Longmuir Finds Putting Touch To Join Three-Way Lead in Switzerland
August 11th, 2006 | PGA European Tour Golfers, Putting BiomechanicsEuropean Seniors PGA Tour
Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Switzerland,
11 Aug 2006 – 13 Aug 2006
After a difficult first half of the year on the Seniors circuit in the US, where his travails on the greens have cost him dear, Scotland’s Bill Longmuir rediscovered his putting stroke to share the lead with England’s Nick Job and Spain’s Juan Quiros at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open in Switzerland.
Longmuir had 27 putts in his second round of eight under par 62 – seven fewer than on day one – and will now go into Sunday’s final round at Golf Club Bad Ragaz tied at the top with Job (64) and Quiros (61) on nine under par 131.
The trio are two shots ahead of England’s Carl Mason (67) and overnight co-leader John Bland (68) of South Africa, who are both on seven under par.
Longmuir, who mixed eight birdies with 10 pars for his 62, said: “That is the first time I have walked off the course this year and been happy with my score. For some reason I started holing some putts and that made such a difference to everything: it changed my body language and improved my ball striking. It had such a big effect.”
The US-based Scot, who is chasing his sixth victory on the European Seniors Tour, gained his card to the 2006 US Champions Tour with an impressive series of performances at last year’s Qualifying School in California.
So far he has failed to replicate that form in competition this season, due in the main to the putting problems which have seen him average 31 putts a round: a return that leaves him languishing in 84th place on the US Champions Tour Putting Stats.
However, some recent sessions with Birmingham-based putting coach Paul Hurrion have given Longmuir a much-needed lift and he produced his best putting display of the year on some difficult greens at Bad Ragaz Golf Club, where heavy rain has fallen over the past few days…
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