The key to good putting is more boring than you think

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The key to good putting is more boring than you think

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Jul 27, 2023

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In this episode of the Golf IQ podcast, Golf Digest's Luke Kerr-Dineen and Maddi MacClurg discuss Brian Harman's incredible putting performance at the 2023 Open Championship, and what the rest of us can learn from it.

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Jul 27, 2023

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Become a smarter, better golfer — faster The Play Smart podcast is a short-form, twice-weekly podcast aimed at delivering golfers bite-sized doses of insight and analysis that will help them become smarter, better golfers. Hosted by GOLF.com’s Game Improvement Editor, Luke Kerr-Dineen and Reed Howard.

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