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WARNING! Don't aim your putts at the high point
If you think the best way to read a putt is to squat down behind the ball, visualize where the apex (high point of the break) of its roll will occur, and then aim at that apex, you're just fooling yourself. I've advised against using this technique -- called "apex putting" -- all of my professional life, but it continues to hang around. Recently, the Golf Channel ran a 30-minute instruction episode with a renowned PGA Tour player extolling the virtues of apex putting. He kept saying, "visualize the high point of the putt's roll on its way to the hole, then aim at that high point. Let it break down into the hole from there."
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Toms says right shoulder needs surgery
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -- Former PGA champion David Toms has been losing length off the tee that he can't afford, and now he knows why. Toms said Friday he has a bone spur in his rotator cuff that will require surgery.
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Harrington takes early lead in Tampa
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -- Padraig Harrington, already assured of a memorable week after his trip to the White House, put himself in position to make it even better at the Transitions Championship on Friday.
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Transitions Championship, Round 2
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Woods won't have new sponsor logo on bag
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods won't replace AT&T with a new corporate sponsor on his golf bag when he returns at the Masters, instead using his Nike brand.
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Pros on Nike's ONE Ball
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Obama: Tiger Woods still a 'terrific' golfer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Tiger Woods will still be a "terrific" golfer despite his personal issues.
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Tiger Woods Coming Back at The Masters
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Ex-porn star releases purported Tiger Woods texts
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former porn actress released sexually graphic text messages Thursday that she says prove her affair with Tiger Woods, and she said she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about the golfer as he prepares to return to competition next month.
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NCAA: Probation for Nevada golf teams
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The NCAA placed Nevada's athletic department on probation for three years and fined it $1,500 on Thursday because of an ex-golf coach's major rules violations but concluded there was no proof he gambled on college games and cleared all other sports of wrongdoing.
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