Golf Week · Feb 4, 2016
Thompson's no-look putting technique is paying off in LPGA events
Lexi Thompson ( Getty Images )OCALA, Fla – Lexi Thompson started putting with her eyes closed at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. She’d tried everything that week, and at the suggestion of her caddie and father, decided to put what had been a practice technique into play.
She’s been doing it ever since.
“It feels like I’m burning a hole through the golf ball with my eyes (open),” said Thompson, who always has been more of a feel player.
Thompson said she putted with her eyes open once last week on a long putt at the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic and knocked it 10 feet past the hole. She then closed her eyes and drained the come-backer.