Anchored Pros Switching - How Are They Doing?

[billchao]

Webb Simpson quit, cold turkey.

http://www.pgatour.com/the-upshot/2015/01/15/sony-open-in-hawaii-round-one.html

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“Today was a big day for me,” Simpson said. “It was one of my best putting rounds I've ever had to be honest.”

Simpson switched to the shorter putter this fall in Japan, but didn’t enjoy much success. He finished T55 at the Dunlop Phoenix. After the morning wave at Waialae, he shared the lead with Paul Casey after the lowest round of his career.

“I think the biggest thing --I don't know if you hear Keegan (Bradley) or whoever else, Adam (Scott), talk about it, the pressure comes when there's expectation,” Simpson said. “There's more focus on you, which you know, two ways to deal with it. One, it can negatively affect you, or two, you can realize that, hey, that's just how it is and you've got to play through it.”

Simpson had more secret weapons than his new 34-inch Odyssey White Hot putter. He also had a half-day lesson with Butch Harmon under his belt.

[boogielicious]

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Originally Posted by billchao

Webb Simpson quit, cold turkey.

http://www.pgatour.com/the-upshot/2015/01/15/sony-open-in-hawaii-round-one.html

Quote:

“Today was a big day for me,” Simpson said. “It was one of my best putting rounds I've ever had to be honest.”

Simpson switched to the shorter putter this fall in Japan, but didn’t enjoy much success. He finished T55 at the Dunlop Phoenix. After the morning wave at Waialae, he shared the lead with Paul Casey after the lowest round of his career.

“I think the biggest thing --I don't know if you hear Keegan (Bradley) or whoever else, Adam (Scott), talk about it, the pressure comes when there's expectation,” Simpson said. “There's more focus on you, which you know, two ways to deal with it. One, it can negatively affect you, or two, you can realize that, hey, that's just how it is and you've got to play through it.”

Simpson had more secret weapons than his new 34-inch Odyssey White Hot putter. He also had a half-day lesson with Butch Harmon under his belt.

Frankly, I've tried anchored putters and putting at golf stores and I hated the feel.  To me, putting feels very natural in my set up and stance, which is basically the Utley setup.  Anchoring feels unnatural.  These Pros have tremendous hand eye coordination.  It should be easy for them to switch if they can gain confidence.

[ztexz]

Frankly, I've tried anchored putters and putting at golf stores and I hated the feel.  To me, putting feels very natural in my set up and stance, which is basically the Utley setup.  Anchoring feels unnatural.  These Pros have tremendous hand eye coordination.  It should be easy for them to switch if they can gain confidence.

I used a belly putter for about 18 months.  What I found was that my putting improved from 5 feet in...but absolutely tanked from 20 feet out.  I ended up pretty much just swapping out bad putts.  My putts-per-round didn't change at all.

[wannabe]

Webb Simpson quit, cold turkey.

http://www.pgatour.com/the-upshot/2015/01/15/sony-open-in-hawaii-round-one.html

Best round of his PGA career, tie for best round on that course.

Ridiculously impressive.

These guys really are in another stratosphere.

[mvmac]

Adam Scott going with the claw.

https://instagram.com/p/z2y4WJELJu/

[cubdog]

I'm pretty sure I heard Chamblee say that every player who has switched back from a long putter to a conventional one has worse putting stats than they had before switching. While that did surprise me I think we need to look at those stats at the completion of this years play to get a clear picture.

cubdog

[boogielicious]

I'm pretty sure I heard Chamblee say that every player who has switched back from a long putter to a conventional one has worse putting stats than they had before switching. While that did surprise me I think we need to look at those stats at the completion of this years play to get a clear picture.

cubdog

There cannot be a large enough sample size yet for him to make a statistically significant conclusion.  Keegan Bradley, Web Simpson and now Adam Scott have switched.  I recall that Bradley is putting quite well and he has been doing it the longest.