Westwood Credits Putting Form to Quintic Putting Laboratory & Dr Paul Hurrion
July 13th, 2007 | Lee Westwood, PGA European Tour Golfers, Putting BiomechanicsA trip to the Quintic putting laboratory paid instant dividends for Lee Westwood when the Briton moved into a tie for the first-round lead at the Scottish Open on Thursday.
I have been playing well recently without putting well,” he told reporters after joining fellow countryman Graeme Storm, Dane Soren Hansen and American Phil Mickelson on six-under-par 65 at the British Open warm-up event.
“I went to see (Dr Paul Hurrion) in Birmingham last Thursday that Padraig Harrington and David Howell work with, he gave me the treatment…”
The experienced Ryder Cup campaigner realised his problem straight away.
“I was shocked how bad it was,” said Westwood. “I could see immediately why I wasn’t making any putts.
“It is imperative you make putts and I haven’t been making them, only when I won at the Andalucia Open in May. It’s been abysmal pretty much all year.”
Hurrion’s expertise quickly evoked memories of Westwood’s halcyon days when he regularly featured in the top three on the European order of merit.
“A lot of the tips were like how I putted between 1998-2000…my hands high, keep the ball on my left side,” said the 34-year-old Englishman.
“He has a hard floor, like a putting-green surface, carpet, cameras all over the room and mirrors. I was there for about four hours which is longer than I’ve putted for as long as I can remember.”
Westwood now makes a series of checks when he is on the practice green.
“It was very informative,” said the 1998 Scottish Open champion. “I learned about eight things to think about when I practise. I am now starting the ball on-line a bit more and getting the pace back.”
Reports:
Westwood hot after his ‘kinky’ encounter - Independent Online …
The solution came with a trip to the laboratory of Dr Paul Hurrion, aka “the putting Professor”, a lecturer in sports science and a bio-mechanist. …
http://sport.independent.co.uk/golf/article2765506.ece - 12 Jul 2007
Putting lab visit yields fast benefits for Westwood | Breaking …
“I went to see a guy (Paul Hurrion) in Birmingham last Thursday that Padraig Harrington and David Howell had worked with and he gave me a few tips.” …
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6775655,00.html - 12 Jul 2007
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