[ballingham]

I have always struggled on the greens. I've taken lessons, read books, watched videos, but mainly I've bought new putters. Lots n' lots of new putters. Oddly enough, they all seem to be defective. I recently decided to commit to a long putter for the rest of the season. This commitment lasted about a week after I Hoched, Kimmed, and Sandersed about a dozen short putts away.

Before Sunday's round I started rummaging around one of my bags of dead clubs (there are several) in the basement. I pulled out an old Nike Unitized Tiempo that I had cut down to 33 1/2 inches and re-gripped with a classic Ping grip. I couldn't remember the last time I had actually used this putter, but it wasn't in the dead club bag without reason.

So what happens? Sunday I have a midling striking day, but sink everyting inside of 6 feet. Didn't leave one out there and shot a 1-under 71 which was do mainly to taking only 27 putts. For last night's round I was hitting the ball much better, but still putted great, this time riding 29 putts to a 3-under 69 and a 4-up win over my match play golfing buddy. Our matches almost always come down to the last hole, so this was quite a rout.

For some reason I'm rolling that rock like never before. How long will it last? Who knows, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it while it does.

Have you ever banished a club, only to un-banish later and have it perform like a champ?