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Adam Scott dumps the long putter for The Presidents Cup
Adam Scott has had a rocky relationship with his putters this year, bouncing between short and anchored putters. And the stats prove it; he finished 158th out of 184 players in strokes-gained putting in 2015.
But based on a report from the PGA Tour, Scott is committing to a short putter at the Presidents Cup and for the foreseeable future. He used a short putter with a cross-handed grip during his first practice round at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, site of the Presidents Cup.
[quote_box_center]“I felt as comfortable as with the [long putter],” Scott told the PGA Tour. “The way I think about it, I putt with just the left hand anyway and that’s where it comfortably sat on this particular putter. It feels the same as I did in Doral, and the motion feels very similar to putting with the longer putter, as well, kind of mimicking it without it up in the chest.”[/quote_box_center]
Scott started the 2015 season using a claw grip on a short putter, and finished T4 in his first tournament of the year at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. The relationship turned sour over the next few events, however, and he went back to an anchored putter for The Masters and the remainder of the season.
But with the anchored putter ban quickly approaching on Jan. 1, 2016, he’s made his decision to switch to the short putter, and stick with it.
“I think this is a more permanent move this time,” Scott said. “I think I just have to stick with it now and get good at it.”
The report says that Scott will putt with the same Scotty Cameron Futura prototype head he’s used for his previous events, but with a different grip and shaft length.
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Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
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WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
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- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
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- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Peter
Oct 6, 2015 at 5:34 pm
Hopefully now he has the shorter putter he will get his head over the ball. Previously with the long putter it was outside his eyeline giving him a big loop. Cannot be consistently hitting the ball in the right place with a loop like that. Lastly hold your finish as all other great putters do.
Golfraven
Oct 6, 2015 at 6:27 am
Scott should stop gaming all these goofy putters and take out his old Newport putter and stick to it. He won with it in previous years so why not today. Scotty is just using him as a ginny pig.
bhar
Oct 23, 2015 at 3:25 pm
stupid comment
Jack
Oct 6, 2015 at 12:04 am
I’m sure he realizes it. Just not so easy to do.
john
Oct 5, 2015 at 10:48 pm
it’s the older fellows who suffer from this ban, tour pro’s will just adjust to something else – it’s the guys who can’t physically bend over enough who suffer (the ones who actually spend money at golf courses).
YB
Oct 6, 2015 at 3:19 am
Perfect. They can all go play some other game. Those who can bend over don’t care about the ones who can’t.
Sam
Oct 7, 2015 at 11:24 am
Until your favorite course closes down because they aren’t pulling in the revenue that that used to be. Alienating any players is bad for the sport for something with such a simple fix.
Mark
Oct 5, 2015 at 8:51 pm
. . . and he never won again. The end
YB
Oct 6, 2015 at 3:14 am
lulz u nailed it on the head
Prime21
Oct 5, 2015 at 6:45 pm
“I think this a more permanent move this time”???? Does he have a choice? The USGA made the right move regarding anchoring, and although I hate to use him an example, Adam is a the perfect reason why. Putting is the game within the game, and even if you can bomb it, pure it, stick it tight, if you can’t roll it, your results will always be mediocre at best. At least he got his major in before the ban!
YB
Oct 6, 2015 at 3:15 am
Actually, he does have a choice – he could continue to use the long putter without anchoring, if he wanted to. It’s not an equipment ban. It’s a ban on anchoring.
Andy W
Oct 5, 2015 at 4:52 pm
PGA on Thurs, saw Adam double the 4th hole by 3-putting from 3-feet twice, and his Major was done. TV Finch even comment on it. Scott aimpoint’ed and stabbed his rake putter at all three putts. For goodness sake, get a putter that gives Confidence over the ball knowing the exact line for the speed you like to hole putts. P&SI-EGOS is the answer.
John Triscott
Oct 5, 2015 at 3:59 pm
The only reason why guys like Jordan Speith and Jason Day had monster years is because their putting was ridiculous… All these guys can stripe it, the big questions is can they putt?
What happened to guys like Lucas Glover? Ricky Barnes? Kyle Stanley? Chez Reavie? Geoff Ogilvy? Jhonathan Vegas?
PUTTING!
Kevin
Oct 5, 2015 at 6:12 pm
For most these guys it whether they have a short game/put or not. And for some its driving accuracy. Look at Rickie Fowler, he figured out his putter and now is one the highlight players to watch. But you have players like Adam Scott, Gary Woodland, Dustin Johnson, Boo Weakly, Kaymer ect; who no clue how to make putts/short game week after week and fall away. The guys I just mentioned also some the best ball strikers in the world
Stretch
Oct 6, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Great ball strikers have a hard time becoming good putters due to the proximity to the hole is longer than lesser ball strikers who chip and pitch a lot. Paul Runyon taking out Sam Snead is a classic example.
Poor putters have one thing in common. They don’t line up on the line they want the ball to start on. This starts an endless cycle of stabs, yanks and yips that can end a career.
YB is also correct in players starting to spray the ball and poor alignment is the root as it is with putting.
bhar
Oct 23, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Strokes gained putting has nothing to do with the total number of putts due to hitting more greens. It makes no sense to say the guys who dont hit greens are better putters because they chip more. Putting stats for pros are not number of putts per round, it is strokes gained putting.
YB
Oct 6, 2015 at 3:17 am
“Lucas Glover? Ricky Barnes? Kyle Stanley? Chez Reavie? Geoff Ogilvy? Jhonathan Vegas?”
Actually their total game went astray, beginning with their long ball that would’t go straight. They can all hit it far, but all these guys started spraying it and couldn’t figure out why.
John Triscott
Oct 6, 2015 at 7:42 pm
Take a look for yourself.
http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.25900.lucas-glover.html/statistics
Lucas is ranked 10th in GIR %, 11th in Total Driving and 6th in Ball Striking… Strokes Gained Putting? 184th…..
Tom
Oct 5, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Ewwwww…. this is gonna frazzle some wrxer’s.
ooffa
Oct 5, 2015 at 3:29 pm
He’s done.
YB
Oct 6, 2015 at 3:17 am
Copy.