'Mum's putter does trick for Points'

Secret weapon ... D.A. Points celebrates victory with his mum's borrowed putter. Source: AFP

There is a great saying out on Tour and one that I and every professional believes in repeating over and over and over again and that is, "there is always next week!"

When things aren't going good and you seem to be stuck in a rut, just keep repeating that saying plus work hard, believe in your ability and sooner or later something will click.

Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.

Well it did for Darren Andrew (DA) Points on the weekend at the Shell Houston Open. The 36 year old was going through one of those stretches where everything was seemingly going wrong on course.

He started the year off making the cut at the Sony Open only to finish in a share of 63rd and from then on it was all downhill.

In his last eight events he has made just one weekend and that finish was hardly awe inspiring: a tie for 68th at the Honda Classic.

If you ask a player a change of good fortune generally starts with looking at something that has given you confidence before and for Points it was his mum's old Ping Anser putter. In the first round he needed only 23 putts and then on the final day had 26 putts including a pressure packed 13 footer to win. Thanks MUM!

Points' victory in Texas continued a hot streak for the Americans. That now makes it 14 straight winners in 2013 for the old red white and blue, that is something that hasn't happened since 1989 and the player to break it back then, Nick Faldo at the Masters.

And talking of the trip up Magnolia Lane, the field is now set for the first major, except for the winner of this week's Valero Texas Open, provided he's not already in the field.

From an Aussie point of view we have four players that will be there next week, Adam Scott, Jason Day, John Senden and Marc Leishman.

Unfortunately Geoff Ogilvy will be watching from home. The Victorian has played 10 out of the last 11 weeks on tour trying to get his world ranking inside the top 50. Unfortunately he missed the past two cuts and fell from 50th to 55th in the rankings.

Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.

Scott Hend claimed his third win on the Asian Tour last week and what a way to do it, coming from six shots back on the final day to run over the top of the field. The Queenslander fired 8 birdies and an eagle in his final round 64.

Hendy's always been a monster driver of the ball and any time he gets a course with a little room and width off the tee, look out. And that's exactly what the Alpine Resort in Thailand offered. He played the par fives in 14-under par for the week and on Sunday was five-under for the four of them. How unreal is that?!

The US Tour remains in the Lone Star state this week for the Valero Texas Open. The Greg Norman/Sergio Garcia AT&T Oaks course will host the event for the fourth time and what a terrific track this is. Last year the scoring average around here was 73.9.

The late addition of Rory McIlroy has added some depth to the field and now boasts four of the top 15 players in the current world rankings. McIlroy will be joined by No. 9 Matt Kuchar, No. 12 Ian Poulter and No. 15 Charl Schwartzel.

Not only have I backed Schwartzel to win this week but I think he will be in the thick of it at Augusta next week. Remember he has already donned a green jacket back in 2011.

I also think Cameron Tringale is ripe and ready to break out with a win. He played well around here last year (T8) and is playing well at the moment.

Fourteen Aussies are teeing it up this week. Because it's a tight course I like Nick O'Hern but I'm not very confident.

Also this week is the first major of the year for the women, the Kraft Nabisco which will be played at the Mission Hills Golf Club in California.

Back to defend her title is South Korean Sun Young Yoo but she will be hard pressed to repeat with the likes of World No.1 Stacy Lewis absolutely on fire at the moment, winning two of her last three events.

Also in the mix are two time Kraft Champion Karrie Webb who showed some good signs a fortnight ago in finishing T6th at the Kia Classic.

Have a great golfing week everyone!

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

'Mum's putter does trick for Points'

Dengan url

http://sportifoclube.blogspot.com/2013/04/mums-putter-does-trick-for-points.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

'Mum's putter does trick for Points'

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

'Mum's putter does trick for Points'

sebagai sumbernya