SAN DIEGO – The armlock putting method isn’t the only change for Xander Schauffele on the greens.
He’s also getting lower – much lower – to read the greens.
A couple of days ago, Schauffele decided to change up his putting routine by getting into a pushup position to read the break. It was a move first popularized by Camilo Villegas; Patrick Reed’s caddie, Kessler Karain, also drops down on occasion to get a better angle on the line.
“I think I’m a real good green-reader,” Schauffele said, “and sometimes when I get even lower, I may pick up something that I missed just kind of hunched over or crouched over.