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  • The Hole Gets Smaller

    The Hole Gets Smaller

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    Steve A Furman
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    We all want to be better putters. Harvey Penick, the legendary head pro at the Austin Country Club in Texas and author of The Little Red Book, famously said, “A good putter is a match for anyone. A bad putter is a match for no one.” What does it mean to be a good putter? The…

  • Stop Thinking, Start Putting

    Stop Thinking, Start Putting

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    Steve A Furman
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    Ever stand over a putt, thinking through every detail of your stroke, only to pull it badly? There’s a cognitive reason for that—and the research backing it up is fascinating. Psychologists and neuroscientists have been studying golfers’ brains for decades in an attempt to better understand why we can make a pure roll that finds…