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Phil Mickelson is trying something strange with his putting stroke (but its working) – Golf.com

Jul 16th, 2020

By: Luke Kerr-Dineen July 16, 2020

Did you notice the change in Phil Mickelson's putting stroke?

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Phil Mickelson is a tinkerer. Its one of my favorite things about him, truth be told. No matter how good he is, or how well hes been playing, hes always looking to push himself and get a little bit better. In recent years, dieting aside, most of his tinkering has come with his putter. Gone are the days of Phils heavy forward-press with a blade putter. Now, hes using a graphite-shafted Odyssey Versa blade putter and holding it with a claw grip.

Phil hasnt been putting great recently, finishing 139th in SG: Putting in 2019 and 126th so far in 2020, so hes tinkering again. In what appears to be a new addition this week, and as you can see for yourself below, he takes the putter back, makes a pronounced stop, holds it for a second or two, then resumes once again.

As you can see, its not something he used to do

The exact reason why hes doing this is unclear. Likely its tempo-related; making an emphasized break between the backstroke and through-stroke to avoid rushing the transition between the two and therefore preventing the unwanted manipulation of the putter face during the stroke.

But for the all-important question: Is it working? It seems so, interestingly. Through 12 holes at the time of writing, hes already gained 1.701 strokes on the green and ranks 15th in the field.

Luke Kerr-Dineen is an English-American who oversees the brands service journalism content across all of GOLFs multimedia platforms. An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South CarolinaBeaufort golf team, where he helped them to No. 1 in the national NAIA rankings, Luke moved to New York in 2012 to pursue his Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University. Following graduation, he spent two years as a digital editor atGolf Digestbefore spending three years as a Senior Editor atUSA Today.

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