Suh sticks with sticks that work early in pro career

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When Justin Suh was a freshman in high school, he bent the shaft of his putter before a Northern California Golf Association junior tournament. He went in the pro shop, grabbed a $50 Nike Method mallet putter off the rack and went back out to the practice green.

“I rolled in every putt,” Suh said. “I was like, ‘Dad, I need this.’”

Suh shot 64 the next day and the rest is history. Suh used the trusty putter to finish off a junior career that included an NCGA-record 11 wins, five more than Bryson DeChambeau. He got Nike to send him the same model, only with his initials on it, and retired the original. As a standout at USC, Suh won eight times and was twice a first-team All-American…