And that is exactly what he did. He must've been seventy-five. He putted the same way I'd been putting except that he didn't straddle the line. He faced the hole but put his feet together to the side of the line and putted sidesaddle. It didn't take me long to get the hang of it.
Today there are a growing number of top golfers who putt with a straight-forward style of stroke.
In recent years a large number of top golfers have chosen to change to the long putter. Some of the current top money winners on the PGA tour, such as Bernard Langer, Vijay Singh, Paul Azinger, Bruce Lietzke, Scott McCarron, and Rocco Mediate have won several PGA tournaments with long putters. The same is true on the Senior PGA tour, many smaller tours, and in top amateur tournaments around the world. But the average golfer has not discovered the great feel of the long putter. This is because the golf equipment companies have not developed the right putter design.