SANDWICH, England – Two of America’s top young players made dramatic adjustments to their short games this week to account for slower green speeds at The Open.
Xander Schauffele revealed earlier this week he’d switched back to a conventional-length putter and grip after experimenting with an arm-lock putter.
“There was no difficulty changing back. In all honesty, it might have been a good training aid for me those few tournaments,” Schauffele said on Thursday. “The greens are just too slow. I played the first two rounds at the Scottish Open with [the arm-lock putter], you just can’t load the shaft at all when you’re trying to hit a long putt over a ridge.