Dave Stockton Has Become the Best Investment in All of Golf

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Published: May 19, 2010

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As David Feherty might say, there are golf coaches with the ability to make a difference in their students' lives, and there’s whatever this is.

Adam Scott’s one-stroke victory at the Valero Texas Open has just sent Dave Stockton’s stock into another stratosphere. 

Stockton’s instruction has quickly become the best investment a touring pro can make, and the forward press is beginning to evolve into putting’s version of the titanium driver.

Stockton first made a name for himself as a player when he won the 1970 PGA Championship. Six years later won a second PGA Championship in a playoff with Raymond Floyd and Don January.

All in all, Stockton had a solid PGA Tour playing career with 10 wins and two Ryder Cup appearances.  However, one can certainly make the argument that Stockton is now having a larger impact on professional golf as a putting instructor than he did as a player.

At the advice of his caddie Jim “Bones” MacKay, Phil Mickelson began working with Stockton prior to the 2009 Tour Championship, which he won.

Mickelson then carried his hot putter with him to Shanghai, where he defeated Tiger Woods on Sunday to win the WGC-HSBC Champions.

After witnessing the success Mickelson had under Stockton’s tutelage, J.B. Holmes decided to give Stockton a try early in the 2010 season…and the results have been nothing short of miraculous.

After a few short months of working with Stockton, Holmes has gone from 161st on tour in putts per round to fifth in putts per round.

Needless to say, a hotter putter on the PGA Tour typically leads to extremely large amounts of money being deposited into a player’s bank account, which has certainly been the case for Holmes in 2010.

In 2009, Holmes earned $1.21 million and finished 72nd on the tour’s money list.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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