Woods never make a big putt

Poised to generate a run at Pebble Beach, Woods badly missed a 5-foot birdie putt about the second hole and missed from 3 feet for par about the seventh hole equally as Phil Mickelson was pulling away. Woods three-putted the final hole for the 75.

"I cannot get comfortable where I could see my lines," he was quoted saying. "I couldn't have the putter to swing."

A week ago in the Match Play Championship, despite missing two birdie putts inside 10 feet for the back nine while he experimented with rally, Woods had Titleist VG3 Forged Irons a birdie putt from just outside 5 feet around the 18th hole to supply his second-round match against Nick Watney.

The putt never even touched the outlet.

"I will be able to remedy it per day," Woods said.

Players help the other person on a regular basis, therefore it shouldn't be unusual that twice over the last ninety days, Woods has sought advice from Steve Stricker. The top with the Presidents Cup ended up being release the blade. They played nine holes of an practice round Tuesday at Dove Mountain, and Stricker noticed the club was too shut returning, which Woods related to his missed putt against Watney.

But ask yourself this: When does Woods take advice from anybody ?a even Stricker ?a in terms of his putting?

This is the guy on Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2 Putter everyone's set of the game's best putters. No-one from his generation made more clutch putts.

There was that 6-foot birdie putt to push a playoff in the PGA Championship in 2000 throughout his sweep from the majors. The 15-foot putt after dark with the Presidents Cup in South Africa. And possibly the greatest certainly one of all, the 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at Torrey Pines that got Woods and his awesome shattered leg into a playoff at the U.S. Open.

To observe a replay in slow motion from the ball bouncing toward the cup and diving in to the right corner, it had no business going in except that it discount golf clubs was Woods. The shortest club as part of his bag wasn't a putter, it absolutely was a magic wand.

For all those suggesting he get back on the Scotty Cameron putter that brought him 13 majors, that is not the answer. He was missing just as many putts along with his old putter since coming back from your crisis as part of his personal life.