Tour Tempo Part 3

The jury is still out on the long game tour tempo. 

I topped a lot of shots and didn't hit a reasonable drive until the 18th.  Sadly, all things work at the range and it seems, not much on the course.  Towards the end I was letting my hands and arms be tension and effort free.  That seemed to allow my lower body to do what it was supposed to.  The last 2 and a half holes were pretty smooth. 


However, there was a bright spot.

Part of this tour tempo is in re putting.  The pros take the putter back at 1/2 the speed of the forward swing -- if you can call putting, swinging!

I found this to be quite useful.  My distance control was wonderful and I canned 4 birdies.  The other guys in the group were starting to make comments.  I was three over after the first two holes and ended the day at two over.

I knocked in some long ones and made almost all of the shorter ones.  It felt like a pop or hit to me, which is strange.  But, I cannot argue with its effectiveness!

There is a pro who does not use this 2 to 1 tempo and he is Jordan Spieth, who is a one to one guy and arguably the best putter on the tour these days.  So it may still be more of an art than a science...