Sergio Garcia Surges at Transitions Championship with "The Claw"

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Published: March 18, 2011

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Sergio Garcia has gone to "the claw" putting grip and rebounded to good form, one shot back of leaders Garrett Willis and Chris Couch at the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida.   

Garcia had experimented with a long putter previously and then went back to the short putter before trying the claw in the fall of 2010.  The claw grip began with PGA Tour players Skip Kendal and Chris DiMarco, then was picked up by Mark Calcavecchia.  Others have used it successfully from time to time.

“I started it in November of last year,” Garcia explained.  It was at the Dubai tournament when he first used it in competition. “It’s feeling good, and I’ll stick with it and hopefully it lasts until I can’t even walk!”

Garcia said he got to the point where he just decided to try it.

“I’ve always been kind of fooling around with it but I’ve never had the guts of doing it (in competition),” he explained about the change in putting styles.  “Last year at the end I decided, why not try it and it felt good.”

He hesitated to make the change previously because he had some good rounds putting conventionally.

While Garcia did not believe that making more putts helped the rest of his game today, he did say, “obviously making putts helps, but it’s about putting well and putting well doesn’t mean that you are making everything.  It’s the feel you get when you are putting.”

Garcia had 28 putts in Round 2 and 30 putts in Round 1.  He had a chance for eagle on the first hole, which was his 10th. His first hole, the 10th, he putted three feet for birdie. “Always a nice way to start,” he said.

“It’s not like I didn’t putt well the other way, but I felt like I was a little i...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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