clark returns to pga tour play without anchored putter

Clark returns to PGA Tour play without anchored putter Leaderboard CROMWELL, Conn. -- A familiar face returned to the PGA Tour, but with a new look. Tim Clark, playing for the first time since the Sony Open in January, figured the Travelers Championship afforded him the perfect opportunity to see how he'll incorporate a shorter putter into his game. Turns out, "it was fine," Clark said Friday, and at the end of the day his being on the wrong side of the cutline was chalked up to rust, not the shorter putter. "I actually played all right, I just needed to be a little sharper," Clark said. Having played nicely right out of the gates, Clark felt an elbow soreness during the Sony Open and he's been sidelined since. He only recently played nine holes back home, so this week's tournament at TPC River Highlands gave him his first chance to to really test his game -- and the shorter putter. One of those who needs to adjust to the new rule against anchoring that will take place Jan. 1, 2016, Clark said he's been practicing that part of the game at home and what he decided on was a mid- length putter "and the (Matt) Kuchar style." When even his accustomed anchoring setup "felt weird," Clark figured he had been out long enough to make it the perfect time to change. He did struggle with gripping the new method -- "it was very inconsistent," Clark said -- but he'll likely stick with it in ensuing events. He's signed on for the John Deere Classic (July 9-12) and the RBC Canadian Open (July 23-26), thrilled not just because the putter felt OK, "but because I hit it pretty well."

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Clark returns to PGA Tour play without anchored putter

Leaderboard

CROMWELL, Conn. -- A familiar facereturned to the PGA Tour, but with anew look.

Tim Clark, playing for the first timesince the Sony Open in January, figuredthe Travelers Championship affordedhim the perfect opportunity to see howhe'll incorporate a shorter putter intohis game.

Turns out, "it was fine," Clark saidFriday, and at the end of the day hisbeing on the wrong side of the cutlinewas chalked up to rust, not the shorterputter.

"I actually played all right, I just neededto be a little sharper," Clark said.

Having played nicely right out of the gates, Clark felt an elbow soreness during the Sony Open andhe's been sidelined since. He only recently played nine holes back home, so this week's tournamentat TPC River Highlands gave him his first chance to to really test his game -- and the shorter putter.One of those who needs to adjust to the new rule against anchoring that will take place Jan. 1, 2016,Clark said he's been practicing that part of the game at home and what he decided on was a mid-length putter "and the (Matt) Kuchar style."

When even his accustomed anchoring setup "felt weird," Clark figured he had been out long enoughto make it the perfect time to change. He did struggle with gripping the new method -- "it was veryinconsistent," Clark said -- but he'll likely stick with it in ensuing events. He's signed on for the JohnDeere Classic (July 9-12) and the RBC Canadian Open (July 23-26), thrilled not just because theputter felt OK, "but because I hit it pretty well."

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Clark will be the defending champ when theRBC Canadian Open tees it up, though hewon at Royal Montreal and this year'stournament will be played at Glen Abbey GCin Ontario.

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