LA JOLLA, Calif. — Whereas on his radio present on Feb. 4, former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover referred to as for the PGA Tour to outlaw AimPoint placing, a green-reading technique many gamers have adopted in recent times. This method has develop into fairly controversial amongst gamers and followers, with many critics citing the extended time it takes to finish. In fact, gradual tempo of play has been a pertinent subject of dialogue in 2025.
Collin Morikawa is a type of gamers who make use of AimPoint placing, and he has stated that this technique has “1,000 p.c helped” him. So when requested about Glover’s objection to AimPoint and if it impacts the tempo of play, Morikawa playfully threw him below the bus.
“I don’t have something in opposition to Lucas, but when we’re banning AimPoint, we must always ban long-putters,” Morikawa stated, which drew fairly the chortle from these within the media heart on the Genesis Invitational.
After struggling on the greens for many of his time on tour, Glover famously switched to a protracted putter in recent times, which helped flip his profession round. The lengthy putter helped him win twice in 2023, as he in the end earned a visit to the Tour Championship. The back-to-back wins additionally allowed him to maintain his PGA Tour card by 2025.
However Morikawa feels Glover’s stance on AimPoint is fallacious, and the two-time main winner defended the follow vehemently.
“AimPoint does take longer in the event you’re not doing it correctly, proper, like in the event you’re not doing it when different gamers are studying their putts. I feel there’s a respect difficulty. I feel some gamers would possibly get a bit bit too near the outlet, and I get that. Once you get too near the outlet when another person is placing it, I don’t need my line and putt to go over another person’s foot and marks. However are you going to inform different gamers to not stroll across the gap once we’re selecting up putts?” Morikawa stated.
“It will get a foundation of how I learn a putt and the way I begin my traces. It’s identical to studying one thing from behind the outlet or behind the ball, that’s how I’m getting my basic learn for that. I don’t suppose folks perceive how AimPoint works to say that is proper or fallacious. Does it decelerate play? I feel some gamers possibly do it within the fallacious spots. And typically, look, I’ll admit it, possibly I can’t get in once I need to so it provides a pair extra seconds. However I do know that, and I’m conscious of that. I feel gamers must be conscious in the event that they’re gradual or not, proper? Like let folks know who’s gradual and do one thing about it, proper?”
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