A good putting stroke is controlled with your shoulders and pecs, not your hands, and a heavier putter helps take the hands out of the stroke. My head swimming with advice from the Boss of the Moss, we head for his domain. I remind myself. Roberts is, after all, the Boss of the Moss. And I'm No. 53 in 1996.
Hometown boy has the honors.
The man is butter. After watching his first putt from 30 feet cozy up to the hole, I fleetingly consider asking for those handicap strokes I really ought to have obtained before flying to Memphis. And several mid-tournament conversations with friends and neighbors who apparently don't ascertain the gravity of the moment. There's not a whole lot of upside for me in one of these putting contests. No, there's not.