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Zen Putting: Overcoming Age and Doubt

October 6, 2012 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

In my informal research as a student of the game, I have observed that the older we get, the less adept we are in reading greens. This, of course, doesn’t always hold true, but witness Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III, John Daly, and other pros in their late 30s and 40s. […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf Improvement, Putting, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Davy Crockett, game improvement, Golf Channel, pace and line, reading greens, spot putting, sweet spot, the yips, zen putting

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