One of many US Open’s premier teams grinded to a halt throughout spherical one as a consequence of a weird scene, described as a “legit clown conference”.
Max Homa, Viktor Hovland and Bryson DeChambeau shaped one of the vital field workplace groupings at Pinehurst No.2 on Thursday (native time) — but it surely wasn’t all thrilling viewing.
The group went viral for all of the mistaken causes when Homa and Hovland concurrently tried to learn their putts in comical vogue with DeChambeau watching on.
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Each Homa and Hovland are college students of the controversial ‘Aimpoint’ methodology of studying greens.
In a nut shell, Aimpoint includes feeling the slope of the inexperienced by standing behind your ball, closing one eye, and holding one, or a number of fingers, simply on the skin of the opening.
The extra slope that’s felt, the extra fingers are held up. The outermost finger then offers the participant the ‘goal level’ during which to hit their putt.
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Whereas the strategy is, in idea, meant to be faster, Homa and Hovland made it something however.
The viral video exhibits Homa turning his again to the opening and squatting twice to attempt to really feel what approach his putt is sloping.
On the identical time, Hovland stands on both aspect of his put, then steps ahead to a second place and shuffles his toes.
The response from consultants who witnessed the scene was unkind.
Golf Digest’s Christopher Powers wrote: “Sorry to the aimpoint nerds however it is a legit clown conference.
“I firmly imagine half the blokes that do that would putt higher by going with their very first learn and hitting the rattling factor.”
One other golf author, Gabby Herzig of The Athletic, additionally didn’t maintain again.
“I’ve been anti-AimPoint since my junior golf days when ladies would stomp throughout my line to learn their 4-foot putts.
“We’ve reached a brand new stage of shame. Actually what is occurring right here.”
In the meantime, sports activities author Mark Harris added: “Think about the shit you’d get in case you did something remotely much like Homa’s air dump transfer in your weekend recreation.
“When you can’t do it in entrance of the boys, you shouldn’t do it on (Tour).”