Sea Island Life Magazine Spring/Summer 2013 | Page 19

Matt Kuchar

no wrists in the stroke,” Shannon explains.
“This creates a very consistent stroke. Matt
thought that holding a conventional-length
putter the ‘normal’ way was too loose with
respect to arm motion.”
With loose-hanging arms comes unwanted
wrist motion that can cause a golfer to putt the
ball much too hard. Thus, Kuchar tried pressing
the putter to the inside of his left arm during
the stroke, to eliminate any wrist movement.
If you try this method, start in exactly
the same address position you would with a
conventional putter. The putter should rest
against the inside left forearm. The putter’s
grip should be the same as on a traditional
model. Whether you use the right-hand-low
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