This former PGA Tour pro reckons he's cracked Scottie Scheffler's problem

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee has become the latest to offer advice to Scottie Scheffler after his putting woes continued on the PGA Tour.

Ben Smith

21 Feb 2024

This former PGA Tour pro reckons he's cracked Scottie Scheffler's problem

Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour pro Brandel Chamblee has become the latest name to offer some advice to Scottie Scheffler.

Scheffler's putting woes have become a real problem for the world number one and in truth his issues on the dancefloor started months ago.

The American has tried to remain positive and patient but it was clear during the Genesis Invitational that Scheffler was close to snapping completely.

He was filmed launching his golf ball into the woods at Riviera Country Club and by the end of the tournament he could only laugh.

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Scheffler striped a towering iron shot into his 72nd hole and his birdie attempt never even had a chance. He was 10ft from the hole.

By the end of the week Scheffler ranked last in the SG: Putting department of those that had made the cut.

Rory McIlroy hopped into the booth during the final round broadcast and suggested Scheffler try a mallet.

Chamblee suggested Scheffler try and get 'more flow' to his stroke by taking the 'wooden look of dragging the handle out of his stroke'.

He illustrated his point by referencing some of the best putters the game has ever seen in Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan.

Chamblee explained:

"The USGA and R&A made anchoring illegal beginning in 2016 because the fulcrum established when one anchors simplifies the putting stroke such that one can merely let gravity return the putter to the ball.

"BUT one can legally simulate an anchored putting stroke by letting the putter head move substantially more than the handle and most of the best putters throughout history have done this.

"So when I look at Scottie Scheffler continue to struggle with his putting (he was dead last in SG Putting amongst those that made the cut at Genesis) I wonder why he simply doesn’t try to get more flow and take the wooden look of dragging the handle out of his stroke.

"Compare the degree to which Scheffler drags the handle as opposed to some of the best putters of all time in the pictures below."

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Also, when one drags the handle there is a sense in transition that one needs to create speed, so the grip pressure changes and the path of the putter is susceptible to deviations that it wouldn’t be if the player felt like all he or she had to do was drop the putter on the ball.… pic.twitter.com/1y0f8QvDx1
— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) February 19, 2024