Indholdsfortegnelse for January 2017 i Golf Australia

THERE is a widely held misconception that tournament professionals play golf for four days (if they make the cut), take a big cheque and go home. This view caught me by surprise during the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath when I overheard a ‘gent’ in the gallery bemoaning the amount of prizemoney the Danish team of Soren Kjeldsen andThorbjorn Olesen were going to receive for their “four days work.” For the record, the Danes shared US$2,560,000, which is a lot of coin in any language. But I couldn’t help but enlighten the gent that the amount of work put in to winning that event extended well beyond four days.Yes, they were certainly paid an exorbitant amount of money but that’s the nature of the game these days ……

EUROPE IS THE WAY The sooner the Australian Open becomes part of the EuropeanTour the better. Not only will it add depth to the field but the opportunities it will present Australian players will increase. The PGA is already offering a way for our emerging talent to become part of a bigTour, but the Open does not, with the exception of perhaps winning one of three spots in the British Open. Look at the example of Ashley Hall. He runs second to Jordan Spieth and will get a start in a major this year. But I reckon he’d love that money to have gone toward winning a card in Europe instead. With the amount of money now available on the EuropeanTour, more Aussies could be head that way, especially if…

‘I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER. AND WITH THE WAY MEDICAL SCIENCE IS GOING, I THINK I CAN DO THAT!’ What has been your closest brush with death? When I was 17 I was working for a company that did roofing. I managed to fall off a ladder. I went down about 20 feet or so and landed on a pile of underlay. I was lucky. I landed on the softest part of my body – my backside – so I didn’t break anything. But it could have been nasty. The more I think about it, the worse the implications become. I never want to be any closer to death than that. What was your earliest memory? Hang on. I’ll have to think about that. I can’t remember my earliest memory.…

Imagine, if you will, that we are going back in time to the very beginnings of professional golf. As far as we are concerned, there are no major championships and no tours; we are free to do what is best for both the spectators around the world and the players who will participate in whatever we come up with. Let’s start with what we’re not going to do: 1. We’re not going to have a motley collection of separate and inevitably self-interested tours spread all across the globe. In our brave new world, everyone will work together for the common good. 2. We’re not going to have a series of self-important tour commissioners whose sole aim in life is the accumulation of money. We’re going to appoint a benevolent dictator,…

“JORDAN SPIETH’S MASTERS PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE TWO QUESTIONS OLD WHEN HE WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THE ‘MELTDOWN’...” We saw some extraordinary golf in 2016. From the greatest final round in a major at The Open, courtesy of Henrik Stenson, to the brilliance of Ariya Jutanugarn in the women’s game, it was a year to remember. The crystal ball and tea leaves are out as we look ahead to the rest of 2017, which promises to be another great year. Will we see four first-time winners again in the majors? Unlikely. Will the Korean’s dominate women’s golf ? More than likely. Here’s what we believe is in store in this eagerly anticipated golfing year. 1 Golf Australia and its commercial partners come to an agreement to leave the OneAsia Tour.…

1. Bubba Watson 22 EVENTS IN NINE COUNTRIES 2016* – Three (Brazil, China, Scotland) 2015 – Seven (Bahamas, Canada, China x 2, Japan, Scotland, Thailand) 2014 – Four (China, England, Japan, Thailand) 2013 – Five (Canada, China, Malaysia, Scotland, Thailand) 2012 – Three (China, England, Thailand) 2. Matt Kuchar 19 EVENTS IN 10 COUNTRIES 2016* – Three (Brazil, Canada, Scotland) 2015 – Six (Bahamas, Canada, Fiji, Mexico, Scotland x 2) 2014 – Two (Canada, England) 2013 – Five (Australia x 2, Canada, France, Scotland) 2012 – Three (Canada, England, Hong Kong) 3. Patrick Reed 18 EVENTS IN 11 COUNTRIES 2016* – Three (Brazil, Scotland x 2) 2015 – Eight (Bahamas, China x 2, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Scotland, Switzerland) 2014 – Four (China, England x 2, Malaysia) 2013 – Two…

5. PERFECT YOUR IRON POSTURE Great iron play stems from being balanced and athletic at address. Stand tall with your knees lightly flexed. Keep your weight balanced between your heels and toes, and tilt from your hips not your waist. 6. AIM THE CLUB CAREFULLY Build good alignment into your pre-shot routine. Start by carefully aiming the face at your target, then build your stance around it. Poor aim causes more swing faults and offline shots than any other flaw. 7. KEEP YOUR SWING COMPACT Watch any of the world’s top players and you’ll notice their backswings rarely go beyond parallel. If you overswing, chances are you have to reroute the club back onto the correct plane coming down. 8. TAKE A GOOD DIVOT Solid ball-striking is all about compressing…

17. READ PUTTS FROM BOTH SIDES You should always read a putt from behind the ball, but slope is often more visible when viewed from behind the hole. You can do this quickly while your partners are preparing so as not to hold up play. 18. RELAX YOUR GRIP PRESSURE Nothing ruins your feel on long-range putts quicker than a tight grip. On those important lag putts, you need to be able to feel the weight of the putter head. On a scale of 1-10, hold the club at a pressure of 2. 19. GRIP POINTS AT STERNUM The putting stroke is actually a very simple movement. There’s no need to get bogged down by complicated theory. For a simple swing thought, simply keep the grip pointing at your chest…

CREATE SHAFT LEAN Check your hands are just forward of the clubhead. This encourages the correct attack angle – downward, but not so steep that the leading edge digs into the turf. THE ‘THREE POINTS’ Focus on your lead shoulder, gloved hand and clubhead. In Day’s technique their set-up relationship remains intact throughout. Keep this as a goal for your action. WEIGHT ON LEAD SIDE Feel extra pressure under your lead foot, and keep it there throughout. It will help you pivot around your lead leg, promoting strike angle control as well as a downward blow. CHEST REFERENCE Use your chest, not your feet, to guide ball position as your sternum controls where the club arc bottoms out. Because we want a slight descending strike, set up with your shirt…

LOFT CHECK When you retain your address position loft, the club’s leading edge will broadly match your spine angle – on both sides of the ball. Check this both back and through (left). BETTER BY DEGREES Excessive wrist play tends to open or close the face, adding or reducing loft. It means the ball either flies too high and short, or too low and long. Quiet wrists mean consistent distance. LEVER INTACT In Principle 1 we talked about the swing’s lever of lead shoulder, gloved hand and club. Quiet wrists keep their relationship intact to the end. TRAIL ELBOW FOLDS Allow your trail elbow to fold as the club swings back. It helps the core to control clubface rotation, which lets you maintain your set-up loft. LOCKED OUT Watch for…

IMPROVING HOW you attack the ball with your wedges will allow you to gain better consistency of strike with your wedges. Shallowing your attack angle is the key and, by doing this, the distance you hit wedge shots – in fact all iron shots – will become more consistent. STEP 1: Align the ball forward in your stance (ideally in line with your left ear, for right-handers) with neutral shaft lean (pics 1 & 2). STEP 2: Swing the club back without much wrist hinge (pic 3). STEP 3: Swing down to the ball on a shallower angle of act (pic 4) trying to simply skim the ground with the clubhead. STEP 4: Turn through to the target keep the clubface pointing skywards (pic 5). Certified Australian PGA Professional (Advanced…

THE GREEN BOOK FROM $68  www.thegreenbook.com Apart from the obvious, what do Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan and Open Champion Henrik Stenson have in common? Well they’re all early adopters of Clere Golf’s new Green Book, which appeared on tour in July 2015. Rickie won the Scottish Open the week the book launched and Henrik Stenson used one during his Open victory at Troon. Sounds good, but what is it? It’s basically an ultra-detailed course planner for each green on the course, to help you read and gauge putts more successfully than ever before. Clere Golf, the company who came up with the idea, have worked out a super-detailed way to laser measure greens with up to 300 million different reference points and ensure every burrow is…

Tasmania was a nomadic club for nearly 70 years before settling on its current site, known as Barilla Bluff, which is surrounded by water on three sides. The location might be great but the landscape that faced designer Al Howard and course superintendent Ian Grimsey was a wilderness of bracken, native scrub covered sand dunes and sandstone outcrops. Throughout his prolific design career, Howard liked the challenge of creating courses on difficult land. But once the scrub was cleared on the Bluff, a rolling landscape was revealed, giving rise to some wonderfully interesting holes. Easily the best known of the holes at Tasmania is the 526-metre par-5 3rd hole. There’s little doubt Howard had the famous 18th at Pebble Beach in mind when he staked out the routing of this…

THE WORLD CUP of Golf at Kingston Heath was a resounding success, especially with the players. There were high-fives and knuckle bumps in celebration of birdies and eagles but it was the Chinese team of Li Haotong (left) and Ashun Wu, who won a lot of fans with their chest bumps. The return to the two-man team format extracted this ‘team emotion’ from the players, which we don’t normally see in regular tournaments. Winning Danish team member Soren Kjeldsen summed up the feeling best when he said: “…you’re out there and you want to die for your team-mate.” For those who braved the sometimes chilly weather at Kingston Heath to witness this team event, there’s good news as the World Cup will be back in Melbourne at some stage between…

ESCAPE ARTISTS Bill Nichols was playing his usual Monday round of skins with his favourite foursome in the Stableford competition at Ocean Shores Country Club when the most usual thing happened. Playing a side game of skins, his three partners’ tee shots off the 10th tee were fairly successful before Bill teed it up and slammed his drive…straight into the garbage bin a full 48 metres away and left of the forward tee.The 10th at Ocean Shores is by no means an easy hole and Bill made is even harder for himself! Bill extracted his ball and, not knowing the correct procedure teed it up again with a penalty, and from there Bill, a 29 marker, “parred” the hole for a double bogey six and won the skin. The story…

HANNAFORD IS QUICK TO POINT OUT HE DID NOT SET OUT TO WRITE A TECHNICAL MANUAL, AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS WHOSE WISDOM HE HAS DISTILLED. IMAGINE taking a year off to study the game of golf from a new academic angle, exploring hundreds of hours of footage and photographs, all the wisdom of tournament players, golf teachers and your own almost 40 years of tournament experience and distilling it down into a clear and concise step-by-step approach. Imagine, too, if you found that the process of dramatically improving your game truly was “90 percent mental” as psychologists say, and could be mastered predominantly off the course. How quickly you could take your game to the next level! Well that is exactly what seasoned tournament amateur Doug Hannaford…

ANOTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT THE WOMEN’S GAME IS THAT, MUCH MORE THAN THE MEN, THEY SEEM TO BE EDGING GRADUALLY TOWARDS A WORLD TOUR. I must admit, I haven’t always been a fan of watching women’s golf. Maybe there was a bit of male ego going on, which is not something I’m proud of. But for whatever reason, I wasn’t paying much heed to the LPGATour, or any otherTour for that matter. That has changed though.While it would be an exaggeration to say I’m an avid viewer of the women’s game, I’m definitely paying a lot more attention than I used to. I always seem to end up watching the ANA Inspiration – what used to be the Dinah Shore – just before the Masters. And I’ve been paying…

We nailed some predictions for 2016 but failed dismally with others. Here’s how we fared: NAILED IT… • Golf Australia Express editor Damian Shutie successfully picked Henrik Stenson to win the Open Championship. Then, put his money on another horse. • Columnist-at-large John Huggan tipped us into keeping an eye on Danny Willett, who won the Masters. • Editor Brendan James’ call that PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem would announce his retirement after the season-ending Tour Championship was close. He did it in November. • James also predicted 10 PGA Tour events would get pushed to a Monday finish after play was suspended due to darkness. He was almost half right, with four events going into an extra day. • Adelaide serves up a tremendous Women’s Australian Open (pictured below),…

2003 Watson turned professional and finishes 63rd on the second-tier Nationwide Tour, with two top 10s and 13 cuts made from 21 starts. 2004 He married former basketball player Angela, who he met at college in Georgia. 2005 He earned the final PGA Tour card for the following season by finishing 21st on the Nationwide Tour money list, including a 2nd and a 3rd. 2006 Watson announced himself with a 407-yard drive on the way to a 4th-place finish in his first event of the season, the Sony Open in Hawaii. He finished 90th on the money list and led the tour in driving distance with 319.6 yards. 2008 He made it to the Tour Championship for the first time and finished 30th in the FedEx Cup. 2010 Watson secured…

ONE OF the great things about golf is the sense of anticipation that accompanies every walk to the first tee. Will this be the day when everything falls into place – a round where every drive hits the fairway, every iron shot flies crisply out of the centre of the clubface, every lag putt rolls dead and every 4-footer dives straight into the middle of the hole? Sadly, those hopes are often dashed by the 2nd tee. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Good scoring is a product of good preparation and smart on-course thinking. Whether you’re a beginner, a mid-handicapper or a single-figure golfer, over the next five pages, we show you how to take a professional approach to all of the key areas of the game.…

One of the features of Jason Day’s ascent to world number one has been his short game. His chipping action is a bit different; his hands and wrists are almost entirely wooden from start to finish, while his body rotates strongly. This technique isn’t entirely new – Steve Stricker has used a similar method for a while – but Day’s employment of it has seen its popularity rise. But what’s the point of it, and how does it work? This article explains both, revealing a method that’ll make your control shots much more reliable.…

ROTATE AWAY Start with hands on opposite shoulders, forearms crossed. Now rotate your body away from the target. As you turn, ensure your weight remains under your lead foot and there’s no lateral movement. WHOLE TRUNK TURNS Now turn through, keeping that pressure under the lead foot constant. Feel your entire trunk rotating as one. This is a full-body swing, so if the chest is working so must the hips and legs. CONNECTED MOTION To bring this same motion closer to swinging the club, grip the club in your gloved hand only. Place your other hand on your upper lead arm to help connect your lead arm to your body. This encourages body rotation to move the club. CORE CONTROL Keep that connection right through to the finish. Hit five…

ONE WAY to trim a few shots off every round and get you closer to shooting in the 70s regularly is to take the guess work out of the line on two- and three-metre putts. If you can hole more of these length putts, you will go a long way to not only breaking 80 but it will get you closer to shooting in the low 70s. The key is getting a better feel for the break on a putt, especially if, at first glance, it looks like there is little to no break. To get a handle on what break there is, stand behind the ball and close your eyes (pic 1). You should be able to feel, through your feet, if there is any sort of slope or…

Shot tracking has really taken off in golf over the last couple of years as GPS technology has developed – mirroring the rise in stats tracking on tour. Every top player now uses this info to plot an improvement plan, whether that’s knocking it closer from 100 metres or holing more putts from eight feet. These devices, which usually plug into your club, provide the same kind of info, to let you analyse every round – and share those great shots and scores on social media. If you want to reach the next level, it’s worth investing. ARCCOS $335 www.arccosgolf.com The system logs every shot you hit and gives tour-style analytics so you can identify and improve the weakest areas of your game. Every shot’s brought to life on a…

As good as GPS is, it doesn’t give you exact yardages to the pin. So unless you want to faff about positioning a pin manually, having a rangefinder can be a god send. Confident players often go for a laser to get those precise distances. If you play lots of different courses, or hit lots of shots when you can’t see the flag, a GPS is probably better. Here’s three of our favourite lasers currently on the market. BUSHNELL TOUR V4 $459 TOUR X SLOPE $599 www.bushnellgolf.com Lots of tour caddies use Bushnell. You can zap anything from five to 1000 yards and be accurate to within a yard. The Slope version adds elevation changes (which can be disabled for tournament play). Both are water resistant and come with a…

THE POCKET BUNKER $24 www.pocketbunker.com Tech doesn’t mean electronic. This is a soft golf ball with alien-like legs which has been specifically designed to replicate the feel and sensation of playing out of a bunker – but you don’t use it in sand. Instead, it’s supposed to be hit from grass or a mat at the driving range to let you hone your bunker play from just about anywhere. The protruding legs give you a brilliant, visual idea of the amount of sand that needs to be removed to hit the perfect bunker shot on the golf course. Like all the best ideas it’s really simple, but effective.…

In our always life simpler, not more complicated – and that’s exactly why micro GPS systems have become so popular. Some golfers just want to know distances to the front, centre and back of greens without all the added extras more expensive GPS systems can deliver. Some need to be clipped to your golf bag or belt, while others can be slipped into your pocket. Essentially, though, they are all paired-down versions of their bigger more expensive GPS handheld brothers. These are our favourites. SURESHOT GPS 150X $149  www.sureshotgps.com The compact 150x, is perfect for both casual and serious golfers. It is small enough to fit in your pocket and comes pre-loaded with golf course maps from around the world. BUSHNELL NEO GHOST $165  www.bushnellgolf.com GPS doesn’t come much more…

“…I’M SUPER EXCITED. I’M READY TO FILL THIS TROPHY UP WITH CHAMPAGNE AND THEN GET TO THE CASINO.” ”– HAROLD VARNER III  WINNING SCORE: 19 under par, 269 DEFEATED: Defeated Queenslander Andrew Dodt by two shots. DEFINING MOMENTS: There were two defining moments actually, and both came late in the third round. The American was five shots off the pace heading to the 15th hole but rolled in an eagle to get to 11 under. Two holes later, Varner holed his wedge approach from a second eagle and he was back in the running. Even a bogey at the final hole didn’t hurt his chances. WITH THIS VICTORY… : • Varner’s win was his first as a professional. • He is the first American to win the Australian PGA since…

HE DID MIX SOME MENTAL ERRORS IN WITH ALL THE GOOD STUFF, WHICH PROVED COSTLY ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK HALF OF HIS FIRST ROUND AS WELL AS THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUNDS. AT FIRST there was scepticism intertwined with plenty of speculation that Tiger Woods’ long-awaited return to the game after nearly 16 months would be short-lived. One betting agency was offering odds of the 14-time major champion not finishing his first round, while others had him announcing his retirement from the game at the end of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.They had good reason to be sceptical after his 11th hour withdrawal from two events in late September. A brief video of Woods practicing a few days before his competitive return lit of social media, but it…

KINGSTON HEATH SHOWED FLAIR DURING THE WORLD CUP RECENTLY WHEN IT PUT THE OUTLINE OF THE TROPHY IN THE FROTH OF CAPPUCCINOS... One of the great joys of golf is that you don’t have to stop playing to eat. Lawn bowls has appeal also because you can get a drink at each end but after nine holes it is hard to beat an Australian classic, the cold lamb sandwich made from the leftovers of the previous night’s roast and seasoned with an unhealthy amount of salt and tomato sauce. If you are playing well it gives a lift and if not, the strength to carry on. This important aspect of the game has been lifted to new heights at Trentham Golf Club, 97 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, by Larissa Ojansuu…

One of the greatest assets golf has in this country is its accessibility for the masses. The latest Australian Golf Industry Council figures on participation rates reveal more than two million Australians played at least one round of golf in the 12 months to July 2016. The vast majority of those rounds were played on public accessible courses. There are hundreds of quality public access courses spread throughout the nation, which not only offer a terrific golf experience but are affordable and fun to play. At last count there are nearly 1,500 courses spread in Australia with the vast majority of those layouts open to visiting golfers – they are public accessible. By our definition, a public access course is one that sets aside tee-times for visiting golfers for a…

1. FOCUS ON AIM AND ALIGNMENT Poor driver alignment can put you deep in the trees or out-of-bounds. If you’re missing fairways, review your alignment. Simply setting up to the ball better will improve your accuracy and power. 2. KEEP GRIP PRESSURE LIGHT Nothing robs your drives of distance and accuracy more than tension in your hands. Hold the club as lightly as you can without feeling that you’ll lose control. You’ll hit it longer AND straighter. 3. KEEP HEAD BEHIND THE BALL Hitting too early with the shoulders will destroy your timing. Watch any Tour pro and you’ll see their head remains behind the ball at impact. Fire your trail shoulder down and through the ball. 4. SET UP FOR POWER AND CONTROL To maximise your distance with the…

13. SET YOUR LEFT SHOULDER LOW Rather than setting up to play a splash shot as you would a full approach from the fairway, set your left shoulder lower. This helps you control the shot with your body and prevents digging deep into the sand. 14. KEEP THE CLUB ON PLANE You may have been told in the past that you need to swing the club outside the line on the backswing and cut across it at impact. No need. Simply keep the club on its regular neutral plane. 15. RELEASE DOWN INTO THE SAND The sole on your sand wedge is designed to prevent the leading edge from digging deeply into the sand. Trust the club to do its job, release it confidently and keep the grooves facing the…

BODY DRIVES THE CLUB Day’s technique is what we might call a one-lever system. In this system the one lever is the lead arm and club, which body rotation carries back and through. It promotes a consistent arc and contact. DOWNWARD STRIKE A descending blow is key to controlling impact point and impact face loft. But the attack is not so steep that the digging leading edge hits the turf; ground contact is still through the rounded sole of the club. WRISTS DON’T COCK Wrist cock is a second lever most golfers use. It can add feel, but it also creates the potential for extra speed; ultimately it can make club speed, impact point and even attack angle more variable. FACE LOFT RETAINED We set face loft at set-up but…

COCK UNSURE Collecting and releasing wrist angles is a mechanism for creating speed, and sharp acceleration in the club makes control of distance much harder. MUTED WRISTS A striking aspect of Day’s chipping action is how short the club travels in relation to the strong body turn. Much of this is down to keeping wrist action very quiet. CHECK POINT Swing back, using the trunk rotation we learned in Principle 2, till your hands reach hip height. Check the clubhead is still slightly lower than your hands at this point. AVOID A THUMBS-UP Focus on the top of your gloved-hand wrist, just below the base of the thumb. When you grip the club at set-up this zone is almost flat; make some one-handed backswings, ensuring you don’t add any angle.…

BEING AWARE of your playing ability and understanding there are shots you should attempt and some you are best to reconsider, will better your scoring. Risk and reward is a common theme throughout the game of golf. Do you attack an enticing pin position or do you play for safety? If you want an effective way to help you determine your shot selection and develop awareness for when is the appropriate time to attempt these shots out on the course then using a colour code for pin positions out on the course will assist. You can associate a colour with different levels of difficulty or risk, which will help you commit to a shot selection without any doubt when you are over the ball. There are three colours to work…

GPS golf watches are booming. They’re quick, easy to use, getting ever-more stylish and sophisticated and relatively cheap, with some now combining fitness info, text and email with the usual yardages. Here’s five of our favourites. TOMTOM GOLFER $249 www.tomtom.com/en_au A stylish, lightweight design with an ultra-slim body which is great if you’re not keen on wearing a watch while playing. It keeps your score, how far you’ve walked and how long your round’s taken. 40,000 courses. GOLF BUDDY WT5 $299.95 www.gpsgolfbuddy.com.au A no nonsense golf specific GPS watch, with distances to the front, centre and back of the green and plenty of hazard information. There’s also a pin positioning feature and digital scorecard. GARMIN APPROACH S20 $299 www.garmin.com/en-AU A golf GPS that’s also a game tracker, which reveals the…

You probably wouldn’t believe us if we said Jordan Spieth had Under Armour put the sort of tech usually found in a fitness band into the soles of his shoes for The Open Championship at Royal Troon. But we promise it’s true, and for us highlights brilliantly how far players go to use tech to get an edge over the field. Jordan – like all tour pros – isn’t allowed to wear a wrist tracking band (with a heartbeat monitor which cannot be turned off ) on the course during competitive rounds. So Under Armour specifically created a special one-off pair of “smart shoes” for him, with sensors imbedded into the soles to track his activity during the week. Imagine it, a pair of shoes telling you how far you’ve…

If you want a device to hang on a bag, with large colour maps and yardages to hazards and flags, you need a GPS. Years ago, that’s all you’d get. Today, though, the best units add shot-tracking software, high-res images, they can be charged off a USB on a trolley and you can download stats after a round. Watches offer simplicity; lasers offer accuracy. GPS units need to stay one step ahead by offering more features, like these three. GOLFBUDDY PT4 $499 www.gpsgolfbuddy.com.au Much closer in size to a mobile phone than most GPS units, with a 4in LCD screen and slim body design. The larger screen can be a real bonus over watches. Golf Buddy says they don’t and won’t ever charge for access to their 38,000+ measured golf…

HOLE MORE PUTTS $598 www.holemoreputts.com Putting might look simple but if you’re not great at it, it’s actually one of the hardest areas of the game to improve. It accounts for 40% of the shots you play. Yet you don’t see anything like the measuring tech dedicated to it as you do to hitting drivers, even though you’ll only ever hit 14 drives a round. You have to be pretty hardcore to spend hours on a putting green honing your stroke, or spend £50 for a video putting lesson. And that’s where the inventors of Hole More Putts come in. They’ve seen a gap in the market for a device that can analyse the putts you hit, and give you a ranking of how good they are with clear instruction…