There was a time in the early days of my career when my putting was more than bad, says Dai Rees—it was, in my opinion, the worst in pro~ fessional golf, In the course of a year I went to many professional tournaments, not to play, but merely to study the methods of players on the greens. I watched leading ama-tours, too, and spent a lot of time experimenting with the many methods I observed.
Well, as you can imagine, and as I realize now, my putting was not improved one iota by trying about thirty putters and dodging from one style to another. Looking back on that terrible year, I am convinced that only hours of practice on the greens kept me within reasonable reach of being a putter of average skill.
My experience of tournament play bad shown me quite clearly that I must not only be certain of getting down in two putts on every green, but that I must putt well enough to give myself a chance of holing the first one. More than that, I must school myself and regulate my style so that the ability to average less than two strokes per green would remain with me season after season.
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