When I putt well, I do very well. When I putt poorly, I struggle to be in the game.
Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.
The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.
Second guesses in putting are fatal.
But, if you miss (the supposedly easy pin) by just a little bit, you're looking at the next putt from 30 feet. The ball just rolls away.
Every immortal except Jack Nicklaus has hit a wall and stopped making putts he had to make in order to win. Jack did it for 20 years.
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.
When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably.
I would agree to some extent that on the Champions Tour that there is a greater premium on putting than the regular tour because of the course setups.
No matter how you play the golf course, no matter how well you play, you're going to have to make 6 and 8 footers for par. It's just a given here.
Everybody asks if putting is like shooting free throws. It has a very similar kind of mindset. And it's just you, the ball, and the target.
I have much less confidence on the greens than I do on the court. Everybody asks like if putting is like shooting free throws. Like that six-footer for par or something like that. It has a very similar kind of mindset.
