"When pros aren't putting well they're trying to force theball into thehole instead of rolling theball down their line and letting thehole catch it, " said Kevin Weeks, another notable short-game guru.
Using the former, players smooth a path from near their ball to thehole, and place their ball in the path to putt, making sure that the distance to thehole is the same as from their original lie.
They were to drop on the spot he played that shot from, drop in the drop zone, or drop on a line between himself and thehole from where theball last crossed the margin of the hazard.