Rory's Putting

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My first thread of my own on here, after commenting a handful of times.

This is not a knee jerk reaction to this weeks Masters, but I genuinely think his putting is so much worse than average, or even so much worse than bad.

The sheer number of putts he missed, and continues to miss, whether it be for Birdie, or Par, is appalling. Misses it left a lot it seemed too - not sure if his grip has anything to do with this? Perhaps his left hand is doing too much work with it being lower than the right.

It says a lot about how good he is, or how good the rest of his game is, particularly off the tee and bunker play that he still contests all the top tournaments and is competitive until near the end, because where he is in putting stats it is crazy he is in contention as much as he is.

Does his putting worry anybody else? I would love him to win the Masters one day, but he has to get SO hot with the putter for that to happen I feel, and it will continue to cost him in the future with so many tidy players with the putter. Around Augusta, you can't win without putting well.
 
He seems to be either hot or cold which is why he is trying this new method. He probably only needs to be quite warm considering the rest of his game but he can't afford so many cold days. He certainly is not as consistent as others but I think he is aware of that.
 
He seems to be a lot better from distance than inside 10ft. A few years back I remember how good Poulter was on that distance and would put money on him not missing anything inside 10 ft - he just seemed to drain them, a bit like Spieth does now. I personally think this is the part of Rory's game that needs big attention. At the moment, anything between 3 and 10ft has me hiding my head in my hands thinking he's going to miss...... If he could get close the way Poulter was, he'd walk a shed load of titles.
 
I don't like it when someone changes something away from standard (ie left below right grip) to me it says I cannot do this the normal way, and makes me think they lack confidence in it.

I know Boredom Speith does it but he always has (since turning pro) to be a good putter and to change always feels wrong.
 
Val said:
Rory is a streaky putter, always has been and probably always will be.
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The evidence so far points right to this point - with the streaks being better on more forgiving, benign greens. Allied to his majestic long game, that's when he's virtually unbeatable.
 
I think his long game distance control has been more of an issue.
When he's hitting his yardages consistently he looks brilliant, but too many occasions of over/under hitting approach shots, which puts a lot of pressure on the putting/short game.
 
He certainly doesn't hole out as well as the other top guys.

To my untrained eye he gives the impression he is worried about missing left because it appears he doesn't 'release' the putter as Tiger would say and ends up missing both sides.

I think he needs to address technical issues and Dave Stockton is not really a technical putting coach.

With the quality of player he is up against right now he is only going to win when his game is 'on'. More consistency with the putter would let him win with his 'B' game IMO.
 
WillC said:
My first thread of my own on here, after commenting a handful of times.

This is not a knee jerk reaction to this weeks Masters, but I genuinely think his putting is so much worse than average, or even so much worse than bad.

The sheer number of putts he missed, and continues to miss, whether it be for Birdie, or Par, is appalling. Misses it left a lot it seemed too - not sure if his grip has anything to do with this? Perhaps his left hand is doing too much work with it being lower than the right.

It says a lot about how good he is, or how good the rest of his game is, particularly off the tee and bunker play that he still contests all the top tournaments and is competitive until near the end, because where he is in putting stats it is crazy he is in contention as much as he is.

Does his putting worry anybody else? I would love him to win the Masters one day, but he has to get SO hot with the putter for that to happen I feel, and it will continue to cost him in the future with so many tidy players with the putter. Around Augusta, you can't win without putting well.
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Bang on.

Rory's putting sucks!
 
Rory probably doesn't putt as consistently as some and is nowhere near as good as Spieth at holing out from 4-6 feet (personally Spieth the best at that since Woods) but he has won multiple majors and so he can't be too shabby can he?
 
I firmly believe that Rory needs to go back to his former style of putting - after all, it got him to number one. I also think that if only he took more time on the shorter inside 12 foot putts, he would hole a lot more.
 
Thought he putted quite well over the week - didn't think that was the problem with his game over the weekend.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Thought he putted quite well over the week - didn't think that was the problem with his game over the weekend.
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Hmmm.... that sounds like you weren't watching! Although it certainly wasn't the only problem!

Maybe he just looks bad in comparison to Spieth who is exceptional, but he hardly holed anything.
 
I don't see how he can get back to world number 1 putting like that. Every world number 1 has had impeccable stats from under 10 feet luke Donald sticks out as his stats were incredible when was at the top of his game. He needs to change it.
 
FairwayDodger said:
Hmmm.... that sounds like you weren't watching! Although it certainly wasn't the only problem!

Maybe he just looks bad in comparison to Spieth who is exceptional, but he hardly holed anything.
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Seems like he was having issues with tee shots

Managed to sink 7 birdies yesterdY?
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Seems like he was having issues with tee shots

Managed to sink 7 birdies yesterdY?
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Don't be fooled - 3 or 4 of them were 2-putt birdies, a couple of those eagle putts were very makeable, other birdies he'd hit it in pretty close other than 18. Three-putted from nowhere on 16 as well.

Fact is he missed loads of makeable putts. Jordan was holing those and that's the difference.
 
Rory's putting in generally garbage compared to his rival. The more difficult the putting challenge, the more it hurts his chances. Effectively, he is handicapped by it when playing greens as slick as Augusta this weekend, and its why the Masters will remain the toughest nut for him to crack. He may well get one, but will need things to fall his way : weak opposition, greens softened, holding, and slow due to a lot of rain, or really hit the perfect 100% long games that counters what he will give up to others on the greens.

Interestingly, Spieth is the opposite case. Really great putter, but only OK long game. Which is why the Masters suits him so. He can get away more than anywhere else with wayward long shots, and gain on the field with his putting. The more difficult the pin placements and green speeds, the more the advantage he has there. But he will fade, in the not too distant future. Top putting doesnt last. He will have a bad spell, doubts will creep in, and he will not be so assured. And will revert to being a good rather than regular major contender and winner.
 
FairwayDodger said:
Don't be fooled - 3 or 4 of them were 2-putt birdies, a couple of those eagle putts were very makeable, other birdies he'd hit it in pretty close other than 18. Three-putted from nowhere on 16 as well.

Fact is he missed loads of makeable putts. Jordan was holing those and that's the difference.
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Guess was just too busy concentrating on the tee shots.'
 
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