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You've got to hand it to the Hammy Putter - just ask Natalie Gulbis

Sunday October 18, 2009 | 02:23:14 pm 276 words, 1430 views  
To date, Natalie Gulbis has won only once on the LPGA Tour - the 2007 Evian Masters. She was wielding a uniquely effective putter that week, a flat stick she used not only in that lone victory, but also in a runner-up performance, an additional third-place showing, and a total of five Top-10s that season. The Hammy is the name of the putter that was instrumental in her success that banner season, the brainchild of a Chicagoan and scratch golfer named Jim Alvarez. The inventor/entrepreneur logically deduced that standing perpendicular to one’s putting line, which is how anyone using a conventional, ...

The Vagabond Golfer The Vagabond Golfer

by Joel Zuckerman

Joel Zuckerman, a.k.a. the Vagabond Golfer , has been called "one of the most respected and sought-after golf writers in the Southeast" by Golfer's Guide Magazine. His golf stories have appeared in more than 100 publications and his books include "Golf in the Lowcountry," "Golf Charms of Charleston," "Misfits on the Links," "A Hacker's Humiliations" and his latest, "Pete Dye Golf Courses - 50 Years of Visionary Design." The Dye family selected Joel to write the book and it was honored as the 2008 Book of the Year by the International Network of Golf. Visit www.vagabondgolfer.com for more information.