Dustin Johnson - "mini" WITB July 2019

Sean289 · July 27, 2019

> @"Audi A-Fore" said:

> > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > @"Audi A-Fore" said:

> > > > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > > > @jjl said:

> > > > > Watching him putt has become painful...basically never feel like he's going to make one, even from very makeable distances. Definitely holding him back, ranks 68th in total putting.

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> > > > I hear ya!! Changing a putter obviously can and has worked for DJ and others in the past but he seems to change things so much these days that it really is indicative of his not having confidence in his putting and if you don’t have confidence in it, the chances of them going in are diminished before he was even started.

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> > > Definitely agree. IMO, part of the issue is that he has more of a pull-block type stroke, or more similar to a straight back and thru in the hitting zone. The mallets suit him more, but he is one of those guys that seems to want to play a blade/Anser style putter. With the blade, he'll tend to leave it out to the right more with his stroke. I thought I read somewhere that the TM guys worked with him and put him into the SpiderX after analyzing his stroke, even with the type of alignment mark on top, but he continues to go back to the blades.

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> > He doesn’t seem to know what he wants to do on the greens and the minute either. Watching the coverage this evening - one minute DJ is reading the putts, the next Austin is in doing some AimPoint - you can’t help but think that he would be better settling on a flat stick and a routine and sticking with it for a little while and seeing how to goes.

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> He flipped yesterday 1/2 way thru to left-hand low! His reasoning was "it couldn't get any worse"!! Talk about searching.... he's trying different weights, heads, styles, finishes, grips, techniques....and I'm just talking about this week!

I think he tried left-hand low after day one of the Ryder Cup as well.

bladehunter · July 29, 2019

> @Sean289 said:

> > @"Audi A-Fore" said:

> > > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > > @"Audi A-Fore" said:

> > > > > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > > > > @jjl said:

> > > > > > Watching him putt has become painful...basically never feel like he's going to make one, even from very makeable distances. Definitely holding him back, ranks 68th in total putting.

> > > > >

> > > > > I hear ya!! Changing a putter obviously can and has worked for DJ and others in the past but he seems to change things so much these days that it really is indicative of his not having confidence in his putting and if you don’t have confidence in it, the chances of them going in are diminished before he was even started.

> > > >

> > > > Definitely agree. IMO, part of the issue is that he has more of a pull-block type stroke, or more similar to a straight back and thru in the hitting zone. The mallets suit him more, but he is one of those guys that seems to want to play a blade/Anser style putter. With the blade, he'll tend to leave it out to the right more with his stroke. I thought I read somewhere that the TM guys worked with him and put him into the SpiderX after analyzing his stroke, even with the type of alignment mark on top, but he continues to go back to the blades.

> > > >

> > >

> > > He doesn’t seem to know what he wants to do on the greens and the minute either. Watching the coverage this evening - one minute DJ is reading the putts, the next Austin is in doing some AimPoint - you can’t help but think that he would be better settling on a flat stick and a routine and sticking with it for a little while and seeing how to goes.

> >

> > He flipped yesterday 1/2 way thru to left-hand low! His reasoning was "it couldn't get any worse"!! Talk about searching.... he's trying different weights, heads, styles, finishes, grips, techniques....and I'm just talking about this week!

> I think he tried left-hand low after day one of the Ryder Cup as well.

>

He did. It’s not a huge leap. Loads of players use it as a drill or at least a setup cue to get shoulders level at address.