Sean O’Hair posted the lowest score in the first round of the Tour championship last Thursday piping Tiger Woods by a shot. More to this story is the heartwarming feeling behind it.
O’hair credited his good score to a putting tip Tiger gave him during their nine-hole practice the day before. I learnt something too. It seemed he used to de-loft his putter on the takeaway which is something I am also guilty of. This tends to give the stroke a jab on contact with the ball.
I would imagine that this makes the ball skid off rather than roll which should be the proper way to start the ball off. The ball would then tend to keep its line better and the feel of the length if the roll is better.
There is so much good feel in this piece of news. Professional Golf is big money and yet they are sharing tips on how to improve. This selfless sharing is so heartwarming and it happens all the time. It re-affirms my belief that golf is a great gentlemen’s game.
