The Salt Vampire
...and loving it.
- Aug 14, 2006
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Not sure if I've told this story before, but it is worth telling again. I have a good friend that is a high profile hockey guy and a golf pro too. Plays in that Lake Tahoe thing and a few other celebrity events. He was a club pro while his kids were growing up, after he retired from the NHL, and then got re-involved in hockey in his late 40s. He has a deal with Titleist and told me the story of how Scotty Cameron and Paul Azinger invented the belly putter.
Apparently Azinger was hitting some putts at the Cameron studio and complaining about flinching on the short ones. Cameron had Zinger hit some putts with his left hand only, with his right hand in the pocket of his pants. At impact, Zinger's right hand, the one in his pocket, would jump! Not sure how, but somehow they settled on the belly putter as the cure from there.
Anyway, I have been putting very poorly from six feet and in this year and picked up one of those Super Stroke grips for $20. Installed it on an old putter and went out and played yesterday. Voila! I was making everything inside ten feet, or at least just missing. The scary thing was, I could feel the yip in my right hand near impact, but the fat grip seemed to negate its fury. Bizarre.
Apparently Azinger was hitting some putts at the Cameron studio and complaining about flinching on the short ones. Cameron had Zinger hit some putts with his left hand only, with his right hand in the pocket of his pants. At impact, Zinger's right hand, the one in his pocket, would jump! Not sure how, but somehow they settled on the belly putter as the cure from there.
Anyway, I have been putting very poorly from six feet and in this year and picked up one of those Super Stroke grips for $20. Installed it on an old putter and went out and played yesterday. Voila! I was making everything inside ten feet, or at least just missing. The scary thing was, I could feel the yip in my right hand near impact, but the fat grip seemed to negate its fury. Bizarre.