "I could have had anything out
there today but struggled to hole a putt, I hit it really well"., PGA
of Australia, Australia, 26 Nov 2004
Volvo
China Open in Shanghai: Stephen Dodd braves the cold to fire his way
into three-stroke lead -- missed two short putts coming in -- too cold
to pracice putting, ic Wales, UK, 26 Nov 2004
Shinhan
Korea Golf Championship: "Strong WindÉ No Under Par" -- -- hitting 3-woods
and coming up sort on 192-yard par three -- putted balls blown about,
Donga, South Korea, 26 Nov 2004
Robert
Allenby gambles and pays -- tries to putt out of a bunker having no
lip but tops it and looks dumb -- suffering severe inflammation of the
A/C joint in his left shoulder from a fat shot at the Masters -- 59
putts for first two days won't cut it, Melborne Herald Sun, Australia,
26 Nov 2004
Aaron
Baddeley must regain form to reach his destiny -- putting usually helps
overcome poor ballstriking, but only to make the cut -- 3-jacked a birdie
putt from 18 feet, The Age (subscription), Australia, 26 Nov 2004
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Silly
Season: Phil Mickelson shoots 59 to win PGA Grand Slam -- joins Annika
Sorenstam, Chip Beck, David Duval, and Al Geiberger and others --
Shegeki Maruyama fired 58 in US Open qualifier -- Mickelson used only
23 putts, Times Picayune, LA, 25 Nov 2004
Welshman
Bradley Dredge, Australian Unho Park share lead in the Volvo China
Open -- Park just off laser eye surgery and toting a new putter,
European Tour, UK, 25 Nov 2004
Tom
Lehman: Ryder Cup lesson learned -- "The Europeans made a lot of
putts. I'm not sure you can say any more than that. They made it
seem like they made every putt they looked at, and that's become
what they do every time the Ryder Cup rolls around.", Star-Telegram,
Dallas, TX, 25 Nov 2004
Phil
Mickelson: Magic round was a fluke -- "When I made the 45ft-birdie
putt on the 16, I knew what was going on and I was really excited
because I knew 18 was a birdie hole. To me, there's not much difference
between a 58 and 59. There's a huge difference between 59 and 60.
I just wanted to make sure I two-putted. It feels like a little
fluke because I wasn't really sharp, I didn't really feel like I
was practising well. It just kind of all came together. The ball
went in the hole. I didn't hit it great and somehow I shot 59.",
This is London, UK, 25 Nov 2004
Aaron
Baddley scrambling but stays T-5 in Australian Open with his putter
-- only 4 fairways and 10 greens hits, but also only 26 putts, Sydney
Morning Herald (subscription), Australia, 25 Nov 2004
Silly
Season: Phil Mickelson joins the 59 club -- front-side 28 with 11
putts, total of 23 putts using Callaway Odyssey prototype putter
-- misses 8-footer on final hole that would have snagged the 58,
Business Wire, 24 Nov 2004
Phil
Mickelson Fires 59 -- With an Asterisk -- Silly Season Grand Slam
not an official event, NBC4 Sports, CA, 24 Nov 2004
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Heavy
PutterT Used In Key Matches To Help Americans to Victory in UBS Cup,
The Wire, 24 Nov 2004
Retief
Goosen Leads Vijay Singh by 1 -- Hot putter snags birdies on 5 of first
6 holes -- Cans a 60-footer -- Vijay 3-putts 18th -- Phil Mickelson
misses a handful of birdie putts, Stamford Advocate, CT, 24 Nov 2004
Goose
leads flock of major winners -- Retief Goosen leads Vijay Singh by 1,
Phil Mickelson by 3, Todd Hamilton by 5 -- "Mickelson played in his
usual flamboyant style, but a series of poor putts will leave the Californian
world No 5 disappointed not to have scored better.", Cape Argus,
South Africa, 24 Nov 2004
The
secret of Vijay Singh's success -- a ball-beating machine who never
chokes with the swing, combined with improved putting, CT, 24 Nov 2004
Man
vs. Machine -- sports writer Grant Parpan takes on top three female
high school golfers at the Greens putting course -- he saw more bogeys
than Lauren Becall, The Signal, CA, 24 Nov 2004
Bluffton
native and top amateur Tom McKnight fires 63 (tying course record) in
final Champions Tour Q-school to earn fully exempt statuts as 2nd place
finisher -- some putts started falling that hadn't fallen earlier --
finished birdie-birdie-birdie, Island Packet, Hilton Head, SC, 24 Nov
2004
Miami
native Kristie Kerr nearly pips Annika Sorenstam at ADT -- great ballstriking
but so-so putting -- 29, 32, 32, 29 putts for 122 total over 4 days,
Jupiter Courier, FL, 24 Nov 2004
Western
Refining College All-America Golf Classic, El Paso: Georgia Tech's Nicholas
Thompson 3-putts 18th to allow Texas' Matthew Rosenfeld into playoff
-- Thompson taps in for par on the first playoff hole to edge Rosenfeld
for medalist honors, CalBears.com, 24 Nov 2004
Last
year's Skins Game: Fred Couples wins $200,000 skin on 17th when Phil
Mickelson misses from 4 feet and Mark O'Meara misses from 6 feet, PGA.com,
23 Nov 2004
Mike
Weir attributes loss in Canadian Open to poor putting -- thinks a minor
adjustment of alignment and setup position clears up problem he has
had seeing the line, SCOREGolf, Canada, 23 Nov 2004
David
Leadbetter -- control the putting stroke with a slight turning of the
stomach and chest, GolfDigest.com, 23 Nov 2004
Inside
the golfer's mind: Bob Rotella -- Love your putter: "Good putters never
putt out of fear. Whatever length their first putt is, they aren't worried
about how long their second putt is going to be. They're going to try
to make the first one.", GolfDigest.com, 23 Nov 2004
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Aaron
Baddeley's optimism comes with a proviso -- 191st in driving accuracy
after Leadbetter changes in swing -- "I still putt very good
and my short game is still very good.", Sydney Morning Herald
(subscription), Australia, 23 Nov 2004
Smartech's
Curv Convex Putters To Add Accessories To It's Online Store, Onlypunjab.com
(press release), India, 23 Nov 2004
1991
Australian Open: Wayne Riley's monster putt on final green deprived
Robert Allenby of win as an amateur, lsportal.com.au, Australia, 23
Nov 2004
Relaxed
Stuart Appleby goes to great lengths -- blasts 632 metre drive at Syney
Airport in advance of Australian Open -- "The greens are absolutely
true and Sydney's fairways are getting very comparable to Melbourne's
best fairways." -- plans to get his putter going, Brisbane Corier mail,
Australia, 23 Nov 2004
Lee
Rinker has the scoop on Donald Trump's game, how he is as a boss --
"He's a decent putter and he hits the ball fairly well.", CNN/SI, 23
Nov 2004
UBS
Cup: Fred Funk on his loss to Peter Senior -- "I didn't putt well yesterday,
so I switched putters today. I switched to the wrong one. I lost confidence.",
Ryder, Charleston Post Courier (subscription), SC, 23 Nov 2004
Mark
Stuart-Hutcheson (18) sets world record with 136 consecutive 10-foot
putts -- Sergio Garcia says he could do that easily but misses first
try -- PuttMaster training aid is Mark's key, Golfmagic.com, 23 Nov
2004
True
Putt training aid invented by London's Jonathan Bird, Cannongolf.co.uk,
23 Nov 2004
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World
Cup in Seville: Paul Casey's marvelous putting ices out Spanish on
last hole -- birdies of 40, 25, and 12 feet down the stretch -- final
sang froid 3-footer staves off playoff, News24, South Africa, 22 Nov
2004
Annika
Sorenstam closes out season with LPGA win -- misses 12-foot birdie on
18th to allow Kristie Kerr into playoff but both botch the next hole
and Sorenstam's botching was not as costly -- not pretty but "A
win is a win.", Duluth News Tribune, MN, 22 Nov 2004
Jeff
Brehaut edges Kevin Sutherland by 1 with "easy" 5-footer on final hole
in Pebble Beach Invitational -- strong winds firm up greens -- Sutherland:
"I just hit a bad putt. I wasn't aggressive enough.", Monterey Herald,
CA, 22 Nov 2004
US
keeps the UBS Cup -- Fred Couples paces team with 3-0 record -- defeats
Colin Montgomerie 5 and 3 with six birdies and an eagle -- "I made a
lot of putts.", Seattle Times, WA, 22 Nov 2004
US
still perfect in UBS Cup play -- Fred Couples "steamrolls" Colin Montgomerie
-- faced only 19 putts (including one 3-putt) in 5-and-3 victory --
"I just kept making them ... I kept seeing the line and made some putts.",
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 22 Nov 2004
Clubs
will put you through the mill, but one putter reigns -- a thing about
the aluminium-headed putter by William Mills, made years ago in Sunderland
by the Standard Golf Company, The Scotsman, UK, 22 Nov 2004
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Annika Sorenstam salvages day of sloppy putting, loses 3-shot lead
but ends up with 1-shot lead headed to Sunday -- defender Meg Mallon
closed to within 1 but finishes double bogey, double bogey -- has
had 5 3-putts so far, Monterey County Herald, CA, 21 Nov 2004
Peter
Lonard closes the deal in NSW Open over Andrew Summers by 2 -- Summers
has tough day with many putts sliding by, The Age (subscription), Australia,
21 Nov 2004
Tiger
Woods breaks 13-month drought with win in Japan's Dunlop Phoneix Open
-- "I hit the ball well and putted well and I'm very excited about my
prospects for next year.", Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia, 21 Nov
2004
UBS
Cup at Kiawah Island: Rare blunder costs ROW team a hole -- Mark McNulty
put a new Callaway into play and his caddie tossed him a Callaway 4,
the same ball Gary Player was playing -- then they got the two mixed
up after their drives and each played the other's ball to birdies but
lost the hole and then the point, Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC, 21 Nov
2004
Print
shop owner Will Kelley was always on the go -- patented a putter he
invented -- also an avid archer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA, 21 Nov
2004
US
rebounds for lead at UBS Cup -- Hoch, Couples, and Strange have very
good putting days, Haas and Stadler not so hot -- misplayed balls cost
ROW a point, The Herald News, MA, 20 Nov 2004
Arjun
Atwal, Indrajit Bhalotia pair wins in 175th-year celebrations of the
Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Kolkata -- Atwal: "We were lucky to go through
with some really good putts.", The Statesman, India, 20 Nov 2004
Nanotech
golf balls -- NanoDynamics says they have a new golf ball made out of
nanomaterials that can supposedly correct its own flight path in midair
and shouldn't wobble or break as much during putts, engadget, 20 Nov
2004
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UBS
Cup at Kiawah Island (Old Guys Ryder Cup): Missed putt proves costly
to Americans -- allows ROW to take lead -- Ray Floyd on 18th blows
20-footer 6 feet by and Tom Kite misses comeback, Myrtle Beach Sun
News, SC, 20 Nov 2004
Wayward
Peter Lonard thrilled to be back on course -- overcame 2-years out with
Ross River fever then cracked a rib stretching with his trainer -- now
leading NSW Open -- "Golf is a fine line where, if you hole a putt,
everything seems to steamroll and life is easy. It wasn't that way this
year.", Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 20 Nov 2004
English
pair of Luke Donald and Paul Casey turn up pressure in Seville -- others
waiting for Casey's putting to cool -- "When Paul [Casey] gets hot he's
really hot," stated Paul McGinley. "He's a really streaky putter.",
The Scotsman, UK, 20 Nov 2004
Annika
Sorenstam turns bad round around with hot back nine to lead ADT Championship
by 3 -- birdies from 15, 15, 4 and 6 feet, The Porterville Recorder,
CA, 20 Nov 2004
Tiger
Woods closer to Japanese win -- has 5-birdie, no-bogey 65 to stretch
3-shot lead to 10 shots as others fade -- snags a couple of 12-foot
birdies out of the gate, IAfrica South African News, South Africa, 20
Nov 2004
Lori
Kane fires 75 Thursday and starts out friday with 3-putt from 5 feet
on 2nd hole -- BUT THEN soars with 10 birdies and climbs to 7th at ADT
Championship, Palm Beach Post, FL, 20 Nov 2004
Blasts
from past great as presents -- Bing Crosby's Indoor Return-a-Putt circa
1950s in box with Crosby's face on box, $15, Atlanta Journal Constitution
(subscription), GA, 20 Nov 2004
What's
in My Bag -- Scott Verplank: Same Ping Anser for 20 years -- "I stole
my putter from my college coach, and I wrap gauze tape around the grip
because I like the feel.", GolfDigest.com, 20 Nov 2004
Bendigo
local Heath Reed fires 67 in NSW Open 2nd round for 4th position --
missed 3-foot downhiller on 18th to tie for third with Peter Lonard
-- Bendigo's Andrew Martin struggling with putter -- 34 putts 1st round,
32 putts in 2nd round, Bendigo Advertiser, Australia, 20 Nov 2004
Nick
Bradley, Help on reading putts -- the "two-movie" squat, BBC Sport,
UK, 19 Nov 2004
Tim
Clark aiming for US win -- watching over his shoulder to see if his
long putter gets banned, Daily News (subscription), South Africa, 19
Nov 2004
NSW
Open: Craig Warren's amazing 63 with 9 birdies in 11 holes-- "I looked
at the break in the putts and halved it and just hit it a bit harder.
And they all went in....or at least most of them.", iseekgolf, Australia,
19 Nov 2004
Tiger
Woods in Japan -- bad case of the lip-outs but still in the lead by
3, The Australian, Australia, 19 Nov 2004
World
Cup Irish team: Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington both miss 15-foot
putts in forball that would have given them a magical 59, ic Scotland.co.uk,
UK, 19 Nov 2004
World
Cup English team: English team of Luke Donald and Paul Casey soars into
World Cup lead -- Donald: "I think our plan was to give me a lot of
iron shots and leave Paul with all of the putts. He's putting great
right now.", Sports Network, 19 Nov 2004
World
Cup Canadian team: Stuart Anderson and Darren Griff back in 17th --
too pumped to play -- "Any golf tournament, what it comes down to is
putting and we were too aggressive with our putts and didn't make a
whole lot.", SLAM! Sports, Canada, 19 Nov 2004
Miniature
Golf National Championship offers $10,000 purse, WorldGolf Wire, Orlando,
FL, 18 Nov 2004
The
Golf Domain -- Peter Royce's ProPutt Laser Trainer is the real deal
for training the correct on-line shoulder action, 18 Nov 2004
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Tiger
Woods takes early 3-stroke lead in Japan -- round spiced with some
birdi
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